Università Roma Tre

Sound abilities in reading (conceived as a set of literacies: functional, multimedia, information…) are required to every citizen in order to understand the phenomena of our complex, transitional, “liquid” society, and to be able at self-orienteering and learning in such a globalised and interconnected context.
Libraries, archives, documentation and information centers (and museums as well) are vital learning environments that enable their users to acquire, reinforce, improve Information Literacy and therefore a competent use of information.

Objectives:
Becoming aware of the strategic relevance of information literacy and of the role played in it by libraries, especially the school library, in the learning process in a complex society.

Knowing the theoretical basic fundamentals and acquiring the techniques of Bibliography, Librarianship and Documentation, in particularly concerning:
o Information and documentation as an instructional and educational resource
o web 2.0 in media and information literacy education and as a means of communication and outreach of library services addressed to children and pupils
o planning, organization and management of public libraries, school libraries, children’s libraries as a learning environment