VIKBA01 Information Science 1

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Michal Lorenz, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Škyřík, Ph.D.
Division of Information and Library Studies – Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Marie Hradilová
Timetable
Fri 10:50–12:25 C34
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Issues in mediation of information, professional terminology, to demand of information career and existing trends of information science are major themes for the course. Students are introduced to fundamentals, reason and current situation of information science.

At the end of this propaedeutic motivational course, students should explain
. concepts of information, information system, document, digitalization and theirs’s limitations
. importance of a mediation of information and knowledge
Syllabus
  • Theory of information
  • Information as psychophysiological phenomenon and process
  • Potential information and data circulating in technological devices
  • Information as expression of diversity in objects and processes of biotic and abiotic nature
  • Data – information – knowledge – wisdom
  • System theory, sorts of information system
  • Documents, documentation, electronic sources and it’s attributes
  • Information architecture
  • Digitalization of texts, images and sounds
  • Digitalization of models of reality
  • Artificial intelligence, cybernetics
Literature
  • BROWN, John Seely – DUGUID, Paul. The Social Life of Information. Boston : Harvard Business School Press, 2000. 330 p. ISBN 1-57851-708-7.
  • CEJPEK, Jiří. Informace, komunikace a myšlení : úvod do informační vědy. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 1998, 179 s. ISBN 8071847674. info
Teaching methods
Educational methods:
- Lectures
- Presentations of brief assigned report, discussion
- Work with TDKIV (Terminological Databáze of Librarianship and Information Science)
- Reading
Assessment methods
Requests to undergo:
- Written examination evaluated according reached score
- Examination demonstrates degree of insight into the concepts and familiarity with the classic literatures
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
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