FF:ISKM29 Expert Block - Course Information

ISKM29 Expert Block

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Taught online.

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Kristýna Kalmárová (lecturer)
Mgr. Monika Macháňová (lecturer)
Mgr. Ondřej Mitrík (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Kateřina Rajsová (assistant)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Pavlína Mazáčová, 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

Thu 16:00–17:40 B2.13

Prerequisites

Interest in current situation in the LIS and willingness to communicate with the lecturers.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

The course is an exclusive lecture cycle for the entire university. Educational content of the course consists of lectures of interesting personalities from the field, and transdisciplinary experts from practice. Topics and lectures alternate each week in a given semester. Individual lectures are made available on the department YouTube channel.
The aim of the subject is:
- to provide students with current events in the field as well as in a transdisciplinary perspective;
- provide students with the opportunity to meet specific personalities in the field;
- to guide students to a reflection on selected subject topics.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student will be able to:
- understand trends in the field of information studies and librarianship;
- better apply knowledge from the field to practice;
- to focus on a number of issues related to ISK;
- creatively summarize selected topics in a digital format.

Syllabus

• Detailed schedule of lectures is available on the course official Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/blokexpertu.kisk/) or on the department website (https://kisk.phil.muni.cz/aktualne/blok-expertu).
• Areas of lectures:
• - literature, literary science, culture and culture industries;
• - librarianship;
• - information sciences;
• - design of information services;
• - data and information management, business and startups;
• - edTech, education, pedagogy;
• - informatics, webdesign and UX.

Literature

• Euroguide LIS : the guide to competencies for European professionals in library and information services (Variant.) : The guide to competencies for European professionals in library and information services : euroguide LIS (Orig.). info
• BAWDEN, David and Lyn ROBINSON. Úvod do informační vědy. Translated by Michal Lorenz - Karel Mikulášek - Dana Vévodová. 1. vydání. Doubravník: Flow, 2017, 451 stran. ISBN 9788088123101. info
• VICKERY, B. C. and A. VICKERY. Information science in theory and practice. 3. rev. and enl. München: K.G. Saur, 2004, xiii, 400. ISBN 3598116586. info
• SHUMAN, Bruce A. Issues for libraries and information science in the Internet age. Engelwood: Libraries Unlimited, 2001, xviii, 228. ISBN 1563088053. info

Teaching methods

Thematic lectures and presentations of LIS specialists and experts from the practice.
Questions and discussions.

Assessment methods

Assessment of course - colloquium
Conditions for successful completion of the course:
Students of full-time study program:
- active participation at lectures (min. 2 questions per semester);
- a maximum of 2 unanswered absences;
- elaboration of 2 different selected digital artifacts for 2 different lectures.
Students of distance study program:
- active participation at lectures (min. 2 questions per semester);
- attendance on min. 5 lectures;
- elaboration of 4 (of which at least 3 different) selected digital artifacts for 4 different lectures.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.

Teacher's information

Due to its content and technologically modern form of teaching, the course is intended for both full-time and distance program students.

• Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2021, recent)
  
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