Unit PUBLISHING AND LIBRARIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE
- Course
- Italian, classical studies and european history
- Study-unit Code
- A002659
- Curriculum
- Storia europea
- Teacher
- Andrea Capaccioni
- Teachers
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- Andrea Capaccioni
- Hours
- 36 ore - Andrea Capaccioni
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2024
- Offered
- 2024/25
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Discipline linguistiche, filologiche e metodologiche
- Academic discipline
- M-STO/08
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- The course aims to deepen the stages of scientific article and monograph production and publication, with a particular focus on open-access publishing. During the course, the role of university libraries in the context of scientific communication will also be examined.
- Reference texts
- Andrea Capaccioni, Le biblioteche dell'Università, Milano, Apogeo 2018 (è disponibile anche l'ebook); Rossana Morriello, Dalla pirateria dei libri all'editoria predatoria, Ledizioni, 2022 (è disponibile una versione ad accesso aperto nel repository Zenodo https://zenodo.org/records/7614728); Andrea Capaccioni, Open access: per un approccio storico e critico, "AIB Studi", V. 58, N. 1 (2018),(open access).
Other bibliographical indications will be provided during the lessons. For updates see www.unistudium.unipg.it/unistudium/ Students with disabilities and / or with SLD, info: https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa - Educational objectives
- The course aims to address some aspects of scientific communication and to delve deeper into two of the most widely used tools of scientific communication: the scientific article and the monograph. Particular attention is given to research products in open access (Open Access). The role that the university library plays in scientific communication will also be examined.
- Prerequisites
- In order to be able to understand how to tackle the course, students must have notions of general culture.
- Teaching methods
- The course is structured as follows: frontal lectures on the course topics; seminars and other activities.
- Other information
- Please see www.unistudium.unipg.it/unistudium/ For further information please contact andrea.capaccioni@unipg.it. Students with disabilities and / or with SLD, info: https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa
- Learning verification modality
- The exam consists of a final oral examination that assesses the student's knowledge and ability to understand and synthesize the topics covered during the course and deepened through the recommended texts. The oral examination will verify the student's ability to communicate what they have learned and how they do it, including language properties and exposition methods. The exam duration is approximately 20 minutes, but it may vary depending on the course of the examination itself. It begins with a question on a topic chosen by the student. Students with disabilities and/or DSA for the verification test format can benefit from inclusive technologies, compensatory tools, and dispensative measures provided by the regulations. Please contact the instructor well in advance. For more information: https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa
- Extended program
- The course aims as main objective to know the scholarly communications (scientific article, academic monograph) and purposes and functions of the academic library. The main skills that students will acquire: knowledge of the basic elements of scholarly publishing in relationship with academic libraries. The main skills that allow you to apply the knowledge gained will be: students need to know the evolution of scientific communication and the main issues related to the transformation of academic libraries.
- Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
- Quality education, Gender equality, Reduced inequality, Sustainable cities and communities, Peace, justice and strong institutions