PARMA UNIVERSITY

Presented byAnna Maria Tammaro, with the collaboration of Florica Campeanu

From middle ages…

To the Renaissance…

Today… 200.000

habitants

Parma University The centuries-old history

of university education in Parma is documented in a 'Diploma', dated 13th March 962, conferred on the Bishop of Parma Uberto by Emperor Ottonian I

Today: 30,000 students, with more than 5,000 graduates per year, 1.100 lecturers, and 1000 technical and administrative employees

Parma University Faculties, Departments, and Libraries 13 Scientific, Technological, and Umanistic Faculties 42 Specialised Departments 1124 Professors and Researchers 36 Libraries of faculties and departments Integrated Library System, OPAC, and Open Search Digital Library: 4812 Current e-Journals, 10000 Digitised Periodicals, 70 Data Banks, 130 e-

books, E-dictionaries, etc. Repository DSpaceUniPr: Doctoral and MSc theses,

Congress Proceedings, Serials, Preprints, Learning materials, Research reports

LIS Courses in Parma - graduate

Bachelor degree (180 credits = 3 years of study) in “Written and hipertextual communication”

http://www.unipr.it/ects.php?info=Guidaateneo&tipo=corso0809&ID=0244&lang=en

Learning objectives: Understand the problems related to legal, social,

economical and technological issues affecting the digital publishing.

Assess the quality and value of digital publishing . Develop their information skills, writing skills, group

working and presentation skills. Identify different types of electronic publishing

available on the Web and their different functions.

LIS Courses in Parma - Postgraduate Master degree (1st level) in “Information management

in a digital environment” (120 credits on top of a bachelor degree)

http://www.unipr.it/ects.php?info=Guidaateneo&tipo=corso0809&ID=0461&lang=en

Learning objectives: Make complex evaluations on the legal, social, economical and technological

issues related to the Digital Library and Digital Archives Apply their knowledge to a complex context as the e-book in the digital library. Master basic information skills for accessing and using information in an

independent way. Demonstrate writing skills and group presentation skills.

LIS Courses in Parma – Postgraduate International Courses – in English

International Master degree (2° level) in information studies, jointly developed with the Northumbria University at Newcastle, by distance (120 credits on top of a Master degree of 1st level) – from 2000 till 2009

http://www.unipr.it/arpa/benicult/biblio/master/index.htm

Continuing professional development, by distance - from 2009

Two main themes: Digitisation of Cultural Heritage Libraries and learning

LIS Courses in Parma – Postgraduate International Courses – in English International Master Digital Library Learning (Master 1°

level) with Oslo Univ. College (coord.), Tallinn University. http://dill.hio.no/

To gain knowledge of digital librarianship through studying the cutting edge of digital library research as well as real world applications and best practices.

To develop research skills through supervised independent research projects within the digital environment, using relevant methods and analytical approaches.

To understand the impact of digital environments on the role of information professionals in the knowledge society.

Erasmus Mundus Scholarship http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/mundus/projects/index_en.html

LIS Courses in Parma – Learning & teaching

Blended learning DOCEO MOODLE

Videorecording of lessons CONNECT PRO ADOBE

LIS Research in Parma

R&D activities have been devoted to the Digital Library and Digitisation applied research, with particular emphasis on organisational and socio-economic issues

Curriculum development for Digital Library Learning and Digital Library : the research aims to

analyse the impact on learning of Digital Library Electronic publishing, Digitisation

Recent financed LIS Projects European Commission

MINERVA Projecthttp://www.minervaeurope.org/

European LIS curriculum project: Content, reflections and curricular questions

http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Dec-06/EuropeanLIS.pdf

IFLA http://www.ifla.org/VII/s23/index.htm Feasibility of International Guidelines for Equivalency and

Reciprocity of Qualifications for LIS Professionals. Final reportby Terry L. Weech and Anna Maria Tammaro(November 2008)

Survey on quality assurance models in Library and Information Science (LIS) programsBy Anna Maria Tammaro on behalf of IFLA's Education and Training Section (2005)