Building Collaboration between Teaching Faculty and Librarians in Higher Educational Settings: Based on a Case Study of Aalto University in Finland

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K12713
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 90020:Library and information science, humanistic and social informatics-related
• Research Institution: Mie University
• Principal Investigator: NAGASAWA Tayo 三重大学, 情報教育・研究機構, 准教授 (30346944)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 情報リテラシー教育 / 大学図書館 / 教職協働 / 教員と図書館員の連携 / 情報共有 / 社会ネットワーク / アアルト大学 / フィンランド

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project explored collaboration between academics and librarians in information literacy settings from the perspectives of information sharing and social networks based on a case study of Aalto University in Finland following a decentralising restructure in 2018: (1) academics and librarians collaborate indirectly and share basic information mediated by study coordinators and within online networks; (2) librarians design and deliver information literacy instruction based on their own expertise and experiences; and (3) the restructure of the library in 2018 formed no cohesive ties between academics and librarians but various new ties were formed between librarians and institutional service sections including units within schools.

Free Research Field

図書館情報学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

大学教育における情報リテラシー教育のための教員と図書館員の連携に関する図書館情報学の既往研究では，情報共有の観点から説明する研究がいくらか確認できるものの，これと社会ネットワークを組み合わせて説明した研究はほとんど確認できない。情報共有と社会ネットワークを組み合わせた観点から情報リテラシー教育のための教員と図書館員の連携の仕組みを解明した点が，図書館情報学分野における本研究の学術的意義となる。