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BOBCATSSS Conference, Brno 2015.01.29
Functions of the education reproduction of the culture
shaping the identity of individuals
reproduction, shaping and conserving the structure of society
promoting operations and growth of economy
legitimating the current political system
Funcions of higher education and theknowledge Every university has a place in the modell of Clark (triangle of: 1. the
private sector, 2. the oligarchy of the university, and 3. bureaucracy of the state)
Every university makes new knowledge from the older knowledge and theinformations (=research)
Third missionFor example: services for students, teachers and people living in the neighbourhood, as well as supporting culture management, economy and social development.
Non-educational servicies of the universities1. Services directly related to education like libraries2. Administrative services, registrars departments, doctorate offices3. Mobility services helping the universities’ own students and the foreign
students as well4. Social services, for example, student hostels5. Services related to preserving physical and mental health like sports
facilities 6. Practice-oriented courses, for example concentrating on career planning,
job interviews. 7. Services that help universities to have good financial background. E.g.
monitoring application opportunities. 8. Other, additional services: communication, competitor monitoring,
information gathering and analysis
Changes in the higher education system 1. new relationship between lifelong learning and higher education,
2. internationalisation of education and research,
3. cooperation between the higher education and industry,
4 the knowledge is produced inside the academic world,
5. new expectations,
6. the reorganisation of knowledge
Functions of libraries1. Servicing education and research in the right proportion. Being up to
date regarding the university’s syllabus.
2. Broad-spectrum contact.
3. Purchasing and creating databases, and creating services, actual usage of the latter's knowledge of the institution's assets,
4. Management of bachelor, master thesis and PhD dissertations.
5. Creating databases of publications.
6. Creating new information access tools.
7. Giving certifications in order to obtain degrees.
8. Digitalizing the stock of the libraries.
9. Managing the ‘knowledge’ of the universities.
Supporting of education, research and thirdmission1. Active support from the management of the universities.
2. Adequate material and human infrastructure (i.e. suitable building, suitable experts and the most opportune programs)
3. Continuously developed relations in order to make these organizations linked to the institution
4. Exploring the wealth of academic knowledge, which is consisted of two levels:
a. Mobilizing the former wealth of knowledge (digitization)
b. Managing the wealth of knowledge generated by the university.
New challanges Economoy crisis The positions of the
universities in the Clark modell are changed
New enterprises are founded,They make a new knowledgeusing and collecting modell in the innovation
Have to change services of theuniversities and their libraries
