Volunteering by Donating Talent: KNU Department of Library and Information Science Literacy Service for Local Residents
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- 2022/08/17
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The BK21 Project Team at the Kyungpook National University Department of Library and Information Science conducted a volunteer activity program called ‘The Library is Alive’ to improve literacy among local residents at Suseong-gu Yonghak Library (Director Sangjin Kim) on August 4 and 11, 2022.
Literacy refers to the ability to acquire and understand information from a medium or object. The volunteer group, consisting of about 10 graduate students, researchers, and professors from the KNU Department of Library and Information Science BK21 Project Team, organized a literacy program with customized themes for local residents of various ages.
The following three programs were conducted, all of which were well received by local residents: 1) ‘The Story of Light Painting,’ where children read picture books using video; 2) ‘Dream Reading Coaching,’ where parents read books while considering how to guide their children and help them set their life coordinates; and 3) ‘Ask Anything about Your Smartphone,’ which provided on-the-spot consultation on the difficulties of using digital devices that elderly residents have been curious about.
Woojin Kang, a master's student in the KNU Department of Library and Information Science who participated in the volunteer program, commented, "It was nice to be able to plan and participate in volunteer activities based on my major. In particular, older residents are often unfamiliar with smartphones, and I was very happy to see that they liked learning about the new features and information that smartphones can offer.”
Jongwook Lee, head of the BK21 Project Team at the KNU Department of Library and Information Science, noted, "The digital, information, and educational gap has been widening due to COVID-19 and other factors. For this reason, the importance of literacy in terms of being able to understand both online and offline information is also growing. We therefore designed this program by taking advantage of the characteristics of the Department of Library and Information Science to train information experts. We will continue to develop programs that can be of practical help to further bridge the information gaps in the local community.”
Literacy refers to the ability to acquire and understand information from a medium or object. The volunteer group, consisting of about 10 graduate students, researchers, and professors from the KNU Department of Library and Information Science BK21 Project Team, organized a literacy program with customized themes for local residents of various ages.
The following three programs were conducted, all of which were well received by local residents: 1) ‘The Story of Light Painting,’ where children read picture books using video; 2) ‘Dream Reading Coaching,’ where parents read books while considering how to guide their children and help them set their life coordinates; and 3) ‘Ask Anything about Your Smartphone,’ which provided on-the-spot consultation on the difficulties of using digital devices that elderly residents have been curious about.
Woojin Kang, a master's student in the KNU Department of Library and Information Science who participated in the volunteer program, commented, "It was nice to be able to plan and participate in volunteer activities based on my major. In particular, older residents are often unfamiliar with smartphones, and I was very happy to see that they liked learning about the new features and information that smartphones can offer.”
Jongwook Lee, head of the BK21 Project Team at the KNU Department of Library and Information Science, noted, "The digital, information, and educational gap has been widening due to COVID-19 and other factors. For this reason, the importance of literacy in terms of being able to understand both online and offline information is also growing. We therefore designed this program by taking advantage of the characteristics of the Department of Library and Information Science to train information experts. We will continue to develop programs that can be of practical help to further bridge the information gaps in the local community.”