The Division of Library and Information Studies in the School of Humanities and Information Studies Education offers a four-year sequence of subjects in the BEd (Secondary) course leading to a specialisation in Library and Information Studies.
In order to complete the Library and Information Studies specialisation and to be eligible for professional membership of the Australian Library and Information Association, the followingsequence must be completed:
• First year. Library and Information Studies Al 1, Al2
• Second year Library and Information Studies B11, B12, B13
• Thirdyear.Libraryand Information Studies Cl 1, C12, C13, C14, C15
• Fourth year: Library and Information Studies D A teaching method in Library and Information Studies is also required; this is embodied in the Education D studies undertaken in fourth year. It is possible for students from other streams of the BEd
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Enquiries should be directed to Allan Thomas, Room 231, 1888 Building.
481-146 LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES All: INTRODUCTION TO READING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Credit points: 11.1
Staff: Pam Macintyre.
Contact:. A 2-hour lecture/seminar each week plus field work. (Two semesters.)
Content: An historical overview of changes in attitudes toward, and methods of presentation of, fiction for young people. Different genres, e.g., historical fiction, fantasy and science fiction;
individual authors, particular themes and styles. Ways to encourage fiction reading in schools, including methods of presentation.
Assessment: A reading diary of 30 items (30 per cent); an essay of about 2000 words on a selected topic (30 per cent); a fieldwork report of about 1000 words (20 per cent); a seminar presentation equivalent to about 1000 words (20 per cent). Students must perform satisfactorily in each area of assessment.
Minimum 80 per cent attendance. Results will be graded.
Prescribed texts: Style Manual: Notes on the Presentation of Essays, Class Papers, Bibliographies 9th edition Library and Information Studies Division Institute of Education University of Melbourne Melbourne 1991. Young Adult Literature: Resources Booklet Library and Information Studies Division Institute of Education University of Melbourne Melbourne 1991.
481-145 LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES Al2: INTRODUCTION TO LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES Credit points: 13.9
Staff: Barbara Bugg.
Contact:. A 2-hour lecture/seminar/workshop each week. (Two semesters.)
Content: Topics include: historical and social context of libraries; role and function of the librarian, particularly the teacher-librarian; organisations and systems within libraries; professional associations and their role; reading and literacy; learning to read;
role and function of libraries.
Assessment: Preparation and presentation of a class paper of approximately 2000 words (30 per cent);
attendance at excursions and written reports totalling
approximately 3000 words (40 per cent); design and production of a media presentation (30 per cent).
Students must perform satisfactorily in each area of assessment. Minimum 80 per cent attendance. Results will be graded.
Prescribed texts: Style Manual: Notes on the Presentation of Essays, Class Papers, Bibliographies 9th ed Library and Information Studies Division Institute of Education University of Melbourne Melbourne 1991.
481-201 LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES B11: INFORMATION
ORGANISATION Credit points: 13.9 Staff: Jane Ponting.
Prerequisites: Library and Information Studies All and Al2.
Contact:. A 2-hour lecture/workshop each week.
(Two semesters.)
Content: Brief history of the development of cataloguing codes, classification schemes, and alphabetical subject approaches; introduction to bibliographic description of items (AACR2); subject analysis and techniques of access, including classification schemes (DDC) and subject headings (SEARS and ASCIS); construction of authority files;
basic filing rules and principles.
Assessment: Three 1 1/2-hour tests (25 per cent each); a minor assignment equivalent to 1500 words (25 per cent). Students must pass each area of assessment. Minimum 80 percent attendance. Results will be graded.
Prescribed texts: Descriptive Cataloguing: A Workbook to Introduce Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Library and Information Studies Division Institute of Education University of Melbourne Melbourne 1991. Metherall P Dewey 20: An Introduction to the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme20th edition Library and Information Studies Division Institute of Education University of Melbourne Melbourne 1991. Style Manual: Notes on the Presentation of Essays, Class Papers, Bibliographies 9th edition Library and Information Studies Division Institute of Education University of Melbourne Melbourne 1991. Subject Indexing Library and Information Studies Division Institute of Education University of Melbourne Melbourne 1991.
481-227 LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES B12: INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND REFERENCE WORK 1
Credit points: 11.1 Staff: Jane Ponting.
Prerequisites: Library and Information Studies All and Al2.
Contact. A 1-hour lecture and a 2-hour workshop each week. (First semester.)
Content Philosophy of reference service; reference services and basic reference sources; evaluating basic reference materials and services; formulating search strategies and conducting research at a level appropriate to users' needs; impact of indexing and abstracting on information retrieval; evaluating reference services; producing reference tools to meet users' needs.
Assessment A major assignment (60 per cent); a 1 1/2-hour test (40 per cent). Total written requirement is approximately 3000 words. Minimum 80 per cent attendance at lectures and seminars.
Results will be graded.
Prescribed texts: Bridgland A Reference Tool Study Booklets Library and Information Studies Division Institute of Education University of Melbourne Melbourne 1991. Style Manual: Notes on the Presentation of Essays, Class Papers, Bibliographies 9th edition Library and Information Studies Division Institute of Education University of Melbourne Melbourne 1991.
481-228 LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES B13: COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT 1 Credit points: 83 Staff: Wendy Johnstone.
Prerequisites: Library and Information Studies Al l and Al2.
Contact. A 1-hour lecture and a 2-hour seminar each week. (Second semester.)
Content Theory of collection development: history, principles, criteria and processes of collection development. Distinction between collection development, selection and acquisition; character of collection in different types of libraries with main emphasis in developing school library collections.
Assessment A minor assignment of approximately 1000 words; a major assignment of approximately 2500 words; a class exercise equivalent to 1000 words.
Students must perform satisfactorily in each area of assessment. Minimum 80 percent attendance. Results will be graded.
Prescribed texts: Style Manual: Notes on the Presentation of Essays, Class Papers, Bibliographies 9th edition Library and Information Studies Division Institute of Education University of Melbourne Melbourne 1991.
481-360 LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES CL INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH
This subject is not offered in 1992.
481-361 LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES C2: RESOURCE MATERIALS - SELECTION AND COLLECTION BUILDING This subject is not offered in 1992.
481-362 LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES C3: BIBLIOGRAPHIC
ORGANISATION AND RETRIEVAL OF INFORMATION 3
This subject is not offered in 1992.
481-363 LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES C4: LITERATURE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE - ADVANCED STUDIES
This subject is not offered in 1992.
482-338 LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES CH: LIBRARIES AND
AUTOMATION Credit points: 8.3 Staff: Peter Metherall.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of Library and Information Studies B11 and B12.
Contact:. A 1-hour lecture and a 2-hour seminar/
workshop each week. (First semester.)
Content: An introduction to computers and their use in libraries and library systems and library networks.
Topics include: basic hardware, general application software, library system software, CD-ROM media, and networking systems. Particular emphasis is placed on personal computer use.
Assessment: Essays and assignments;a 1-hourwritten test. Total written requirement is approximately 2500 words. All components must be passed.
Minimum 80 per cent attendance. Results will be graded.
Prescribed texts: Shelly G B Computer Concepts with Microcomputer Applications Boyd and Fraser Boston 1990. Style Manual: Notes on the Presentation of Essays, Class Papers, Bibliographies 9th edition Library and Information Studies Division Institute of Education University of Melbourne Melbourne 1991.
482-339 LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES C12: COLLECTION
DEVELOPMENT 2 Credit points: 5.6 Staff: Wendy Johnstone.
Prerequisite: Library and Information Studies B13.
Contact:. A 2-hour seminar each week. (Second semester.)
188 The University of Melbourne Prospectus and Handbook 1992 — Volume Four Content:This subject applies the theories and practice
already studied in Collection Development 1 to issues related to a range of post-primary school library collections. General issues which impinge on the selection of resource materials will be examined to enable students to devise a collection development policy for a given library environment.
Assessment: A minor assignment; a major assignment; two reports on field visits. Total written requirement is up to 2000 words. Students must pass each item of assessable work. Minimum 80 per cent attendance. Results will be graded.
Prescribed texts: Style Manual: Notes on the Presentation of Essays, Class Papers, Bibliographies 9th edition Library and Information Studies Division Institute of Education University of Melbourne Melbourne 1991.
482-340 LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES C13: INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND REFERENCE WORK 2
Credit points: 5.6 Staff: Angela Bridgland.
Prerequisite: Library and Information Studies B12.
Contact:. A 1-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial each week. (Second semester.)
Content: Nature of information — its generation and dissemination. Role of reference and information retrieval in the sciences, social sciences and humanities. Reference services to meet user needs.
Reference interviews, search design and online searching. Current issues and problems in providing access to information.
Assessment: A major assignment (50 per cent); a minor assignment (25 per cent); a 2-hour test (25 per cent). Total written requirement is up to 2000 words.
Results will be graded.
Prescribed text: Style Manual: Notes on the Presentation of Essays, Class Papers, Bibliographies 9th edition Library and Information Studies Division Institute of Education University of Melbourne Melbourne 1991.
482-341 LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES C14: INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH
Credit points: 8.3 Staff: Kirsty Williamson.
Prerequisites: 33.3 points in Group 2 Library and Information Studies subjects.
Contact:. A 1-hour lecture and a 2-hour seminar each week. (Second semester.)
Content: An overview of research methodologies including methods appropriate to the field. Basic research procedure; literature searching;
identification of problems for research and relevant methodologies; generation of hypotheses. Critical analysis of published research will be used to extend understanding.
Assessment: A literature search and review on a selected research topic (35 per cent); a detailed critical analysis of a published research project (35 per cent); preparation of a statement of specific research problem, related hypothesis and appropriate methodology (30 percent). Total written requirement is up to 2500 words. Students must perform satisfactorily in each area of assessment. Minimum 80 per cent attendance. Results will be graded.
Prescribed text: Style Manual: Notes on the Presentation of Essays, Class Papers, Bibliographies 9th edition Library and Information Studies Division Institute of Education University of Melbourne Melbourne 1991.
482-342 LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES C15: LITERATURE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE - ADVANCED STUDIES
Credit points: 5.6 Staff: Pam Macintyre.
Prerequisites: Library and Information Studies All and at least 25.0 points in Group 2 Library and Information Studies subjects.
Contact:. A 2-hour seminar each week. (Second semester.)
Content: A study of fiction for middle and older adolescents, with emphasis on the literature of Australia. Ideas and strategies used to encourage reading in young adults. Recent trends in fiction for young adults and strategies for developing appropriate bibliographies and annotations.
Assessment: A reading journal of a further 25 items beyond the Library and Information Studies All or a Reading Pathway of 12 to 15 items (50 per cent); a seminar paper on a selected topic (50 percent). Total written requirement is up to 2000 words. Students must perform satisfactorily in each area of assessment.
Minimum 80 per cent attendance. Results will be graded.
Prescribed texts: Style Manual: Notes on the Presentation of Essays, Class Papers, Bibliographies 9th edition Library and Information Studies Division Institute of Education University of Melbourne Melbourne 1991. Young Adult Literature: Resources Booklet Library and Information Studies Division Institute of Education University of Melbourne Melbourne 1991.
482-343 LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES C16: COOPERATIVE
CURRICULUM PLANNING AND TEACHING - LINK STUDY Credit points: 8.3
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Staff: Allan Thomas.
Prerequisite: Completion of. or concurrent enrolment in, Education C or D. This link study subject is not offered to students enrolled in the Library and Information Studies stream.
Contact. A 2-hour seminar/workshop each week for eight weeks. (Second semester.)
Content A study of the roles of the post-primary teacher-librarian as a curriculum and information skills specialist, the post-primary teacher as a subject specialist, and possible interactions in planning and teaching together. Particular reference will be made to enquiry and resource-based learning as exemplified by the developments in the Frameworks documents and the VCE.
Assessment: Written work and practical work equivalent to up to 3000 words (100 percent). Results will be graded.
481-418 LIBRARY AND LNFORMATION STUDIES D: RESOURCE CENTRE ADMLNISTRATION
Credit points: 25.0 Staff: Barbara Bugg.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of Library and Information Studies B11, B12, B13, Cll, C12, C13, C14 and C15.
Contact. A 1-hour lecture and a 2-hour seminar each week. ( Two semesters.)
Content: Aspects of the management of a school resource centre including: organisation theory;
finance; human resources; physical resources;
management processes: and techniques and teacher- librarianship as a profession.
Assessment Assignments to a maximum of 7500 words (70 per cent); a 2-hour test (30 per cent).
Minimum 80 per cent attendance. Results will be graded.
Prescribed texts: Bridgland A et al Management for information Agencies - Booklets Library and Information Studies Division Institute of Education University of Melbourne Melbourne 1991. Style Manual: Notes on the Presentation of Essays, Class Papers, Bibliographies 9th edition Library and Information Studies Division Institute of Education University of Melbourne Melbourne 1991.