Library and Information Science Education in Sloveniadr. Alenka Šauperl, assistant professor
Department of Library and Information Science and Book Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
Introduction to Slovenia 1/2• Population:
1.997.004 (2003 census)
• Territory: 20.273 km2
• Tallest mountain: Triglav (2.864 m)
• Adriatic coastline: about 42 km
• Capital city: Ljubljana (population 300.000)
• Indepentent state since 1991
Introduction to Slovenia 2/2 • Currency: TOLAR
Architect: Jože Plečnik (1872-1957)
Building: National and University Library (1936-1941)
The National and University Library
beginning in1774the palace1941
Slovenian libraries• 64 public libraries in most towns
and cities• Academic libraries in all state and
private faculties• School libraries in all primary and
secondary schools• Special libraries in some of the
major companies
Professional positions• Librarian with a high school diploma
• For basic work operations• Librarian with a college degree
• Work in circulation and technical services• Librarian with an university degree
• Work in all areas, management positions
Slovenian national library network
• Almost 300 libraries cooperate in the national union cataloging system
• High level of cooperation also in interlibrary loan and other services and activities
• Cooperation among, and within public, academic, special and school libraries
Three Slovenian universities• University of Ljubljana
• 1919• 26 faculties, 8.419 graduates in 2004
• University of Maribor• 1975• 13 faculties, 3.651 graduates in 2004
• University of Primorska (in Koper)• 2003• 5 faculties, 341 graduates in 2004
Three Slovenian universities
The University of Ljubljana
1919
Schools 1. Academy of Fine Arts 2. Academy of Music 3. Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film
and Television 4. College of Nursing 5. Biotechnical Faculty 6. Faculty of Administration 7. Faculty of Architecture 8. Faculty of Arts 9. Faculty of Chemistry and
Chemical Engineering 10. Faculty of Civil and Geodetic
Engineering11. Faculty of Computer Science12. Faculty of Economics 13. Faculty of Education 14. Faculty of Electronics
15. Faculty of Law16. Faculty of Maritime Studies and
Transport 17. Faculty of Mathematics and
Physics 18. Faculty of Mechanical
Engineering19. Faculty of Medicine 20. Faculty of Natural Sciences 21. Faculty of Pharmacy 22. Faculty of Social Sciences23. Faculty of Social Work24. Faculty of Sports 25. Faculty of Theology 26. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Faculty of Arts in the centre of Ljubljana
Faculty of Arts departments• Archeology• Art history • Comparative
linguistics and literature
• Ethnology• Geography • History • Library and
information science and book studies
• Musicology
• Pedagogy • Philosophy• Psychology• Several languages with
literature, including Czech• Sociology• Translating and interpreting
Facts about Faculty of Arts• Founded in 1919• About 8.000 students• About 300 faculty members• Computers for all faculty, one
computer lab and only a few computers for students
• Departmental libraries
History of LIS education 1/2• First organized course:
• 5 weeks long• For secondary school graduates• 1947, 1949
• First college program:• 2 years• Major or minor• Academy of Education (now Faculty of
Education)• 1964/65
History of LIS education 2/2• First university program:
• 4 +1 year program• Major or minor• 1987/1988• Faculty of Arts• development:
• Only LS can be studied since 1996/97• Information science and book studies added in 2000 • Graduate programs:
• Master’s: 2+1 year, individual programs• Doctoral program up to 5 years• Since 1995/96
• Still the only LIS program in Slovenia
State examination• All these years a parallel system:
• All graduates of • Secondary schools• Colleges• Universities
• Work experience + preparatory lectures• Examinations in 7 subjects at the
National and University Library
Department of Library and Information Science and Book Studies
• Enrollment of about 50 students per year• About 30 students in single subject program• About 20 students also studying at another
department of Faculty of Arts• Faculty:
• 8 full-time professors and assistants• About 20 adjunct lecturers• 4 classrooms + shared computer lab
First year• Bibliography• Descriptive
Cataloguing• English Language I• Foundations of
Librarianship• History and
Philosophy of Science
• History of Librarianship
• Information Technology
• Introduction to information science
• Publishing and Book Trade I
• Research Methods I
Second year• Contemporary
Organization of Librarianship I – Basics
• Databases I • Descriptive
Cataloguing II • Developmental
Psychology • English Language II• Library Automation
• Research Methods II• Placement• Public Libraries • Publishing and Book
Trade II• School Libraries• Subject Cataloguing
I
Third year• Academic Libraries• Bibliometrics• Codicology• Cognitive Psychology I• Contemporary
Organization of Librarianship II – Systems
• Databases II• Descriptive
Cataloguing III
• Placement• Publishing and Book
Trade III• Reference Service
and Methods• Sociology of Mass
Media• Special Libraries• Subject Cataloguing
II
Fourth year• Book History• Cognitive Psychology II• Comparative
Librarianship• Computer
Communications• Contemporary
Organization of Librarianship III – Theory
• Descriptive Cataloguing IV.
• Documentation • Library Management• Library Marketing• Library User Studies• Preservation and
restauration of library materials
• Publishing and Book Trade IV
Final year• Passing all exams• Graduation thesis:
• Advisor• Approval of a
committee• Text of 40+ pages• Defense in front of
a 3 member committee
• Defenses are scheduled in January, April, May, June, September, and November
• The dean hands out diplomas in a formal ceremony several times a year
Payment• Undergraduate study:
• No tuition for full-time students• About 2.500 EUR per year for part-time
students• Master’s study:
• 60% funded by the Ministry of Education• Total cost about 2.000 EUR per year
• Average salary in Slovenia• 730 EUR (neto)
Master’s program• 4 required courses• 2 elective courses, one outside
department• Master’s thesis
Required coursesLibrary science Information
scienceBook studies
Organization of information
Organization of information
Contemporary publishing
LIS research methods
LIS research methods
Copyright & trade of intell. property
Development of LIS
Information retrieval systems
Marketing methods in publ.
Library management
Digital libraries Electronic publishing
Master’s program – Elective courses• Data structures, algorithms
and programming • Database design • Issues in contemporary LIS• Issues in contemporary
publishing • Learning as a contiunous
process in personal development
• Library information systems • Library marketing • Library systems and
evaluation
• New technologies in publishing• Preservation of library
materials • Social aspects of information
science • Theory of descriptive
cataloging• Information theory • Theory of information sources
and services • Theory of subject cataloging • User studies • Visual information in digital
libraries
New program undergoing accreditation in 2005
• Bologna declaration
• 3 years of undergraduate + 2 years of graduate studies
• One undergraduate degree with 3 tracks:• library science, • information science• book studies
• Four graduate degrees:• library science• school librarianship • information science• book studies
International cooperation• Socrates/Erasmus
• Prague• City University
London• Leonardo da Vinci
• Leipzig• Paris• Oxford
• Joint degree program in book studies:• Hochschule für Technik,
Wirtschaft und Kultur, Fachbereich Buch und Museum, Leipzig
• Pôle Métiers du Livre, Univ. Paris X-Nanterre
• Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies, Oxford Brookes University
EKIPA Project in Leonardo da Vinci Program
• Students work in libraries, information centres, publishers and bookstores
• Become a truly European graduate of LISB
Thank you.
Come to visit or study in Ljubljana.
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