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Addresses
Main Library:
Plöck 107-109
D-69117 Heidelberg
Tel.: +49 6221 54 2380
Fax: +49 6221 54 2623
Branch Library:
Im Neuenheimer Feld 368
D-69120 Heidelberg
Tel.: +49 6221 54 4272
Fax: +49 6221 54 4204
Mail address
Postfach: 10 57 49
D-69047 Heidelberg
Contact person:
Benno Homann
Hauptbibliothek (Zi. ZG 245)
Tel.: +49 6221 54 2547
Fax: +49 6221 54 2623
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The University
Library of Heidelberg - a public academic university library - is the main
library of the University of Heidelberg (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität) library
system, serving some 24,000 students. The library also provides literature and
information for other institutions of higher learning in Heidelberg (Teacher
training academy, University for Jewish Studies) as well as for users in both
the city of Heidelberg and the surrounding region (Baden-Württemberg).
At the University Library of Heidelberg the modular teaching approach was
first developed in 1996-97 as the result of a lot of experience and learning
in the nineties. The main characteristics of the present teaching activities
are:
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Small teaching units (1-2 hours)
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Teaching modules integrated by a small curriculum
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Complementary online tutorials
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DYMIK
as a model of information literacy providing a basis for developing and
reflecting the witnessed teaching activities.
Small teaching units
are necessary because of staff-related and organisational conditions at the
University of Heidelberg. Only two persons belong to the Department of User
Education and Adult Education for Librarians. As the courses of the library are
not integrated into the curriculum of the faculties, participation is optional.
As students thus only spend a limited amount of time on learning opportunities,
courses are offered in small packages.
The courses can be regarded as teaching modules connected to one another by a
small curriculum. The competencies and learning targets of information
literacy are distributed between the courses, which differ in their focal points
such as “introduction to library building and services” or “finding information
by using catalogues”. The different taxonomies with their possibilities of
differentiation of learning targets according to abstraction (e.g. broad and
precise targets) or levels (e.g. knowing or understanding) are of fundamental
importance. They are the facilitating basis for the didactic reduction of
content and hierarchical sequencing of novice and expert courses. Basic courses
with complementary contents in the library, catalogues, internet and databases
are now offered: 6 hours are required in total. In the expert courses concerned
with using specialised information efficiently, participants are expected to
have acquired fundamental competencies already.
The courses at the University Library of Heidelberg are complemented by
online tutorials concerning the building with its conventional services
and catalogues. The important benefit of these tutorials is their
flexibility in time and location. They can be used from every workplace with an
internet connection. One recent activity is the development of an
e-learning-course called “Introduction to
information literacy
for students of Psychology”.
Experience made with WebCT are published in Homann, Benno, WebCT als
E-Learning-Plattform bei der Vermittlung von Informationskompetenz für
Psychologen.
“Bibliotheksdienst” 37 (2002), No. 11.
An additional element of the approach was the development of the “Dynamic
Model of Information Literacy”
(DYMIK). It
is based on the Anglo-American models of information literacy and was adapted to
the special requirements of this context.
Further information on the structure and details of this teaching approach can
be found in the following publications: Homann, Benno, Schulungen als Aufgabe
einer benutzerorientierten Bibliothek.
“ZfBB” 43 (1996),
No. 6, p. 569–613; Homann, Benno, Informationskompetenz als Grundlage für
bibliothekarische Schulungskonzepte. “Bibliotheksdienst” 34 (2000), No. 6,
p. 968-97 (<http://www.dbi-berlin.de/dbi_pub/bd_art/bd_2000/00_06_03.htm>);
Homann, Benno, Das Dynamische Modell der Informationskompetenz als Grundlage
für bibliothekarische Schulungen. In: Knorz, Gerhard - Kuhlen, Rainer
(Hrsg.), Informationskompetenz – Basiskompetenz in der
Informationsgesellschaft. Konstanz : Universitätsverlag, 2000, p. 195-206.
A proposal for a systematic integration of teaching information literacy into
courses of the University of Heidelberg was published in Homann, Benno,
Informationskompetenz – Grundlage für ein effizientes Studium und lebenslanges
Lernen. “BuB – Forum für Bibliothek und Information”, 36 (2001), No. 9, p.
553-559.
Training
Winter
semester 2004-2005
Orientation program for the Heidelberg Library courses
UNIVERSITY
Library instruction
(with an overview of the University Libraries and the MultiMedia Centre – MMZ)
The aim is to give a general picture of available information resources and to
guide students to select and use them.
Einführung in die Benutzung der UB
(Introduction to the library UB use)
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Einführung in die Benutzung der Hauptbibliothek Altstadt
(Introduction to using the
Altstadt
Main Library)
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Einführung in die Benutzung der Zweigstelle Neuenheim
(Introduction to using the Branch
Library)
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Virtuelle Führung (Library virtual tour)
Systematische Suche nach Büchern in Katalogen
(Systematic search for books in catalogues)
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Suche nach Büchern in Katalogen / Hauptbibliothek Altstadt
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Suche nach Büchern in Katalogen / Zweigstelle Neuenheim
Einführung in die Nutzung des MultiMediaZentrums
(Introduction to using the
MultiMedia
Centre-MMZ)
Subject-oriented user education and basic information literacy courses
The training focuses on information search tools and strategies
in databases and other digital sources.
Target groups: students
of the following faculties
·
Philosophy and Theology;
·
Law;
·
Social Sciences;
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Psychology, Pedagogy, Ethnology;
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History;
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Philology.
Online tutorial
(
project FIT für Psychologen -
Fachbezogenes Informationskompetenz-Training)
Target group:
Psychology and Pedagogy university students (undergraduate)
Tutorium FIT in der Literaturrecherche
- für Studierende der Psychologie und Pädagogik im Grundstudium
Information literacy courses - level: advanced and specialised
The training focuses on effective information retrieval
techniques, the skills and criteria for evaluating information sources
(especially in relation to research methodologies and the writing of reports,
theses, dissertations etc.)
Target groups:
students, researchers and university staff
Effiziente Verwaltung von Literaturangaben mit
Literaturverwaltungsprogrammen
(Efficient management of literature data)
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Schwerpunkt: Bibliographix
(Focus on Bibliography)
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Schwerpunkt: Endnote (Focus on Endnotes)
Suchstrategien im Internet und Bewertung von Internetquellen
(Internet search strategies and evaluation of sources)
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Schwerpunkt: Fachportale
(Focus on Vortals)
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Schwerpunkt: Suchmaschinen
(Focus on search engines)
Effiziente
Informations- und Literaturrecherche für wissenschaftliche Arbeiten im
Hauptstudium (Hausarbeitem, Examensarbeiten, Doktorarbeiten)
(Effective and efficient information search in
order to write scientific works)
Target groups:
students (graduate) and teachers of the following faculties:
·
Egyptology
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Classical studies
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Anglistic studies
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Biology and Natural sciences
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Chemistry and Earth sciences
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Germanistic studies
·
History
·
Art history
·
Mathematics and Physics
·
Medicine
o
Medpilot
o
PubMed/Medline
·
Musicology
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Psychology and Pedagogy
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Law
·
Romanistic studies
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Social Sciences
·
Theology and Philosophy
·
Economics
SCHOOLS
Library instruction is arranged
on demand for secondary schools (Gymnasien)
Einführungsveranstaltungen für Schülergruppen - Seminarkurse für
Gymnasien
LIFE-LONG LEARNING – Professional development
Continuing professional education for librarians
(Heidelberg and
its surroundings)
Lernen für die Zukunft
(Learning for the future)
Keywords:
courses for university students,
researchers and staff – continuing professional education for librarians –
modularity - tutorials – courses for gymnasium students – information retrieval
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