HU207 Tutorial One

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HU207 Tutorial One

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Unit 1

• The academic library in tertiary education its
  mission and goals

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1. Mission, goals, objectives, activities and
tasks

• Activity
• HU205 taught you the different meanings given
  for each of the terms mentioned above. Can you
  recall them?

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2. The mission and goals of tertiary education

• Activity
• The USP is a tertiary education provider.
• Do you know its mission?
• What is the USPs mission?
• If you do not know and have access to the
  internet, go to the next slide for instructions
  on how you can get the mission statement for the
  USP.

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The mission of the University of the South Pacific

• From USP Home page http//www.usp.ac.fj click on
  USP under the heading Information About
• Click on USPs mission under the heading Welcome
  to USP

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The mission of the USPThe objects of the
University shall be the maintenance, advancement
and dissemination of knowledge by teaching,
consultancy and research and otherwise, and the
provision at appropriate levels of education and
training responsive to the well-being and needs
of the communities of the South Pacific.
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3. Factors Affecting Library Goals

• Activity
• Take another look at the USPs mission.
• Can you think of the ways in which its mission
  will affect the USP librarys goal?
• Write down these factors and then compare them
  with the ones on the next few slides.

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Factors affecting library goals

• The curriculum of the tertiary institution.
• The curriculum (course of study offered) guides
  the development of the librarys collection. It
  determines the kinds of materials the library
  needs to collect. It is the major basis upon
  which all decisions are made.

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Factors affecting library goals

• Activity
• List other aspects of library work that you think
  will be affected by the curriculum of the
  tertiary institution.

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Factors affecting library goals

• The teaching/learning styles.
• If faculty staff use a lecture method with
• assigned readings in one or more textbooks,
• the library will receive little usage.
• However if faculty staff use more discussion,
• and students are encouraged to look for
• readings and explore topics and issues on
• their own, the library will be used heavily.

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Factors affecting library goals

• Research
• If faculty staff are involved in research in
• their own disciplines and/or students are
• required to write theses or dissertations, the
• library will need to support these activities
• through the resources it collects and the
• services it offers.

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The mission of The USP Library

• The Mission of the Library is to support the
  objectives of the mission of the University by
  providing high quality client based services
  (The USP Library Annual Report, 2002, p. v)

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Interest groups that influence the academic
library

• the college/university administration
• the faculty
• the students

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Interest groups that influence the academic
library

• Activity
• Review the previous slide and then answer
• the question below
• How will each of the interest groups mentioned in
  the previous slide influence an academic
  librarys goals?

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Take time to think about what you have learnt!!

• Activity
• Imagine yourself working in an academic
• library and/or taking classes at a tertiary
• institution.
• Write down some factors which are likely to
  directly influence the kinds of materials the
  library adds to its collection and the services
  it provides.

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4. The changing role of the academic library

• Power centre become more important in the life
  of the college/university than it ever has been
  before
• Diversified in its activities and resources
• Need for expertise to collect, categorise,
  store, sort, retrieve materials advise and
  assist users
• Complex role of librarians will change due to
  computerisation of manual processes
• Active Play an active role as a mediator between
  the user and knowledge

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The changing role of the academic library

• Activity
• What do you envisage to be the possible
• consequences of these new roles on
  academic libraries?

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5. Characteristics of the academic library in its
new roles

• Response to change the library will need to
  respond to changes in the curricula and the
  manner in which information services are provided
• Partnership the library will join with other
  scholarly information sources to form a
  partnership such as computing services as well as
  information resources in other organisations
• Services independent of time constraints the
  library will respond to information needs when
  they occur

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Characteristics of the academic library in its
new roles

• Questions of cost the library will have to
  decide how to allocate its money to buy wide
  range of resources
• Facilities the library will take a leading role
  in strengthening the sense of community by
  providing facilities for the gathering of
  students, faculty and staff
• Evaluation the library will be evaluated in new
  ways for example in its ability to provide access
  to needed information

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Activity

• Take another good look at the characteristics of
• academic libraries as they try to fit in with
  their
• new roles. Answer these questions!!
• What will the library contain?
• What will the library staff do?
• What will the library user be like?
• What will library facilities offer?
• What outside issues will influence the librarys
  mission/goals?

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Prepared by

• Liviana Tabalala
• July 2004