Chairwoman: Mai Aggerbeck

The programme group deals on the one hand with consolidation of the educational libraries as regards the digital and operational area and on the other hand with an integrated collaboration between library and education. In 2009 the programme group was extended to include representatives from the gymnasiums, the VUCs and the SOSUs, thereby representing educational institutions that are not actual research institutions. The now rather large group and its interdisciplinary profile have meant that the group had to spend resources on describing new frames and conditions for its work. The result of this process is improved collaboration in the group and increased idea development within the action areas.

New Institutions (NI) have in 2009 launched the following activities within the programme area’s actions lines:

Communication with our stakeholders must continually lead to further insight and to a collective prioritization of tasks to show the way forward for project development in NI.

Theme day about learning repositories for digital learning objects in cooperation with the project group behind the Knowledge and Information Commmunity (KIC) project.

Presentation at the Library and Education Conference

• Presentation of project LibGuide at theme day for the Business Colleges
• Presentation at theme day arranged by the Library Association for Gymnasiums (B.A.G)
• Presentation to library directors at University Colleges
• Articles in Revy, Uddannelsesbibliotekaren, Gymnasieskolen, and VidenDanmark’s newsletter and research article in New Library World
• Current information about the group’s work in news mail from NI
• Development commenced of a knowledge-sharing wiki
• Development commenced of PIXI edition of the strategy and action plan

The action line is motivated politically on the basis of DEFF’s vision and mission as well as in the political requirements levelled at educational programmes at all levels.

• New library system for gymnasiums, SOSUs and VUCs: a needs analysis
• E-book project: evaluation of experience with digitised Danish material at three university colleges
• Development of consumer informative label for electronic DEFF licenses

Information literacy as action line must support the implementation of information supply.

• Educational Competences for the new Millennium – a Partnership Project with the National Knowledge Centre for E-learning @ventures, University College South Denmark and University College Metropol
• Development of Continuing and Further Education and Training for Gymnasium Librarians and Teachers
• Seminar on Information Literacy in collaboration with the network VidenDanmark (KnowledgeDenmark)

The action line is based on the demand for innovative and experimenting forms of learning as well as competence development of instructors on all educational programmes.

• Next Generation: an inter-institutional maturing project
• LibGuide – phase 2 is instituted

The programme group finds that the prerequisites for a successful information supply are information literacy and knowledge management.

• KIC – Development of a Learning Repository phase 1 completed
• KIC – Development of a Learning Repository phase 2 is instituted
• Clarification Project concerning Collaboration between Knowledge Centres and University Colleges
• The Library Function’s Participation in the Development of a mentor-supported continuing and further Education and training Programme – a Research Project

Conclusion and outline of future perspectives 2009 has fulfilled our overall objectives as we have been working with the development of projects, which consolidate educational libraries in operational terms and integrate the collaboration between library and education. The projects are widely spread geographically and broadly anchored in the types of education we represent. In 2010 we are going to further propagate the knowledge of our projects and results and discuss new development possibilities with our stakeholders. The programme group has been assigned a journalist, and an action plan has been prepared for all the group’s communication activities in 2010. Finally, a study tour is scheduled with the overall purpose of structuring present knowledge (including new inspiring international knowledge and research) and planning the final phase in the work concerning an evaluation.

Read more at the programme group’s wiki: http://nyeinstitutioner.deff.wikispaces.net/