VIKBB01 History of Books and Libraries

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
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. Marie Hradilová
Supplier department: Division of Information and Library Studies – Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 14:10–15:45 C128
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
  • CEJPEK, Jiří. Dějiny knihoven a knihovnictví. 2. dopl. vyd. V Praze: Karolinum, 2002, 247 s. ISBN 8024603233. info
  • 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)
General note: Výuka bude probíhat v učebně C:15.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015.
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