‘In-formation’ of Better Learning Environments - the Educational Role of the University Library

‘In-formation’ of Better Learning Environments - the Educational Role of the University Library

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This paper gives an overview of the close connection between learning - which is seen as a constructivist, active, self-directed and social process - and the university library. It discusses the role of the university library in the electronic learning environment, and considers the physical library...

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Main Author: Thomas Hapke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: openjournals.nl 2005-11-01
Series:Liber Quarterly: The Journal of European Research Libraries
Online Access:http://www.liberquarterly.eu/articles/10.18352/lq.7817/
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spelling doaj-ebf7f55d0e9d47c284e75782e318ebc42021-10-02T18:56:00Zengopenjournals.nlLiber Quarterly: The Journal of European Research Libraries2213-056X2005-11-01153-410.18352/lq.78177772‘In-formation’ of Better Learning Environments - the Educational Role of the University LibraryThomas Hapke0N/aThis paper gives an overview of the close connection between learning - which is seen as a constructivist, active, self-directed and social process - and the university library. It discusses the role of the university library in the electronic learning environment, and considers the physical library as a place of learning which is not out of date. It also considers information literacy as the key to the library's educational role regarding its contents. Organisational issues hold together the three points mentioned above, the learning library as the prerequisite of the learning-empowering and learning-facilitating library.http://www.liberquarterly.eu/articles/10.18352/lq.7817/
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