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Municipal library in Odolena Voda as an information and cultural centre: Project
Doležalová, Veronika ; Stöcklová, Anna (advisor) ; Římanová, Radka (referee)
(in English) Diploma thesis "Municipal library in Odolena Voda as an information a cultural centre : Project" suggests possibilities of changes and expansion of library services provided by the Municipal library in Odolena Voda and suggests other activities so that it becomes in the future a modern information and cultural centre of Odolena Voda . The author briefly describes the history and current status of Odolena Voda. Another part is focused on analysis of current conditions of the Municipal Library in Odolena Voda - describes its building, the library collections, users and specifies currenly offered library services and activities in which is currently the library involved. The author also summarizes the Czech legislation related to the services of public libraries, and international standards and recommendations for public library services. Furthermore, in work as a basis for designing new services and activities of the Municipal in Library Odolena Voda gives an examples and experiences from other municipal libraries in the country. In the next part of the work the author charts the subsidy opportunities for public libraries- grant programs of the Regional Office of the Central Region, subsidy programs of the Ministry of Culture (Library of the 21st century, the Czech library, VISK) and the...
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Information Education in Italy: Projects and Activities in Academic Environment
Klimešová, Pavlína ; Landová, Hana (advisor) ; Dombrovská, Michaela (referee)
This thesis deals with the issue of information education in Italy and focuses primarily on projects and activities in the academic environment. This thesis deals with the issue of Information Education in Italy and focuses primarily on Projects and Activities in the Academic Environment. In the introductory chapter several theses are formulated, regarding Italian environment in relation to Information Literacy and Information Education. In the second chapter many aspects and challenges of Information Education in Italy are briefly zoomed - a system of legislative efforts on the path towards the Information Society, a characteristics of the current state of Higher Education and Information Education at universities, the interpretation of terms Information Literacy and Information Education and their terminological pitfalls in Italian, characteristics and tools supporting Information Education, the issue of Plagiarism. The third chapter discusses several major Italian initiatives (including one European, based in Italy) from a non academic sphere. The fourth chapter discusses the status of libraries and librarians in Italy and their role in the educational process. The fifth chapter is devoted to analysis of specific Information Literacy Projects in selected Italian universities. The conclusion summarizes...
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Information literacy of students of private universities in the Czech Republic: case studies of selected private universities and their libraries
Kratochvílová, Zuzana ; Landová, Hana (advisor) ; Dombrovská, Michaela (referee)
(in English) The thesis deals with information literacy of students of private universities in the Czech Republic and presents the results of a survey of information literacy conducted in four libraries of private universities. The introductory chapter presents a brief introduction to the topic. The second chapter then deals with private higher education and the status of academic libraries of private universities in the Czech Republic. The third chapter is devoted to information literacy and presents international definitions and standards of an information-literate university student. The current status and activities in the field of information literacy in the Czech Republic are mentioned as well. The core of the thesis consists of four case studies of academic libraries of private universities (The University of Finance and Administration, Skoda Auto University, The College of Nursing, and The Metropolitan University Prague) and the results of the survey for each of them. The conclusion summarizes the results of the survey.
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Information literacy and information needs of students of colleges of education and role of information education in universities
Jehlíková, Hana ; Landová, Hana (advisor) ; Drobíková, Barbora (referee)
The thesis is divided into theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part deals with the concept of information literacy, its development, and its broader context of information society. Furthermore, it presents selected initiatives, recommendations, concepts and standards of UNESCO, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, American Library Association and Czech representatives of the Association of Libraries of Czech Universities, always in relation to education, information education and lifelong learning. The practical part of the thesis describes author's own questionnaire survey that was conducted at the same time at three faculties - in České Budějovice, Plzeň and Ústí nad Labem. The survey looks into general students' awareness of information resources and their use. In addition, interviews with librarians are provided. These interviews illustrate the real situation and conditions for teaching information literacy provided by the faculty.
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Outline of advances in teaching medical information literacy : with a special view of its implementation into the academic environment (curricula) at the 2nd Medical School, Charles University in Prague
Kieslingová, Kateřina ; Landová, Hana (advisor) ; Stöcklová, Anna (referee)
The thesis deals with selected theoretical fundamentals of information literacy, which are followed by an analysis of the situation of teaching information literacy at the 2nd Faculty of Medicine at Charles University in Prague. The objective of this thesis is to describe the whole process of participation of the Department of Science Information at the 2nd Faculty of Medicine in the process of information education. First the thesis gives information on a theoretical level about basic terminology and information literacy from a medical point of view. The thesis also shows the results of questionnaire surveys held by the IVIG Committee focused on the activities of university libraries in the field of information education. No less important is also a chapter devoted to a librarian in the role of a lecturer. a chapter devoted to information education at other universities in the Czech Republic ensues. The practical part contains a presentation of teaching at the 2nd Faculty of Medicine where the library participates. Individual subjects are described in detail in the mentioned part. Some recommendations for improving the actual teaching are formulated in the conclusion.
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Use of electronic information resources in the Czech language and literature classes at high schools
Maršíková, Markéta ; Vlasák, Rudolf (advisor) ; Landová, Hana (referee)
This diploma thesis is focused on information education and using electronic information sources in Czech Language and Literature classes at Czech secondary schools. It consists of three parts. The first, theoretical part addresses information literacy in the Czech Republic, national information education policy and contemporary trends in using modern information and communication technologies in the classroom. The second part includes an overview of open online information sources for Czech Language and Literature classes which could be used in the classroom. The thesis also includes an inquiry into the use of electronic information sources in Czech Language and Literature classes at secondary schools. The research was conducted at two general secondary education schools - Jiráskovo gymnázium in Náchod and Gymnázium Broumov. Keywors electronic information resources, online information resources, internet, information literacy, information education, Czech language, literature, high schools
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Book-reading from the regional library's point of view
Dvořáková, Barbora ; Peterka, Josef (advisor) ; Hrabáková, Jaroslava (referee)
The bachelor thesis Book-reading from the regional library's point of view focuses to find out a level situation of a regional library. The dissertation has 2 parts - part theoretical et research. The theoretical part také note a different point of view during specification of reading and reading literacy. Mention factors by which are readers impressed and contemporary researchs of reading and their results. In the research part analyse the situation of regional library in district Nymburk during the year 2010. KEY WORDS reading, reading development, reading guidance, reading of children, reading of adults, research of reading, librarianship, regional library
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Lectures of information literacy in education of history at Dvořákovo gymnázium in Kralupy nad Vltavou
Řihák, Jakub ; Římanová, Radka (advisor) ; Vášová, Lidmila (referee)
This thesis deals with a concept of information literacy lectures applied to the project-based teaching of history at Dvořákovo gymnázium in Kralupy nad Vltavou. In this thesis are presented and further developed the information literacy requirements for high school students, specified in the "Educational program framework for High schools" (27). These requirements are further developed, based on the information literacy standards published in the USA and the UK. On this basis is formulated a concept of information literacy teaching instructions. This concept results in the formulation of information literacy lessons curriculum and their implementation in the history lessons through project-based teaching method. The whole concept was tested in practice. However, in this thesis is also mentioned the possibility of teaching information literacy in a way of a separate workshop, connected with other school subjects. This method seems to be more suitable, because it allows the inclusion of a wider range of subjects into the workshop's curriculum.
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