Department of Library and Information Science and Book Studies, University of Ljubljana

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Oddelek za bibliotekarstvo, informacijsko znanost in knjigarstvo
Aškerčeva 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana


Phone386 (0) 1 241 1370
Primož Južnič, Head of the Department



Phone386 (0) 1 241 1372




The Department of Library and Information Science and Book Studies, University of Ljubljana offers undergraduate programmes leading to a BLib degree and postgraduate research programmes. Masters studies consist of three programmes on Librarianship, Information Science and Publishing Studies. A doctorate programme on Information Science is available as an interdisciplinary study programme conducted between the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana.


Background

The Department was established relatively recently, in 1987, when it was formed as an independent department within the Faculty of Arts. The establishing of the department was in the domain of Professor Branko Berčič. He studied Slavic languages at the Faculty of Arts and for several years worked at the research centre of National and University Library.

Prior to 1987 a Chair for Librarianship functioned at the Faculty of Education. After the new department was established, the number of students increased annually, and as a result, so did the academic staff. The effort of the professors and students also resulted with the opening of postgraduate studies, which was previously possible through a collaboration with the Department of Sociology.

Publications

The Department occasionally publishes the series Bibliothecaria. Some of the publications are available on the Department's website, also the ILFA (International Federation of Library Associations) principles on care and handling the library material.

In 2007 a special edition of the Jubilee Journal dedicated to the 20th Anniversary of the Department and to the 80th birthday of Branko Berčič was published. The journal is available online at the DLib.si - Digital Library of Slovenia.

International cooperation and student exchange

In recent years the Department was active in reorganising according to the new Bologna system. It is also active in the international context and ERASMUS/SOCRATES student exchange. So far, the partner universities for student exchange include the universities in Leipzig (Hochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur Leipzig), Boras (Swedish School of Library and Information Science), Prague (Charles University), London (City University), Graz (Karl-Franzens-Universitaet), Valencia (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia), Udine (Universita degli Studi di Udine), Oxford (Oxford Brooks University), Vilnius (VILNIAUS Universitetas) and Bratislava (Comenius University in Bratislava).


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Oddelek za bibliotekarstvo, informacijsko znanost in knjigarstvo +
SI-1000 Ljubljana +
The Department of Library and Information Science and Book Studies, University of Ljubljana offers undergraduate programmes leading to a BLib degree and postgraduate research programmes. +
The Department of Library and Information Science and Book Studies, University of Ljubljana offers undergraduate programmes leading to a BLib degree and postgraduate research programmes. +
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