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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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Services and programs of public libraries in the Czech Republic aimed at immigrants and national minorities
Hřebíčková, Olga ; Landová, Hana (advisor) ; Kovaříková, Klára (referee)
The objective of the thesis is to describe and evaluate services of public libraries aimed at immigrants and national minorities in the Czech Republic and programs to support them. The first part defines the principal terms related to libraries and minorities. An overview of legislation follows, focused on the same topic. The third part introduces five most common national minorities and immigrant groups living in the Czech Republic. The fourth chapter describes all regional libraries in the Czech Republic, two of municipal libraries near the national border where the percentage of minorities is higher and one specialized library with a focus on their foreign- language equipment, events, meetings or exhibitions about or for national minorities or immigrants, their cooperation with various organizations, employees' interest in minorities and a possibility of registration of foreigners at libraries. Following part is about programs and projects supporting foreigners in Czech libraries. The sixth chapter describes selected organizations working in the migration field. Next is an own survey which was made in 32 public libraries in the Czech Republic. Chapter next to last describes a situation abroad, in Sweden with a focus on their Immigrant Institute. The last part is an evaluation of data about the...
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The process of indexing thesis
Obstová, Barbora ; Kovaříková, Klára (advisor) ; Trtíková, Ilona (referee)
(en) This thesis deals with a different approach to indexing from the perspective of the information professionals and the author himself. This verifies different approach based on comparative analysis of theses and dissertations from Charles University. The practical part is based on the processing of theses and dissertations in the Library of Social Science, T. G. Masaryk. With regard to the practical part of the work refers to concepts such as interpretation of the text, vocabulary, and its combinatorial elements. One section discusses the actual process of indexing with respect to content analysis.
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The Free Encyclopedia Wikipedia as an Information Resource, its Creation, Content and Services
Sakastrová, Lucie ; Bratková, Eva (advisor) ; Kovaříková, Klára (referee)
The master thesis provides analysis and evaluation of the free encyclopedia Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org/) as an information resource and the resulting opportunities and proposals for its usage with a focus on a subject field of information science and librarianship. The thesis focuses mainly on English language version of Wikipedia with significant overlaps in its Czech language version, too. -- The introductory part deals with an introduction to basic matters, terminology and historical introduction and the basic features and qualities of Wikipedia (its history, goals, principles, operator, software, funding, size and popularity), including detailed analysis of related fields (the license terms, responsibility for its content, privacy policy, users and their categorization and motivation). -- The core part of thesis provides a detailed and comprehensive analysis and evaluation of Wikipedia's content, its content-organization tools, quality-management tools, communication tools and its services. Significant part of the core part is devoted to a detailed analysis of the most important tool of hierarchical organization of the content of Wikipedia - its categorial system - focusing on a categorial system of the Czech language version. -- The following chapters deal with qualitative aspects of...
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Folksonomies and possibilities of their usage with regard to needs of academic
Pavlásková, Eliška ; Schwarz, Josef (advisor) ; Kovaříková, Klára (referee)
The Thesis is focused on systems using folksonomy - the knowledge organization based on collective intelligence. The theoretical introduction to the problem includes the overview of the used terminology. Current folksonomic systems are reviewed and described. The Thesis is focused especially on social bookmarking systems, social cataloging systems and systems for social citations. Features of user interfaces are described and evaluated with the emphasis on indexing, record management and retrieval. In the last part, the advantages and disadvantages of folksonomies are considered, especially within the academic background.
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The development of cataloging rules used in Germany, namely Prussian instructions and rules RAK
Císařová, Iveta ; Drobíková, Barbora (advisor) ; Kovaříková, Klára (referee)
The aim of this work is to map the evolution of cataloguing rules on the territory of today's Federal Republic of Germany with more detailed description of Prussian Instructions and The rules for alphabetical cataloging (RAK). The introductory chapter disserts upon the general origin of the cataloguing rules in libraries. The second chapter offers a brief overview of german librarianship. The following chapter is devoted to particular personalities which played an important role in the beginning of german cataloguing practice. The next chapter describes the circumstances of the origination of Prussian Instructions, their structure and content. The fifth chapter describes the evolution of cataloguing rules for public libraries, which originated by simplification of Prussian Instructions, and their revisions. Also explained are the historical reasons for the creation of The rules for alphabetical cataloging (RAK), and their evolution. This chapter also includes a part devoted to the content of these rules. Following are the descriptions of efforts to harmonize german and anglo-american standards in the projects REUSE, RAK2, Changing for international formats and Codes (MARC21, AACR2). In the last chapter is described the current state of organization of the german librarianship and also are mentioned the so...
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Multilingualism in information policies of selected international organizations: comparison of the approaches of the Council of Europe and of the European Union
Müllerová, Zuzana ; Hradilová, Jitka (advisor) ; Kovaříková, Klára (referee)
Tématem práce je mnohojazyčnost v prostředí informační společnosti, zejména jak je reflektována na internetu. Pozornost je zaměřena na přístup dvou mezinárodních organizací k tomuto fenoménu, a to Rady Evropy (RE) a Evropské unie (EU). Cílem diplomové práce je porovnat politiky těchto organizací, vztahující se k tématu mnohojazyčnosti, a to hlavně v kontextu mnohojazyčného zpřístupňování informací na jejich internetových portálech. Větší pozornost je věnována problematice přístupu k právním informacím. Práce se zaměřuje zejména na vzájemnou komparaci portálů RE a EU, s ohledem na odlišnou roli těchto organizací. Prostor je také poskytnut základní charakteristice obou organizací. V širším kontextu je sledována i mnohojazyčnost na internetu z evropského hlediska s akcentem na roli minoritních a majoritních jazyků v internetovém prostředí. Pro lepší zasazení mnohojazyčnosti do rámce informační společnosti jsou nastíněny i některé teorie informační společnosti spolu s postojem RE a EU k tomuto tématu.
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The implementation of folksonomy into user interfaces of information and library systems, presented upon an example of the project of Uniform Information Gateway of the Czech Republic
Němečková, Lenka ; Pokorný, Jan (advisor) ; Kovaříková, Klára (referee)
This thesis introduces two core principles of Web 2.0 - folksonomy and social tagging, as new and alternative means of subject classification, their current applications and potential within information and library systems. Such principles bring up powerful extensions to current subject classification and information retrieval practices. Furthermore it brings up much more enhanced user-friendly interface and retrieval engine efficiency and effectiveness. The particular concept is based on the implementation of these principles into Uniform Information Gateway, one of the most important scientific information resources in the Czech Republic. However the architecture of the system is very unique in compare to common online library catalogues it does not restrict the potential of the implementation of folksonomy and tagging. The intended feature is to introduce secondary parallel subject classification system, which does not limit the current classification practices, and brings up new added value in terms of terminology evolution and users' needs observation. Besides the Uniform Information Gateway, there are many more alternatives with the potential of the implementation of folksonomy tagging, e.g. subject information gateways as parts of the Uniform Information Gateway project, or university information systems.
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