LEER: proyectos y planes de lectura de las bibliotecas de la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
| Main Authors: | Martínez-Trujillo, Dídac, López-Vivancos, Marta, Pocull-Prous, Rubén |
|---|---|
| Format: | Journal NonPeerReviewed application/pdf |
| Bahasa: | es |
| Terbitan: |
, 2008
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: |
http://eprints.rclis.org/3957/1/martinez_leerproyectos.pdf http://eprints.rclis.org/3957/ |
Daftar Isi:
- In recent years, the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) Library has undertaken activities aimed at promoting reading among its users, who include students, lecturers, and administrative and service staff. The main aim is to offer a wide range of library collections and information resources to complement the resources and library services that support engineering, architecture and nautical studies degrees, and the UPC’s science and technology research areas and areas of interest. The Library’s strategic plans have led to resources being allocated for joint and local development of a wide range of activities to promote reading of both printed and electronic material. These activities include acquiring literary collections, creating web portals that provide easy access to a wealth of well-organised digital resources, and holding promotional events such as exhibitions and competitions. All of these activities have stimulated the reading habits of library users—who are mainly technical staff and students taking technical degrees—in other, not exclusively technical fields. The UPC Library conceives of the act of reading in an open and integrative way that embraces all literary genres, reading for education and work-related reading. In addition, the technology revolution has led to the expansion of the concept of reading to include all of the current and future new media. Technology is not destroying the habit of reading; reading has instead become the key to the information society. In this article, we briefly summarise the Library’s proposed objectives and its most significant projects. We also assess the results of these projects. Since its foundation, the main objective of the UPC Library has been to organise the scientific and technical information that its users need for their studies and research, and to make this information readily available. However, it is increasingly important for future engineers to acquire cross-disciplinary skills and abilities that are valid for life. It is essential to develop good reading habits, broad cultural knowledge and a critical spirit, in order to understand the environment. Libraries must be involved in the acquisition of these skills. Therefore, the activities discussed in this article, which are already underway, will continue in the coming years, and will be particularly important from 2010 onwards, when the new European Higher Education Area will come into effect.