Learning Resource Centers

Course Main Objective

This course aims to introduce students to learning resource centers and the characteristics of their infrastructure and information resources they include as well as analysis of the technical processes and services and role of computer and the internet in such centers. The course aims further to make students able to search for, analyze, criticize, organize and use information and also learn about methods and ways of meeting normal and disabled students’ needs from learning resources according to their properties from one hand and the course syllabus from the other hand.

Course Learning Outcomes

• 1. Knowledge and Comprehension
• 1.1 Explain the essence of learning resources and the characteristics of their infrastructure and information resources they include.
• 2. Skills
• 2.1 Analyze the technical processes and services and role of computer and the internet in learning resource centers.
• 2.2 Employ information technology in discussions.
• 3. Values
• 3.1 Communicate effectively and bear responsibility during discussions.

Course Content:

• School library: basic concepts.
• Learning resource centers…a qualitative move for school libraries.
• Site, building and facilities in learning resource centers.
• Building collections and developing acquisitions.
• Information resources in learning resource centers.
• Indexing and cataloguing collections learning resource centers. 
• Services in learning resource centers.
• Collections evaluation in learning resource centers.
• Computer and the internet in learning resource centers. 

Textbook (s) 

Primary Sources:
Sayed Sadeq, Somiya. (2018). Development and Transformation of School Libraries to Learning Resource Centers. Cairo: Horus Publish

Abdel Azizi, Ali. (2020). Modern School Library. Cairo: Arab Press Agency

Secondary Sources:
Al-Badawei, Hamdy.A. (2015). Policy of Acquisition in Libraries & Learning Resource Centers. Cairo: Tyba for publishing and distribution
Alyan, Rebhi.M. (2014). School Library. Amman: Dar Safa for Publishing & Distribution. 

Course ID: LIBR 208