Development of an education coordinator training program to manage the learning commons.

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K00444
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Library and information science/Humanistic social informatics
• Research Institution: Teikyo University
• Principal Investigator: Ueoka Makiko 帝京大学, 学修・研究支援センター, 准教授 (90723156)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 大学図書館に / ラーニングコモンズ / 事例研究

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to find out what kind of librarians are needed to develop the learning commons (LC) of university libraries in North America. As a result, it was found that in the highly evaluated cases, information literacy specialists who participate in university-wide educational reforms, architecture specialists who continuously optimize the teaching and learning environment by incorporating the latest technology, and experts on priority university policies such as entrepreneurship support were assigned to the management of the LC. The establishment of the LC not only created a teaching and learning environment based on a new perspective on learning, but also emphasized the role and ability to link the activities of the library to the educational strategies and improvement activities of the university as a whole.

Free Research Field

図書館情報学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究で明らかにした，ラーニングコモンズの設置を契機として，図書館の活動を大学全体の教育戦略や改善活動と結びつける役割と能力をもつ専門的図書館員のあり方は，日本のラーニングコモンズの今後の発展の方向性を示した点で意義がある。また，本研究で検討したカレッジ・研究図書館協会による教授・学修担当図書館員の新たな能力基準は，今後日本においても求められる教授・学習に関わる図書館員の能力基準策定の指針となる。