FF:ISKM42 Reader's Digest - Course Information

ISKM42 Information Science: Reader's Digest

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Taught in person.

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Michal Lorenz, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Petr Škyřík, 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

Wed 16:00–17:40 C31

Prerequisites (in Czech)

ISKB01 Information Science

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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 16 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

At the end of the course students should have a broader understanding of topics, theories in information science, its identity and subfields.

Syllabus

• 1) Introduction: theoretical basis, concepts and phenomena, delimitation of information science
  2) History of information science - origin and identity
  3) Information wars
  4) Unified theory of information
  5) Critical reflection of educational tendencies

Literature

• DURRANCE, Joan. C. Competition or Convergence? Library and Information Science Education at a Critical Crossroad. Advances in Librarianship. 2004, 28.
• BUCKLAND, Michael. Emanuel Goldberg, Electronic Document Retrieval, and Vannevar Bush’s Memex. Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 1992, 43(4): 284 – 294. ISSN 1532-2890.
• GORMAN, Michael. Whither library education? New Library World. 2004, Vol. 15, No. 9 – 10, s. 376 – 380.
• ROTHSTEIN, Samuel. Why People Really Hate Library Schools. Library Journal. 1986, 110(6), 41 – 48. ISSN 0363-0277.
• DILLON, Andrew – NORRIS, April. Crying Wolf: An Examination and Reconsideration of the Perception of Crisis in LIS Education. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science. 2005, 46(4): 280-298.
• BURKE, Colin. History of Information Science. Annual Review of Information Science and Technology. 2007, 41(1), p. 20-24. ISBN 978-1-57387-276-8.
• NOLIN, Jan – ĂSTRÖM, Frederick. Turning weakness into strenght: strategies for future LIS. Journal of Documentation. 2010, 66 (1), 7 – 27. ISSN 0022-0418.
• MARCO, Guy A. Two false dogmas of information science. New Library World. 1996, 96 (1131).
• CRONIN, Blaise. Cutting the Gordian Knot. Information Processing & Management. 1995, 31(6): 897-902.
• FARRADANE, Jason. Toward a True Information Science. The Information Sciencist. 1976, 10(3): 91-101. ISSN 0020-0263.
• BROOKES, Bertram C. The foundations of information science. Part I - IV. Journal of Information Science. 1980 - 1981.
• BERRY III, John N. We Must Have Library Education. Library Journal. 1998, Vol. 123, No. 3.
• RAYWARD, W. Boyd. The Origins of Information Science and the International Institute of Bibliography/International Federation for Information and Documentation (FID). Journal ofthe American Society for Information Science. 1997, 48(4): 289 – 300. ISSN 15
• OTTEN, Klaus – DEBONS, Anthony. Toward a Metascience of Information: Informatology. Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 1970, 21(1): 89 - 94. ISSN 1532-2890.
• ROBINSON, Lyn. Information science: communication chain and domain analysis. Journal of Documentation. 2009, 65(4): 578-591. ISSN 0022-0418.
• YOVITS, Marshall C. Information Science: Toward the Development of a True Scientific Discipline. American Documentation. 1969, 20(4): 369–376. ISSN 1936-6108.
• VAKKARI, Pertti – CRONIN, Blaise (Eds.). Conceptions of library and information science. Historical, empirical and theoretical perspectives. London: Taylor Graham, 1992. ISBN 0-947568-52-2.
• RAYWARD, W. Boyd. Visions of Xandu: Paul Otlet (1868-1944) and Hypertext. Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 1994, 45(4): 235 – 250. ISSN 1532-2890.
• WELLISCH, Hans. From Information Science to Informatics: a terminological investigation. Journal of Librarianship. 1972, 4(3): s. 163. ISSN 0022-2232.
• BERRY III, John N. Don't Dis the LIS "Crisis": Gorman is right to focus his ALA term on library education. Library Journal. 2004, Vol. 129, No. 16.
• FURNER, Jonathan. Information Studies Without Information. Library Trends. 2004, 52(3), 427 – 446. ISSN 0024-2594.
• Van HOUSE, Nancy A. – SUTTON, Stuart A. The Panda Syndrome: An Ecology of LIS Education. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science. 1999, 37(2): 131-147.
• ABBOTT, Andrew. The System of Professions: An Essay on the Division of Expert Labor. Chicago: The University of Chicago, 1988. ISBN 0-226-00069-9.
• CRAWFORD, Kate. Atlas of AI: power, politics, and the planetary costs of artificial infelligence. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2021. ISBN 978-0-300-20957-0.
• BUCKLAND, Michael Keeble. Emanuel Goldberg and his knowledge machine : information, invention, and political forces. First published. Westport, Connecticut: Libraries Unlimited. xiii, 380. ISBN 0313313326. 2006. info
• The quest for a unified theory of information : proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Foundations of Information Science. Edited by Klaus Haefner - Wolfgang Hofkirchner. Amsterdam: Gordon and Breach Publishers. xxxiii, 59. ISBN 905700531X. 1999. info
• OSTLER, Larry J., Therrin C. DAHLIN and J.D WILLARDSON. The closing of American library schools : problems and opportunities. 1st pub. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood. xi, 158. ISBN 9780313284618. 1995. info
• PARIS, Marion. Library school closings : four case studies. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow. 168 s. ISBN 0810821303. 1988. info

Teaching methods

critical reading of literature and work with texts, class discussion, art projects, essays

Assessment methods

Student's performance is evaluated continuously — written preparation, attendance and art projects are awarded. At least 34 points (of 72 total) are required to pass the course.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials

• Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2022, recent)
  
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