COMMUNICATION AND DESIGN
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
TDS2013	Medical Librarianship	Spring	2	0	2	3

This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction:	Turkish
Type of course:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Instructor DİLEK ELMA
Recommended Optional Program Components:	Archive
Course Objectives:	To bring up students about the jobs and operations in the health sciences libraries.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Students who pass this lesson successfully;

1- Know library types and activities of them.
2- Explain library services with his/her own words.

Course Content

This lesson contains history of libraries and definition of libraries, library types, information resources in the medical libraries, clinical medical librarianship, evidence-based medical librarianship.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	History of Libraries and General Librarianship Definitions
2)	Lİbrary Types and Activities
3)	Library Services
4)	Technical Services of Lİbraries and Forming Catalogue
5)	Information Resources in Medical Libraries
6)	Library Otomation Programs
7)	Clinical Medical Librarianship
8)	Evidence-Based Medical Librarianship
9)	Research Methods, Data Bases
10)	Medical Classification Systems Used In Libraries
11)	Classifiction System of NLM
12)	Dewey Decimal Classification System (Medical Department)
13)	Medical Libraries In Turkey
14)	General Review

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Weekly distributed by the course lecturer.
References:	Tıbbi Dokümantasyon II, Ramazan Uçmaz, 2002

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Quizzes	1	% 10
Homework Assignments	1	% 10
Midterms	1	% 20
Final	1	% 60
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 60
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	2	28
Study Hours Out of Class	14	2	28
Homework Assignments	3	5	15
Quizzes	1	1	1
Midterms	1	1	1
Final	1	2	2
Total Workload			75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Create design oriented application for the visual communication design field.
2)	Resolve visual communication problems via concept based designs and an integrated perspective in the visual communication design field.
3)	Qualify in design directing through analysis and design processes.
4)	Display creative thinking, approach and production process skills.
5)	Integrate basic fields of visual communication; print, time-based and interactive media, through mastering each one of these fields individually.
6)	Identify complementary design solutions in the visual field in order to solve communication problems.
7)	Perform necessary operational skills in order to finalize products in the visual communication design field.
8)	Evaluate recent design trends and the evolving aesthetic perspectives.
9)	Use recent design softwares that coincide with the developing information technologies and communication channels.
10)	Interpret theoretical, historical and intellectual roots of the visual communication design field.
11)	Perform necessary time management in order to complete a visual communication design project.
12)	Demonstrate leadership qualities in a design team as well as individual skills during the progress of a visual communication design project.
13)	Display compositional solutions and aesthetic skills to fulfill design needs in a visual communication design work.
14)	Develop academical, intellectual and critical point of view for global, local and individual visual communication design works.	3