ISKM29 Expert Block

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2027
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Magdaléna Bohuslavová (lecturer)
PhDr. Petr Škyřík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Bc. Henrieta Greplová (seminar tutor)
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
Prerequisites
TYP_STUDIA(N)
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 70 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/70, only registered: 0/70, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/70
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Abstract
The course is an exclusive and edTech lecture cycle for the entire university. The course has one teacher from the main workplace, which ensures the content and organization of the subject. 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 streamed and made available online.
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 written 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 topical issues related to ISK;
- Creatively summarize selected topics in a digital format.
Key topics

  • Framework areas of lectures:
  • - literary science;
  • - librarianship;
  • - Information sciences;
  • - design of information services;
  • - data management;
  • - philosophy;
  • - pedagogy;
  • - culture.
Study resources and 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
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
Thematic lectures and presentations of LIS specialists and experts from the practice;
Questions and discussions
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements

Full-time students:

- Obtain at least 60% of the total possible points from all KvIS tests that will be part of the lectures. Participation in KvIS is only possible in person at the given lecture.

- If this criterion is not met, it is possible to submit a final essay of 3 standard pages on a chosen topic (choice of approx. 25 topics across the areas lectured at the end of the semester).


Combined study students:

- Participation is possible both in person and hybrid. (If you want to collect points from KvIS as a full-time student, this is certainly possible.)

- At the end of the semester, submission of a final essay of 5 standard pages on a chosen topic (choice of approx. 25 topics across the areas lectured at the end of the semester).

Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2027, recent)
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