--Czech version follows below--
From May 22 to 24, 2017, ten librarians from the partner libraries in Chemnitz, Liberec, Pilsen, and Zittau/Görlitz met for a project-based practical training week on the topic of “Virtual Learning Space.” The practical training week was hosted by the Regional Research Library and the University Library in Liberec, as well as the Zittau/Görlitz University Library at its Görlitz location.
The goal of the practical training week was to develop approaches for German-Czech modules aimed at improving information literacy on virtual platforms. The modules are being jointly developed by the project partners and are intended to enable library users to become more familiar with the available resources and services of the participating libraries, as well as to conduct research and make use of them more effectively. In the run-up to the practical week, the project partners had already recognized that achieving this goal requires not only the elimination of language barriers but also the optimization of communication between each library and its users in the area of information literacy (finding, processing, and evaluating necessary information).
The participants first got to know the host institutions and, in doing so, analyzed, among other things, how information literacy (IL) is taught and what technical equipment is used for this purpose on-site and in the area of e-learning. E-learning, which is part of the virtual learning space, is growing in importance and must be consistently developed and strengthened by libraries to enhance their users’ skills. For this reason, the librarians focused their workshops on teaching IL through e-learning courses. Divided into two groups, they systematically designed e-learning options for teaching IL to students and faculty, which they presented to all project partners in a one-hour web conference at the end of the practical training week.
The next step is to expand these approaches into information literacy modules or courses and, as a result of the project, to implement them digitally or make them available in print form.
The practical week was rounded out by further insights into the library work of the hosts, as well as evening programs in both Liberec and Görlitz, including a guided tour of the Upper Lusatian Library of Sciences in Görlitz.
Photos: HSZG
Contact:
Markéta Pěluchová
Project Staff Member
Email: Marketa.Peluchova(at)hszg.de
Library Project Enters the Virtual Learning Space
From May 22 to 24, 2017, ten librarians from partner libraries in Chemnitz, Liberec, Plzeň, and Zittau/Görlitz met as part of a project-based study visit on the topic of “Virtual Learning Space.” The study visit was organized and hosted by the Regional Research Library in Liberec, the University Library in Liberec, and the Zittau/Görlitz University Library at its Görlitz branch.
The goal of the study visit was to develop ideas for Czech-German modules aimed at improving information literacy on virtual platforms. The project partners will develop these modules collaboratively as part of the project, thereby helping library users better familiarize themselves with the available resources and services of the participating libraries and, where applicable, improve the quality of their research and use of these resources. Even before the study visit, the project partners understood that simply removing language barriers would not be enough; rather, it is also necessary to optimize mutual communication between the library and its users in the field of information literacy (finding, processing, evaluate the necessary information).
Participants first familiarized themselves with the host institutions, analyzing, among other things, how information literacy is facilitated and what technical equipment the libraries use in the area of e-learning. E-learning, which is part of the virtual learning environment, is gaining in importance, and libraries must therefore consistently expand and strengthen it if they wish to further develop their users’ skills. For this reason, librarians focused during the workshops on teaching information literacy through e-learning courses. Divided into two groups, they systematically designed e-learning options for teaching information literacy skills to students and faculty. At the end of the study week, they presented these options to all project partners via a one-hour web conference.
Now these ideas need to be developed into information literacy modules or courses, digitally implemented as project outcomes, and made available in print as well.
The study week program was supplemented by further insights into the work of librarians at the host libraries and by an evening program in Liberec and Görlitz, including a tour of the Upper Lusatian Library of Science in Görlitz.
Photos: VŠ ZG
Contact:
Markéta Pěluchová
Project Coordinator
Email: Marketa.Peluchova(at)hszg.de