Master in School Libraries and the Promotion of Reading

Objectives and competences

Objectives

1. To provide solutions to current reading education requirements.
2. To meet the current requirements of education institutions on reading education in the school environment.
3. To provide training to become skilled school library managers and other professionals of the promotion of reading in society in accordance with the results of international research on this topic.
4. To provide training not offered by any other Spanish university.
5. To develop the expertise acquired at bachelor's degree level on school libraries and the creation of reading plans.
6. To offer specialization training to librarian personnel on the promotion of reading in society, the management and services of children sections in public libraries and the establishment of synergies with local education centres.
7. To train professionals involved in public or private initiatives in the promotion of reading in society in a wide range of social and educational contexts.

Competences

• Basic competences

CB6. Knowledge forming the basis of original thinking in the development or application of ideas, typically in a research context.

CB7. Capacity to apply the knowledge acquired to problem-solving in new or relatively unknown environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to the field of studies.

CB8. Capacity to integrate knowledge and tackle the complexity of formulating judgements based on incomplete or limited information, taking due consideration of the social and ethical responsibilities involved in applying knowledge and making judgements.

CB9.  Capacity to communicate knowledge, conclusions and the grounds on which they have been reached to specialist and non-specialist audiences in a clear and unambiguous manner.

CB10. Capacity for ongoing self-directed and independent learning.

• Specific competences

E1. Capacity to contextualize professional practice within the reading practices and habits of current society and within the learning processes in education.

E2. Capacity to identify reading and information requirements in social and educational contexts.

E3. Capacity to design, plan and evaluate library projects, centre-specific reading plans and projects for the promotion of reading in society tailored to specific contexts.

E4. Capacity to command information processing and physical and electronic resource management in libraries.

E5.  Capacity to manage the collection, resources and services of libraries.

E6. Capacity to identify, evaluate and select fiction and non-fiction resources suitable for different types of target audiences of educational intervention or promotion initiatives.

E7. Capacity to publicise and establish links between and cultural and reading activities organized as part of specific projects or within the social context by means of the most appropriate tools.

E8. Capacity to apply the knowledge and skills acquired in a real-life setting and to learn about specific professional tasks and responsibilities.

E9. Capacity to design and carry out innovation, creativity and entrepreneur activities in a school library and reading promotion environment.

E10. Capacity to command and apply information and communication technologies to management and dissemination processes in a 2.0 library environment.
 

• General/cross-disciplinary competences

For master's degree qualifications, the UAB deems general competences to be equivalent to cross-disciplinary competences. For this reason, the section on competences describes only general competences.

GT1. Capacity to design and carry out cooperation strategies for team work.

GT2. Capacity to make use of communication and information technologies for learning, communication and sharing in education environments.

GT3. Capacity to implement communication and interpersonal relationship skills to manage projects in collaboration with different members of the education community.

GT4. Capacity to acquire and implement an ethical approach to professional practice.

Access and admission

Applicant profile and access requirements

Recommended applicant profile

Admission requirements are as follows: Preferably a diploma or bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education, Primary Education, Social Education, Educational Psychology, Education Studies, Librarianship and documentation, or in Humanities. Access is also open to graduates in other subjects, provided that their academic or professional background has some affinity with the contents of this master's degree.

Access requirements and conditions

General requirements
Students wishing to be admitted to a university master's degree must hold one of the following qualifications:

• Official Spanish university degree.


• A degree issued by a higher education institution within the European Higher Education Area framework that authorizes the holder to access university master's degree courses in the country of issue.


• A qualification issued by an institution outside the framework of the European Higher Education Area. In this case, applicants must request homologation of the degree to its equivalent official Spanish university qualification or obtain express approval from the University of Barcelona, which will conduct a study of equivalence to ensure that the degree is of a comparable level to an official Spanish university qualification and that it grants access to university master's degree study in the country of issue. Admission shall not, in any case, imply that prior qualifications have been recognized as equivalent to a Spanish master's degree and does not confer recognition for any purposes other than that of admission to the master's degree course.

Specific requirements
Should the number of applicants be higher than that of places on offer, these will be allocated according to the following criteria:

• Student record. (35%)
• Certificates of courses taken on education or on librarianship and documentation. (25%)
• Documentary proof of teaching experience outside higher education, in public libraries or in reading promotion within public or recognised private bodies. (25%)
• Personal interview regarding motivation and attitudes. (15%)

Pre-enrolment

Calendar

Pre-enrolment is carried out at the coordinating university.


Further information

Required documentation

Selection criteria

Notification

Enrolment

As a general rule, at the UB you will be required to enrol online. Remember that you can lose your place if you do not enrol on the day you have been assigned

• Documents required for enrolment
• Procedure to formalize enrolment
• Grants and financial aid (in Catalan)
• Economic information (in Catalan)

Welcome

• Student Support Service
• Grants and financial aid (in Catalan)
• Accommodation

Course curriculum

Subjects and course plans

Distribution of credits

List of subjects

Subject	Type	Language	Credits
Specialization: The School Library and the Promotion of Reading
Children's and Youth Fiction	Compulsory		6
Digital Media and the School Library	Optional		6
Educational Psychology Aspects of Educational Practice	Optional		6
Final Project	Compulsory		6
Forms and Aspects of Literature for Children and Adolescents	Optional		6
Information and the Document Process	Optional		6
Institutional or Company Placement	Compulsory		9
Instruments for Accessing and Disseminating Culture	Compulsory		6
Reading Plans	Compulsory		6
School Libraries	Compulsory		9
Social Habits and the Promotion of Reading	Compulsory		6

Previous years

• Course plans 2023 - 2024
• Course plans 2022 - 2023
• Course plans 2021 - 2022

Teaching staff

List of spring and autumn teaching staff on a current course

Placements

Placements in a company or another type of organization are an integral part of university studies, providing first-hand experience of working methodologies in students' chosen professional fields. They offer invaluable practical experience for the transition into work after graduation.

Placements are supervised by tutors and subject to assessment. They are therefore included in the academic record.  There is also an option to complete non-curricular placements of up to 750 hours, which can be extended to 900 hours. For both curricular and non-curricular placements, an educational cooperation agreement is signed between the UB and the company, institution or other organization at which the placement will be carried out.

Institutional information

• Regulations on external placements


• FeinaUB

Career opportunities

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Contact us

Coordinator MONICA BARO LLAMBIAS
sed.informacio.audiovisuals@ub.edu

934 035 770
934 035 771
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