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LEARNING ON LOCATION CURRICULUM AND INTERNATIONAL CONTEXTS

LEARNING ON LOCATION CURRICULUM AND INTERNATIONAL CONTEXTS. San Miniato al Monte - oldest church of Florence - 10th century. Pratt-SILS launches first Summer Institute in Florence-2004 "Florentine Art and Culture, Resources and Documentation” presented by Tula Giannini, PhD, MLS, MM

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LEARNING ON LOCATION CURRICULUM AND INTERNATIONAL CONTEXTS

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  1. LEARNING ON LOCATION CURRICULUM AND INTERNATIONAL CONTEXTS San Miniato al Monte - oldest church of Florence - 10th century Pratt-SILS launches first Summer Institute in Florence-2004 "Florentine Art and Culture, Resources and Documentation” presented by Tula Giannini, PhD, MLS, MM Acting Dean, Pratt-SILS

  2. Students focus on cultural resources, research and libraries of Florence. Students have free and immediate access to all the museums and libraries of Florence.Students hear lectures by institution directors and curators for each site visited Students have access to and use of four major libraries: the Uffizi, the Biblioteca Nazionale, the Medici and Harvard's Berenson Library THE CULTURAL RESOURCES

  3. THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT - LIBRARIES & PLACES Left: Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze Biblioteca Berenson, Harvard University, Villa I Tatti Right: Biblioteca Laurenziana di Michelangelo Uffizi Library and Gallery

  4. LIBRARY SERVICES: VIRTUAL AND REAL Façade by Vasari on river side • Florentine libraries and museums have global reach through digital projects, networks and consortia - local, national & European Union. • Digital Projects (collections, libraries and catalogs) are offered free via the Internet and shared globally. • To study and research in Florence is to live one’s subject matter through authentic experience of Italian art and culture. • Students juxtapose the real and virtual Florence (for example the Virtual Uffizi http://www.arca.net/uffizi/) to contrast effects and qualities of each. • Global Internet access, TV media, etc. generally defines our perspectives - techno-based experience replaces physical reality - and, we rely increasingly on this virtual information environment.

  5. UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF CULTURAL INFORMATICS What impact does an international program such as Florence exert on curriculum and student learning experience? An overarching field of study provides a way to conceptualize what has often been viewed as disparate elements. "Cultural Informatics" Study and research at the intersection of information science - technology and culture.

  6. Interactions & Transformations Culture Art & Architecture Religion Philosophy Custom & tradition Permanence place Information Science Human behavior & interaction ways of knowing ways of learning research developmental evolving theory & application Technology physical sciences Dynamic change & growth communication & access homogeneous digital integration - all media juxtaposes local & global

  7. LIS curriculum & cultural informatics

  8. STUDENT RESEARCH PROJECT • The Institute's research project provides the vehicle by which students: • make connections between culture, art, information, artifacts, and various forms of documentation real and virtual. • Student produce an exhibition catalog on an individual topic applying a range of skills and knowledge incorporating library research, documentation of cultural objects from museums, churches and the city of Florence itself, photographing objects and documents, interpretation, presentation and communication of sources and topic. • http://pratt.edu/~edeboer/

  9. CONSIDERING LEARNING NEEDS OF STUDENTS STUDYING ABROAD • the need to prepare students in advance for their travel and research abroad • the need for to assess and develop language skills • the need to understand the host country’s approaches to knowledge organization and public services • the need for students to look beyond their local boundaries whether real or virtual • the need to understand and use information within other cultures and societies • the need to connect lives and cultures within global contexts.

  10. ASSESSING PROGRAM'S FIT WITH LIS SCHOOL AND PARENT INSTITUION • Program’s fit with: • parent institution's mission and programs and the LIS school's mission and programs • student’s study and research interests • financially feasibility - reasonable cost for students • strong connections to host country • partnerships and cooperative agreements with the host country • areas of mutual interest and benefit The Annunciation in an Initial M. Cutting from an Antiphonary. Painted by Maestro Daddesco(?) Italy, Florence, about 1310-15 Tempera and gold on parchment H. 13.6 cm W. 13.4 cm. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975. (1975.1.2478) Photograph (c) 1986

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