VIKMA04 Reference Services

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/0/20. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Alexandra Škyříková (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
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
The aim is to introduce students of librarianship into the current state of practice of reference services.
The reference services belong to the basic library services. They are performed by the specialist with high school education in the Information and Library Studies.
Course objectives for the full-time studies:
to give the students the possibility to make acquaintance with the reference services by the managed practice by means of reference desks at the Central library of the Faculty of Arts. This is done during the full operation;
in the course of the practice the students learn to fulfil the meaning of reference services: how to gain the required information;
the library specialists make, during the practice, the students acquainted with the library activities, in the Reference services it is the subject cataloguing
Course objectives for the combined studies:
to give the students the possibility of trying out the reference services activities by the solution of the impositions needed to find out the informations
Syllabus
  • Full-time studies:
  • managed practice
  • Combined studies:
  • the tutoring and eventual consultations in the course of the imposed tasks
Literature
  • CEJPEK, Jiří. Proměny let devadesátých : knihovnictví na prahu informačního věku - děje, myšlenky a názory. Praha: Svaz knihovníků a informačních pracovníků ČR, 2005, 79 s. ISBN 8085851156. info
  • Průvodce znalostmi a dovednosti evropských odborných pracovníků v oboru knihovnických a informačních služeb :eurosměrnice KIS. Praha: Svaz knihovníků a informačních pracovníků ČR, 1999, 51 s. ISBN 80-85851-10-5. info
Teaching methods
Teaching methods for full-time studies: education by professionals in reference services, supervision. Teaching methods for combined studies: homeworks
Assessment methods
Full-time studies:
managed practice - oral assessment
Combined studies:
homeworks evaluation
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
General note: SEMINÁRNÍ SKUPINY SI ZAPISUJÍ POUZE PREZENČNÍ STUDENTI!.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010.
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