Bridging gaps - pedagogical investment

Abstract

This paper has four main parts. In part 1 we look into the broad perspectives pedagogy can give to library and information science. In the following parts we limit the presentation to our main focus for this paper: pedagogy for school librarians. In part 2 we give a very short description of the role of the school library in the 13 school years of the Norwegian national curriculum. In part 3, we go deeper into crucial and basic fundamentalsin didactics: learning theories. Part 4 gives examples on how two University Colleges in Norway, Agder and Bergen have invested in their education of school liibrarians and librarians and how these investments are meant to bridge gaps between institutions, professionals , professionals and users.