ISKM09 LIS workshop

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Ladislava Zbiejczuk Suchá, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Bc. Jana Ševčíková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Kudrnáč, CSc.
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
Fri 14:00–15:40 B2.43, except Mon 21. 4. to Sun 27. 4.
Prerequisites
Intermediate/upper-intermediate knowledge of English (B2 level according to CEFR) is expected.
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
The aim of the course is to develop, in a disciplinary context, the ability and skills to formulate work and formulate ideas in the English language.
Learning outcomes
After finishing the course, the students will be able:
- to use a variety of reading strategies appropriate for the intended outcome
- to process and to reconstruct the notes based on an academic text into a fluent written or spoken utterance
- to interact skillfully with other participants in a discussion
- to apply a variety of cohesive devices for connecting ideas into coherent complex sentences
- to write an abstract of a presentation
- to prepare and present an academic poster according to the conventions in the field
- to write a report / summary
Syllabus
  • Full-day workshop 9:00 Quick introduction 9:15–10:45 Playing the game together 10:45–11:00 Break 11:00–12:00(12:15) Lecture (Chris Coward): Escape from Misinformation: A Game-Based Approach to Building Resilience to Misinformation + Q&A 12:00(12:15)–13:00 Lunch 13:00–14:30 Workshop in groups: Ideas for the Czech version of the game 14:30–15:00 Wrap-up
Literature
  • Guy A. Marco, (1996) "Two false dogmas of information science", New Library World, Vol. 97 Issue: 7, pp.11-14, https://doi.org/10.1108/03074809610148766
  • NOLIN, Jan – ĂSTRÖM, Frederick. Turning weakness into strenght: strategies for future LIS. Journal of Documentation. 2010, 66 (1), 7 – 27. ISSN 0022-0418.
  • 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.
  • ROTHSTEIN, Samuel. Why People Really Hate Library Schools. Library Journal. 1986, 110(6), 41 – 48. ISSN 0363-0277.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • FURNER, Jonathan. Information Studies Without Information. Library Trends. 2004, 52(3), 427 – 446. ISSN 0024-2594.
  • CRONIN, Blaise. Cutting the Gordian Knot. Information Processing & Management. 1995, 31(6): 897-902.
Teaching methods
Workshop, group projects
Assessment methods
The course ends with a credit for which two conditions must be met:
- participation in the workshop on 17 May 2024, including work on the group presentation
- written reflection of the workshop submitted via IS.muni.cz
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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