ISKM12 Organization of Knowledge

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Josef Schwarz (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Jaroslav Malina, DrSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jaroslav Malina, DrSc.
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 12:00–13:40 B2.23
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
Knowledge organization (KO) is an area in which traditional philosophical disciplines, such as logic, epistemology and metaphysics blend with modern interdisciplinary disciplines such as cognitive science, sociology of knowledge, or information science. Purpose of the course is to introduce fundamental issues of knowledge organization as an information science field and to connect them with the pillars of scientific thinking.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, the student
  • a) will have an insight into the knowledge organization (in its theory, methodology and practice),
  • b) will be able to discuss its basic questions and problems,
  • c) will be able efficiently use, analyze, design and evaluate systems and processes in the area of knowledge organization, and
  • d) will be able to provide the method of domain analysis as a method of observing the genesis and transfer of information and knowledge within certain social groups that are connected with the subject of investigation, shared paradigm and mutual communication.
    • Syllabus
    • 1. Subject of knowledge organization. Concepts of data - information - knowledge - wisdom. Knowledge creation. Object and subject. Empirism - rationalism - realism.
    • 2. Knowledge and critical problem of truth. Theory of truth (consensus, coherence, correspondence, adequation). Growth of knowledge (cumulative vs. breakthrough approaches).
    • 3. Knowledge organization area: information system - user - domain. Paradigms of knowledge organization. ASK. Realistic domain model. Domain analysis.
    • 4. Concepts and their representation. Instrumental and formal signs. Nominalism - conceptualism - realism. Content and scope of the concept. Classification of concepts. Definition.
    • 5. Languages. Their syntactic, semantic and pragmatic aspects. Typology of languages. Natural and selection languages.
    • 6. Categorization, classification, faceting. Classification theory (objective and subjective approaches). Classification of sciences.
    • 7. Scientific classification, taxonomy and professional terminology. Semantic networks. Tezaury.
    • 8. Philosophical and informational ontology. Fundamentals of FRBR. Semantic Web.
    • 9. Document and its representation (metadata). Content analysis, indexing, classification. Hermeneutical approaches.
    • 10. Systems of knowledge organization and their typology. Universal classification systems - MDT, DDT, Bliss, Ranganathan.
    • 11. Knowledge organization systems based on native language. Subject authorities.
    • 12. Visualization of knowledge organization system. Positive and negative aspects.
    Literature
      required literature
    • HJØRLAND, B.; ALBRECHTSEN, H. Toward a New Horizon in Information Science: Domain-Analysis. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1995, roč. 46, č. 6, s. 400–425.
    • HJØRLAND, B. What is Knowledge Organization (KO)?. Knowledge Organization. 2008, roč. 35 č. 2/3, s. 86–101.
    • HODGE, G. Systems of Knowledge Organization for Digital Libraries. Beyond Traditional Authority Files, Council on Library and Information Resources. Washington, 2000. Dostupné na: www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub91/contents.html
    • INGWERSEN, Peter. Information retrieval interaction. Copenhagen: Royal School of Library and Information Science, Department of Information Studies, 2002, x, 246. ISBN 0947568549. info
    • KUČEROVÁ, Helena. Organizace znalostí: klíčová témata. 1. vydání. Praha: Nakladatelství Karolinum, 2017. 269 s. ISBN 978-080-246-3597-3.
    • LANCASTER, F. Wilfrid. Indexing and abstracting in theory and practice. 3rd ed. London: Facet Publishing, 2003, xix, 451. ISBN 1856044823. info
    • ROWLEY, J. E. and Richard HARTLEY. Organizing knowledge : an introduction to managing access to information. Fourth edition. Farnham: Ashgate, 2008, xxiv, 367. ISBN 9780754644316. info
    • STODOLA, Jiří. Filosofie informace - metateoretická analýza pojmu informace a hlavních paradigmat informační vědy (Philosophy of information - a metatheoretical analysis of the concept of information and main paradigms of information science). Vydání první. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015, 191 pp. Spisy Filozofické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity = Opera Facultatis philosophicae Universitatis Masarykianae, ISSN 1211-3034 ; 437. ISBN 978-80-210-8011-9. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.M210-8011-2015. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    • Terminológia : základné zásady, metódy a ich aplikácia. Edited by Zora Jurčacková. Vyd. 1. Bratislava: Centrum vedecko-technických informácií SR, 2002, 72 s. ISBN 8085165856. info
      recommended literature
    • GOLUB, Koraljka. Subject access to information : an interdisciplinary approach. Santa Barbara, California: Libraries Unlimited, 2015, xi, 165. ISBN 9781610695770. info
    • ECO, Umberto. Hledání dokonalého jazyka v evropské kultuře. Translated by Zora Jandová. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2003, 355 s. ISBN 80-7106-389-4. info
    • LAKOFF, George. Metafory, kterými žijeme. Edited by Mark Johnson. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2002, 282 s. ISBN 8072940716. info
    • LAKOFF, George. Ženy, oheň a nebezpečné věci : co kategorie vypovídají o naší mysli. Edited by Dominik Lukeš. Vydání první. Praha: Triáda, 2006, 655 strana. ISBN 808613878X. info
    • POMERANTZ, Jeffrey. Metadata. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2015, xi, 239. ISBN 9780262528511. info
    • STROSSA, Petr. Zpracování informačních fondů. 2., přeprac. a rozš. vyd. Praha: Vysoká škola ekonomická, 2000, 175 s. ISBN 8024500906. info
    Teaching methods
    Lectures, guided discussions, student presentations, homeworks.
    Assessment methods
    The subject is classified based on: 1) a knowledge test with 25 questions (at least 13 must be answered correctly); 2) final reports on domain analysis, which the student prepares continuously throughout the semester according to assignment of partial tasks; 3) presentation of the student's task in lesson; 4) activity in a lesson (optional).
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further Comments
    Study Materials
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
    • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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