ISKB65 Group of experts

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Kristýna Kalmárová (lecturer)
Mgr. Monika Macháňová (lecturer)
Zbyněk Cincibus (assistant)
Bc. Lucie Kratochvílová (assistant)
Mgr. Kateřina Rajsová (assistant)
Mgr. Tereza Veverková (assistant)
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
Thu 16:00–17:40 B2.43, except Thu 16. 11.
Prerequisites
TYP_STUDIA(B)
Interest in current situation in the LIS and willingness to communicate with the lecturers.
Student of bachelor's degree program.
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 97 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 62/97, only registered: 1/97, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/97
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
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 in the MS Teams, and 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 LIS;
- 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
  • 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;
- a maximum of 2 unanswered absences;
- filling in the feedback questionnaire for each completed lecture;
- elaboration of 2 different selected digital artifacts for 2 different lectures.
Students of distance study program:
- active participation at lectures;
- attendance on min. 5 lectures;
- filling in the feedback questionnaire for each completed lecture;
- 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
The course with this code is intended ONLY for students of the bachelor's study program of various fields.
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, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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