LIS EDUCATION AND THE ROLE LIS EDUCATION AND THE ROLE OF LIBRARY IN EDUCATION IN OF LIBRARY IN EDUCATION IN

SWEDENSWEDEN

Pieta.Eklund@hb.sePieta.Eklund@hb.seThe Swedish School of Library and The Swedish School of Library and

Information Science (SSLIS) Information Science (SSLIS) at Göteborg University and Högskolan i Borås at Göteborg University and Högskolan i Borås

Today’s presentationToday’s presentation

Context for libraries in Sweden Context for libraries in Sweden Economic and societyEconomic and society LegalLegal Some numbersSome numbers

LIS and LIS education in SwedenLIS and LIS education in Sweden DepartmentsDepartments EX: BHS/Swedish School of LIS, SSLISEX: BHS/Swedish School of LIS, SSLIS

Legal settings for higher educationLegal settings for higher education Role of libraries and librariansRole of libraries and librarians

Setting the contextSetting the context

Downsizing in the public sectorDownsizing in the public sector Life-long learningLife-long learning Development of telecommunication and e-Development of telecommunication and e-

materialmaterial Organizational changes:Organizational changes:

Public libraries: centralization and Public libraries: centralization and concentrationconcentration

University libraries: decentralization and University libraries: decentralization and centralizationcentralization

Primary and secondary school Primary and secondary school introducing new educational methodsintroducing new educational methods Mainly problem based learning (PBL)Mainly problem based learning (PBL) More active student participationMore active student participation

Legal framework which encourages Legal framework which encourages co-operation and aims to stimulate co-operation and aims to stimulate interest in reading and providing interest in reading and providing material in educationmaterial in education

The Libraries ActThe Libraries Act

From 1997From 1997 Task of being the backbone for national Task of being the backbone for national

infrastructure for information, knowledge infrastructure for information, knowledge and making the Swedish heritage and making the Swedish heritage available.available.

All libraries must make collections, even e-All libraries must make collections, even e-collections, available free of charge to any collections, available free of charge to any and all category of usersand all category of users

All types of libraries and loan centers must All types of libraries and loan centers must cooperate with public and school libraries cooperate with public and school libraries to give patrons high quality library serviceto give patrons high quality library service

Some numbersSome numbers

33 academic libraries open to the public33 academic libraries open to the public 1321 public libraries 2005, 10% 1321 public libraries 2005, 10%

decrease since 1999decrease since 1999 Numbers from public library:Numbers from public library:

Books: 84,3%Books: 84,3% AV-material: 15,7%AV-material: 15,7% Loans (books): 25,9% fiction, 28,8% non-Loans (books): 25,9% fiction, 28,8% non-

fiction, 45,3% children’s booksfiction, 45,3% children’s books

Library and Information Library and Information Science in SwedenScience in Sweden

Strategies educating students to a LIS Strategies educating students to a LIS profession:profession: Generalist vs specialist and form vs contentGeneralist vs specialist and form vs content

Different sectors have different needs: Different sectors have different needs: public libraries vs special libraries vs public libraries vs special libraries vs organizationsorganizations

Sets the framework for the education: Sets the framework for the education: generalist/specialist, form/contentgeneralist/specialist, form/content

leads to:leads to: 4 subject areas has to be present4 subject areas has to be present

A: Knowledge organization and information A: Knowledge organization and information seekingseeking

B: Content to be organized and soughtB: Content to be organized and sought C: Tools to combine A and BC: Tools to combine A and B D: Context where to understand informationD: Context where to understand information

Interaction between form, Interaction between form, content, knowledge theory and content, knowledge theory and

contextcontextD

C

A B

From Swedish National Agency for Higher Education report serie 2004:27R, p 43

HB/BHSHB/BHS

6 departments: Borås, Lund, Umeå, 6 departments: Borås, Lund, Umeå, Uppsala, Växjö, LinköpingUppsala, Växjö, Linköping

Borås is the biggest with 720 Borås is the biggest with 720 students, 6 professors, 13 lecturers, students, 6 professors, 13 lecturers, 29 teachers, 17 PhD students 29 teachers, 17 PhD students

Campus/distanceCampus/distance 4 subject areas4 subject areas

4 subject areas4 subject areas

Library, culture and information in Library, culture and information in societysociety

Knowledge organizationKnowledge organization Individual’s and group’s interaction Individual’s and group’s interaction

with information systemswith information systems Organizations and use and Organizations and use and

development of their information development of their information resourcesresources

All teaching personnel need to study All teaching personnel need to study 15 ECTS of pedagogic which 15 ECTS of pedagogic which includes:includes: Working with syllabiWorking with syllabi Pedagogical methodsPedagogical methods Presentation methodsPresentation methods Pedagogical CVPedagogical CV

The Higher Education ActThe Higher Education Act

From 1992From 1992 Education shall provide:Education shall provide:

knowledge and skillsknowledge and skills Capability of independent and critical judgmentCapability of independent and critical judgment Ability to independently solve problemsAbility to independently solve problems Ability to independently follow the development Ability to independently follow the development

of knowledge in the field of the educationof knowledge in the field of the education Ability to exchange information at a scientific Ability to exchange information at a scientific

levellevel

Role of libraries in educationRole of libraries in education

21% of primary schools have access 21% of primary schools have access to library which is staffed more than to library which is staffed more than 1 hour a day, increase 5% from 19991 hour a day, increase 5% from 1999

Pedagogical role becoming more Pedagogical role becoming more importantimportant

Guiding roleGuiding role Information literacyInformation literacy

Thank you for your attention. Thank you for your attention.

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