ISKB13 Legal Basis for Information Services

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught online.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Kateřina Krčálová Konečná, DiS. (lecturer)
PhDr. Pavla Vizváry, Ph.D. LL.M. (lecturer)
prof. JUDr. Radim Polčák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Iva Raclavská, DiS. (assistant)
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 D22
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 with a focus on those defined in the Library Act.
At the end of the course the student will focus on selected legislative restrictions on information, especially in the field of copyright, 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;
- justify the legal reason for typical activities in information practice (eg why the library can not send the user a digitized publication within e-presence);
- 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. Analysis of the Library Code in the context of the solved Acts.
Literature
    required literature
  • Autorský zákon, v platném znění
  • Zákon o ochraně osobních údajů, v platném znění
  • Knihovní zákon, v platném znění
    recommended literature
  • POLČÁK, Radim. Internet a proměny práva. Praha: Auditorium, 2012, 388 s. ISBN 9788087284223. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, e-learning with tests, active discussion of practical problems, group analysis of the selected court decision.
Assessment methods
Attendance is required in terms for combined students for all (100% attendance), between them recommended.
Group presentation of the legal dispute and a participation in the debate over other presented disputes.
The analysis of the dispute is also processed in text before the presentation. The text should correspond to scholarly text, emphasis will be on appropriate work with information resources (especially primary legal resources).
The course also includes e-learning in Elf about the Copyright Act, it is necessary to pass the pretest (any number of points) and the final test (80% of points or more).
Written test consisting of two parts (theoretical and solving of practical examples). 50% of correct answers is needed to pass.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
https://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf3/course/view.php?id=1790
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2021, recent)
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