School Libraries and the Promotion of Reading

Introduction

The master's degree in School Libraries and the Promotion of Reading is organized jointly by the UAB and the UB.

The training it provides prepares students to manage school libraries, design centre-specific reading plans, select and use children's and youth fiction, and develop social projects that have an impact on the population's reading habits.
This master's degree is aimed particularly at primary and secondary school teachers, librarians, and documentarists, as well as cultural mediators and promotors, instructors, cultural managers, and publishing professionals.

The Government of Catalonia's Ministry of Education has officially recognized the master's degree course in the teaching profile of reading and school libraries. This is one of the new types of specialist that public schools can request to form part of the school's teaching staff.

The master's degree has a total study load of 60 credits and is delivered through a combination of face-to-face and distance learning.

Learning objectives

1. To provide solutions to current reading education requirements.
2. To meet the current requirements of education institutions on reading education in the school environment.
3. To provide training to become skilled school library managers and other professionals of the promotion of reading in society in accordance with the results of international research on this topic.
4. To provide training not offered by any other Spanish university.
5. To develop the expertise acquired at bachelor's degree level on school libraries and the creation of reading plans.
6. To offer specialization training to librarian personnel on the promotion of reading in society, the management and services of children sections in public libraries and the establishment of synergies with local education centres.
7. To train professionals involved in public or private initiatives in the promotion of reading in society in a wide range of social and educational contexts.