VIKBA06 Information Science 2

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Michal Lorenz, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Zdeněk Kadlec, Dr.
Division of Information and Library Studies – Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Marie Hradilová
Timetable
Fri 12:30–14:05 zruseno D51
Prerequisites (in Czech)
VIKBA01 Information Science 1
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Second part of propaedeutic subject will directly continue on subject VIKBA01 Information Science 1. Issues in mediation of information, professional terminology, to demand of information career and existing trends of information science are major themes for the course. Students are introduced to fundamentals, reason and current situation of information science. At the end of this propaedeutic motivational course, students should be able: - define concepts of communication, globalization, computerization - handle basic methods of information science - describe a mediation of information and knowledge - define a role of information professional in society - write scholarly essay
Syllabus
  • Social communication, direct and indirect.
  • Quantitative methodology of information science.
  • Computer as social phenomenon.
  • Virtual reality.
  • Globalization as consequence of acceleration of information-communication processes in society.
  • Global problems of society.
  • Vision of learning society. Computerization of society and its consequences.
  • Orwellism as warning against threat of democracy.
  • Information institutions and theirs networks.
  • Internet as new information-communication medium.
  • Precondition of establishment of information science, its formation and existing development.
  • Current state and issues of information science.
  • Core and basic issues of human thinking. Global thinking.
  • Library and information career and profession. Consideration about future.
Literature
  • CEJPEK, Jiří. Informace, komunikace a myšlení : úvod do informační vědy. Druhé, přepracované vydá. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2005, 233 stran. ISBN 802461037X. info
  • GORE, Al. Země na misce vah : ekologie a lidský duch. Edited by Jan Jařab. Vyd. 2. Praha: Argo, 2000, 374 s. ISBN 8072033107. info
  • SHANNON, Claude Elwood and Warren WEAVER. The mathematical theory of communication. Edited by Richard E. Blahut - Bruce Hajek. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998, ix, 125. ISBN 0252725484. info
  • ŽATKULIAK, Ján. Základy informatiky. Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladateľstvo, 1978. info
  • WIENER, Norbert. Kybernetika a společnost. Vyd. 1. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1963, 216 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Educational methods: - Lectures - Work with TDKIV (Terminological Databáze of Librarianship and Information Science) - Reading
Assessment methods
Requests to undergo: - Oral examination - Presentation of result of exploration of information career - Preparation of dramatherapy lecture - Expert essay - Evaluation of information architecture
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
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