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The development of a Union Catalogue of the Czech Republic, the basic sets of problems and some variants of their solution
Lodrová, Iveta ; Landová, Hana (advisor) ; Drobíková, Barbora (referee)
This diploma thesis provides information about the Union Catalogue of the Czech Republic (SK ČR) and its new tasks related to Conception of development of libraries during the years 2011-2015. The aim is to show basic sets of problems, their analysis and some variants of their solutions, compared to other foreign union catalogues. The first and second part of the thesis deals with foreign union catalogues - British example of heterogeneous environment Copac: National, Academic and Specialist Catalogue, and Slovak example of homogeneous environment KIS3G, their analysis and development from the beginning to the present, current status and future plans. The third part describes SK ČR, including semi-structured interview with head of the Union Catalogues Department of the National Library, PhDr. Eva Svobodová and findings from SK ČR workgroup meeting. The final part presents the summary and comparison of the three union catalogues.
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Methods for measuring service quality in university libraries: a case study of libraries AMU and JAMU
Bártová, Tereza ; Landová, Hana (advisor) ; Drobíková, Barbora (referee)
This thesis examines the issue of measuring the quality of services from a theoretical and practical perspectives. It's trying to define the term quality in the context of library services, particular performance indicators used in practice and try to provide an overview of the possibilities of its measurement in the Czech environment as well as abroad. It describes methods Balanced ScoreCard, Benchmarking, Total Quality Management, ServQUAL and SWOT analysis, which originally came from the commercial sector and Benchmarking of libraries, Bibliotheksindex and LibQUAL +, which were created directly for a field of librarianship. It also maps the various activities in this field at national and international level. The practical part of the thesis consists of a survey in two selected libraries performed on the basis of three selected methods of quality measurement: Benchmarking of libraries, Bibliotheksindex and SWOT analysis. In conclusion of the thesis is based on the information gathered from own experience and practice created a general framework for service quality, the possibility of increasing quality and it's measurement in academic libraries.
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Technical University of Liberec Library: Strategic plan for the years 2012-2015
Vencláková, Jitka ; Landová, Hana (advisor) ; Drobíková, Barbora (referee)
(in English): The theme of this thesis is a strategic plan for the University Library at The Technical University of Liberec for years 2012-2015. The first two parts give a detailed analysis of the present condition of the Library containing all the accessible statistical data and the research outcome of the users needs. Based on the collected data in the following text targets are set which when reached should increase the prestige of the Library and thereby the University. The next chapters outline the specific steps to reach the set targets. A part deals with changing the processes of Acquisitions and Cataloguing. Futhermore additional features as reference services, web sites, accessing Electronic theses, dissertations and organization. Potentially some new things should be considered such as an institutional Repository, a discovery system, expansion of RFID technology (Radio Frequency Identification), a selfcheck, providing e-books and other new electronic developments. The conclusion is devoted to the meaning of the strategical plan for the University Library at TUL.
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Presentation of Library Services to the Public : Analysis of Current Situation in the Netherlands and Czech Republic
Lonská, Pavlína ; Landová, Hana (advisor) ; Drobíková, Barbora (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to compare the actual presentation and communication of library services to the public in the Dutch and Czech public libraries. Monitored were primarily legislative frameworks of mentioned countries, branch organizations and their marketing activities supporting public libraries. Theoretical knowledge was supplemented by practical findings gained during the study tour undertaken in the Netherlands. During this study tour were identified specific methods of promotion of public library services. Thesis explores these methods and outlines the possibility inspiration from Dutch library practice. The work proposes an innovation of Czech public library services using the retail concept as part of the open access collections, which was observed and verified in the Netherlands. The final comparison of selected factors on the national level provides a brief overview of librarianship in both countries.
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Structure of personal headings - especially ancient names and medieval names
Novotná, Nikola ; Drobíková, Barbora (advisor) ; Stöcklová, Anna (referee)
The thesis deals with the structuring of author headings, especially of the ancient and medieval names. The aim is to check observing the methodology of creating preferred forms of ancient and medieval authors' names in selected Czech library catalogs. The theoretical part focuses on selected chapters (maiden names and surnames, other entries rated as surnames, surnames containing particles, prefixes or prepositions, names of ruling families, aristocratic titles and transliterated names) related particularly to ancient and medieval names in currently effective AACR2R cataloguing rules and their comparison to the new RDA cataloguing rules. It also describes the entries in the exchange format MARC 21. The practical part is divided in two sections. The first one specifies the libraries and catalogs chosen for the research. The second part compares author records of the libraries to the National Author Database of the Czech National Library in order to find out whether they correspond.
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The Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Work of Regional Libraries in the Czech Republic
Gruber, Martin ; Landová, Hana (advisor) ; Drobíková, Barbora (referee)
(in English): The thesis describes the current economic crisis, to which the Government responded by a set of restrictive measures of public finance. The main attention is paid to the research whether the current financial crisis and government austerity measures influenced the activities of the regional libraries in the Czech Republic and whether they compromised the quality of services provided to the public. The introductory chapter briefly describes the activities of the regional libraries, the most important legislative documents, defines standards of public information services and the development concept. The next chapter is focused on the theoretical definition of the financial crisis and its typology, summarizes its reasons and its historical context. The third chapter briefly approaches the main cases of the current financial crisis in the United States and its impact on European markets, the course of the financial crisis in the United Kingdom and how it influenced the public library sector. The next chapter briefly describes the financing of the public sector in the Czech Republic with a focus on libraries, the current financial crisis in the Czech Republic and the political development in the country since 2006. The last chapter contains a survey conducted by the form of statistical...
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Persistent identifiers and their use in digital libraries
Jílková, Marta ; Drobíková, Barbora (advisor) ; Vorlíčková, Blanka (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to present persistent identification systems and analysis of the use of persistent identifiers for digital objects on a sample of national digital libraries. The first part is a brief introduction to digital libraries. The second part describes selected permanent identification systems. The third part explains elements of selected national digital libraries. The last section is an analysis of the use of persistent identifiers in various national digital libraries. Keywords: persistent identifier, persistent identification system, URI, URN, PURL, Handle, DOI, ARK, digital library, national library, digital object
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Polythematic Structured Subject Heading System (PSH) and Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) in the context of trends in Knowledge Organization Systems
Kožuchová, Kristýna ; Kovaříková, Klára (advisor) ; Drobíková, Barbora (referee)
This Master thesis analyses Polythematic Structured Subject Heading System (PSH) and Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) in the context of trends in Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS). Therefore KOS are described, as well as a taxonomy of KOS and dimensions of their evaluation. Furthermore World Wide Web is presented in the context of knowledge organization, with a focus on KOS web era. Third chapter is dedicated to chosen trends in KOS development, specifically it deals with KOS interoperability and application of web technologies. Then PSH and LCSH are described. Description is based on the model for KOS evaluation suggested in the first chapter. Lastly, the analysis of chosen trends in KOS development in the context of PSH and LCSH is presented. The analysis is a detailed look at PSH and LCSH conversion into Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) and it also shows examples of PSH and LCSH interoperability.
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Selected problems of academic libraries OPACs in the internet environment
Tornáryová, Ingrid ; Konvit, Milan (advisor) ; Drobíková, Barbora (referee)
Thesis, which deals with selected problems of academic libraries OPACs in the internet environment, is divided into four main chapters. The first referred context of information seeking to information needs. Saturation of information needs is motivated by the search itself and choice of search engine. The second chapter brings the development of Online Public Access Catalogues in relation to technological and social trends. Chapter focuses on the functional characteristics of each generation of OPACs. The main part of the work is the current state research of academic libraries OPACs in Slovakia, represented by University Library University of Žilina (Dawinci system), University Library of Matej Bel in Banská Bystrica (Cosmotron system), University Library of Prešov University (ALEPH system) and Catholic University Library University in Ruzomberok (VIRTUA system). Analytic part of the research is focused on the functional characteristics of each OPACs. Subsequent user testing is drowed up to verify efficiency of the OPACs in the process of thee information needs saturation, both at the level of search as well as at information architecture components catalogs as Web services. Results were differentiated with regard to information literacy of users.
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Service quality monitoring in libraries (focused on university libraries)
Kopecká, Miroslava ; Drobíková, Barbora (advisor) ; Stöcklová, Anna (referee)
This master thesis deals with service quality monitoring in libraries and it focuses especially on the situation in university libraries. There are foreign tools described in this thesis, namely the American LibQUAL+® which uses user satisfaction surveys, and German Bibliothekxindex which compares libraries according to recieved statistical data. From the Czech environment there is an initiative of the National Library of the Czech Republic described, "Benchmarking of Libraries", which is based on the German Bibliotheksindex but it is not applicable in university libraries. The thesis includes a self made suggestion on how to monitor service quality according to both of the foreign tools which was also applied to a selected university library. The results of this research indicate that these foreign tools are applicable in the Czech Republic and that the selected university library provides services which its users are overall very satisfied with.
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