The Role of the Libraries in Promoting the Responsible Research and Innovation

摘要

The paper aims to analyze the perception and the importance of the role of non-formal education promoted through activities performed in libraries, with an important component of responsible research and innovation. In the respect to this purpose, the following working hypothesis has been established: as the libraries are actively involved in the transmission of the scientific information, the students' interest is raised when studying the philosophy of the research and its importance for their life. The whole research has been conducted as standard theoretical and empirical one - the theoretical approach aimed to the description of the role of the libraries in the promotion of responsible research and innovation in education. The empirical approach was based on the students' feedback included in specific questionnaires that followed to a workshop dedicated to Responsible Research and Innovation in the area of Nanotechnology, and organized at the "Ion Heliade Radulescu" Dambovita County Library. The analysis and the interpretation of the results emerged the conclusion that non-formal education performed in libraries reflects a learning process that stimulates students' intellect, but also their awareness related to responsible research and innovation issues. The research has been done in the frame of the European FP7 project, in which Valahia University Targoviste is partner: "IRRESISTIBIE - Including Responsible Research and Innovation in Cutting Edge Science and Inquiry-based Science Education to Improve Teacher's Ability of Bridging learning Environments".