VIKBB01 History of Books and Libraries

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Marie Chladilová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Zdeněk Kadlec, Dr.
Division of Information and Library Studies – Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Iva Dušová
Timetable
Mon 15:00–16:35 zruseno D21
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
At the end of the course students should be able to: know various typefaces on a world-wide scale ; define evolution of books from their beginning up to today's form ; define development of Latin (Roman characters) from time of its beginning to the presents ; orientate oneself in historical evolution of libraries, namely in their relation to context, in which they were in history found
Syllabus
  • 1) Egypt, Mesopotamia
  • 2) Phoenicia, Greece, Rome
  • 3) Civilisation of America and Asia
  • 4) Invention of book printing
  • 5) Latin (Roman characters) - development of scripture
  • 6) Bohemia and Moravia - scripture, books, libraries
  • 7) Present - scripture, visual arts, books, libraries
Literature
    required literature
  • CEJPEK, Jiří. Dějiny knihoven a knihovnictví. 2. dopl. vyd. V Praze: Karolinum, 2002, 247 s. ISBN 8024603233. info
    recommended literature
  • PRŮŠOVÁ, Jana. Vznik a vývoj písma. Praha: Nakladatelství grafické školy, 2007, 59 s. ISBN 8086824047. info
  • PRŮŠOVÁ, Jana. Vznik a vývoj písma. Praha: Nakladatelství grafické školy, 2007, 59 s. ISBN 8086824047. info
    not specified
  • VOIT, Petr. Encyklopedie knihy : starší knihtisk a příbuzné obory mezi polovinou 15. a počátkem 19. století. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2006, 1350 s. ISBN 8072773127. info
  • KNEIDL, Pravoslav. Z historie evropské knihy : po stopách knih, knihtisku a knihoven. Photo by Pavel Brunclík - Vladimír Fyman - Vladimír Hyhlík - Karel Neubert -. Vydání I. Praha: Svoboda, 1989, 142 stran. ISBN 8020500936. URL info
  • MUZIKA, František. Krásné písmo ve vývoji latinky. Vyd. 2., V Pasece 1. Praha: Paseka, 2005, 657 s. ISBN 8071857408. info
  • BURKE, Peter. Společnost a vědění. Translated by Martin Pokorný. 1. české vyd. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2007, 304 s. ISBN 9788024613192. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, homework
Assessment methods
1 written test, seminary work
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015.
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