ISKB13 Legal Basis for Information Services

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Kateřina Krčálová Konečná, DiS. (lecturer)
PhDr. Pavla Vizváry, Ph.D. LL.M. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. Radim Polčák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. Radim Polčák, Ph.D.
Department of Information and Library Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Alice Lukavská
Supplier department: Department of Information and Library Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 14:00–15:40 C11
Prerequisites
Knowledge of library and information services in the range of subjects ISKB02 Introduction to Librarianship and ISKB03 Information Services and Retrieval
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The implementation of information services provided by librarians and information staff is, like other activities, limited by legal norms that impose certain rights and obligations on them. Awareness of these frameworks for their work is essential. The aim of the course is not to provide a comprehensive overview of legal regulations, but to familiarize students with the basic rules for their practice and the legal reasons for solving the usual situations in providing information services (especially connected with the Library and Copyright Acts).
At the end of the course the student will focus on selected legislative restrictions on information and will be able to solve simple legal problems in library and information practice.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:
- define basic legal concepts and principles in the Czech environment;
- search legal sources and apply their content to simple legal problems in practice;
- define the legislation connected with typical activities in information practice;
- identify the situation in the information work where consultation with the lawyer is necessary.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the law, basic legal terms and principles;
  • 2. Searching legal information;
  • 3. Free access to information;
  • 4. Library Act and its relationship to the Civil Code;
  • 5. Compulsory issue, responsibility for the content in information sources and services;
  • 6. Copyright Act;
  • 7. Protection of personal data;
  • 8. Libraries of courts.
Literature
    required literature
  • Autorský zákon, v platném znění
  • Zákon o ochraně osobních údajů, v platném znění
  • Knihovní zákon, v platném znění
  • Zákon o svobodném přístupu k informacím, v platném a účinném znění
  • Knihovní zákon : komentář. Edited by Tereza Danielisová. Vydání první. Praha: Wolters Kluwer. xii, 89. ISBN 9788075981561. 2018. info
    recommended literature
  • POLČÁK, Radim, František KASL, Jakub MÍŠEK, Václav STUPKA, Tereza KYSELOVSKÁ and Matěj MYŠKA. Právo informačních technologií. Vydání první. Praha: Wolters Kluwer. 1 online. ISBN 9788075980465. 2018. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, active discussion of practical problems.
Assessment methods
Attendance is recommended.
Written test consisting of open questions and questions with choice of answers. 55% of correct answers is needed to pass.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2024.
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