The document summarizes information about Parma University in Italy. It discusses the long history of the university dating back to the 13th century. Today, Parma University has 30,000 students and over 1,100 lecturers. It contains 13 faculties across 42 departments. The document specifically discusses library and information science courses offered at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including international master's programs taught in English. Research at Parma University focuses on digital libraries and digitization.

1. PARMA UNIVERSITY
Presented by
Anna Maria Tammaro,
with the collaboration
of Florica Campeanu

2. From middle ages…

3. To the Renaissance…

4. Today…
 200.000
habitants

5. Parma University
 The centuries-old
history of university
education in Parma is
documented in a
'Diploma', dated 13th
March 962, conferred
on the Bishop of Parma
Uberto by Emperor
Ottonian I
 Today: 30,000 students,
with more than 5,000
graduates per year,
1.100 lecturers, and
1000 technical and
administrative
employees

6. Parma University Faculties,
Departments, and Libraries
 13 Scientific, Technological, and Umanistic Faculties
 42 Specialised Departments
 1124 Professors and Researchers
 36 Libraries of faculties and departments
 Integrated Library System, OPAC, and Open Search
 Digital Library: 4812 Current e-Journals,
10000 Digitised Periodicals, 70 Data Banks, 130 e-books, E-
dictionaries, etc.
 Repository DSpaceUniPr: Doctoral and MSc theses, Congress
Proceedings, Serials, Preprints, Learning materials, Research
reports

7. LIS Courses in Parma -
graduate
 Bachelor degree (180 credits = 3 years of study) in
“Written and hipertextual communication”
http://www.unipr.it/ects.php
?info=Guidaateneo&tipo=corso0809&ID=0244&lang=en
 Learning objectives:
 Understand the problems related to legal, social, economical
and technological issues affecting the digital publishing.
 Assess the quality and value of digital publishing .
 Develop their information skills, writing skills, group working
and presentation skills.
 Identify different types of electronic publishing available on
the Web and their different functions.

8. LIS Courses in Parma -
Postgraduate
 Master degree (1st level) in “Information
management in a digital environment” (120 credits
on top of a bachelor degree)
http://www.unipr.it/ects.php
?info=Guidaateneo&tipo=corso0809&ID=0461&lang=en
 Learning objectives:
 Make complex evaluations on the legal, social, economical and technological
issues related to the Digital Library and Digital Archives
 Apply their knowledge to a complex context as the e-book in the digital
library.
 Master basic information skills for accessing and using information in an
independent way.
 Demonstrate writing skills and group presentation skills.


9. LIS Courses in Parma – Postgraduate
International Courses – in English
 International Master degree (2° level) in information
studies, jointly developed with the Northumbria
University at Newcastle, by distance (120 credits on
top of a Master degree of 1st level) – from 2000 till
2009
 http://www.unipr.it/arpa/benicult/biblio/master/index.htm
 Continuing professional development, by distance -
from 2009
 Two main themes:
 Digitisation of Cultural Heritage
 Libraries and learning

10. LIS Courses in Parma – Postgraduate
International Courses – in English
 International Master Digital Library Learning (Master 1° level)
with Oslo Univ. College (coord.), Tallinn University.
 http://dill.hio.no/
 To gain knowledge of digital librarianship through studying the
cutting edge of digital library research as well as real world
applications and best practices.
 To develop research skills through supervised independent
research projects within the digital environment, using relevant
methods and analytical approaches.
 To understand the impact of digital environments on the role of
information professionals in the knowledge society.
 Erasmus Mundus Scholarship
http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/mundus/projects/index_en.html

11. LIS Courses in Parma –
Learning & teaching
 Blended learning
 DOCEO
 MOODLE
 Videorecording of lessons
 CONNECT PRO ADOBE

12. LIS Research in Parma
 R&D activities have been devoted to the
Digital Library and Digitisation applied
research, with particular emphasis on
organisational and socio-economic
issues
 Curriculum development for Digital Library
 Learning and Digital Library : the research aims to analyse
the impact on learning of Digital Library
 Electronic publishing, Digitisation

13. Recent financed LIS Projects
 European Commission
 MINERVA Project
http://www.minervaeurope.org/
 European LIS curriculum project: Content, reflections and curricular
questions
http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Dec-06/EuropeanLIS.pdf
 IFLA http://www.ifla.org/VII/s23/index.htm
 Feasibility of International Guidelines for Equivalency and
Reciprocity of Qualifications for LIS Professionals. Final report
by Terry L. Weech and Anna Maria Tammaro
(November 2008)
 Survey on quality assurance models in Library and Information
Science (LIS) programs
By Anna Maria Tammaro on behalf of IFLA's Education and
Training Section (2005)