FF:ISKB13 Legal Basis for Information Se - Course Information
ISKB13 Legal Basis for Information Services
Faculty of ArtsSpring 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.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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