UCL - Studying in a professional context

[CLIB2000]

[15h + 15h] 5 credits

This course is taught in the 1st semester.

Teacher(s):

Language: French

Level: Second

Aims
Main themes
Content and teaching methods
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Aims

To familiarize the student with the different professional activities in the book industry in which he will later do an internship, be it in publishing, bookshop or library.

Main themes

Contained : The course examines the various aspects of the book supply chain.
Description of the book trades. A series of visits is also organized in companies in the book industry: publisher, photoengraver, printers, wholesalers and bookshops. A group project will also aim at the implementation of a real situation related to the professional environment.

Method : lecture for 15 hours. Group work and company visits for the 15 following hours.

Content and teaching methods

In this course, the book is approached from the point of view of the professionals who intervene throughout its creation and of its diffusion. The course stresses the main
actors of the book chain and their specific trade: editors, photoengravers, printers, diffusers, distributors, booksellers, library. The main focus is on the French-speaking book industry with its current stakes.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Nil.