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Information base for foreign students selected the Czech university
Sikorová, Zuzana ; Římanová, Radka (advisor) ; Landová, Hana (referee)
(in English) The aim of bachelor thesis is an analysis of information base for foreign students at Czech University of Life Sciences. The theoretical part of the thesis describes situation of foreign students at universities, economical aspects of recruiting foreign students to higher education institutions and programs of mobility offered by Czech universities. Further the thesis deals with problematical definition of concept information need connected with information seeking behavior and types of information needs. Information needs of foreign students are identified by analyzing foreign user studies. In the end of the theoretical part services of universities and academic libraries for foreign students are characterized. The practical part is aimed to analyse information base for foreign students at Czech University of Life Sciences Prague. At the beginning of practical part Czech University of Life Sciences is briefly described with its history, offered programs of mobility and numbers of foreign students at university in recent years. The next part of the thesis presents services of university dedicated to foreign students - website in English language, Guide for international students and orientation week. The last part of the thesis deals with services for foreign students provided by Study...
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An analysis of research support in engineering with the emphasis on a university environment and based upon a survey of information behavior and information needs at the CTU in Prague and UCT Prague
Němečková, Lenka ; Papík, Richard (advisor) ; Rankov, Pavel (referee) ; Jarolímková, Adéla (referee)
Mgr. Lenka Němečková An analysis of research support in engineering with the emphasis on a university environment and based upon a survey of information behavior and information needs at the CTU in Prague and UCT Prague (dissertation thesis) Analýza informační podpory uživatelů z oblasti technických oborů a věd s důrazem na vysokoškolské prostředí a opírající se o výzkum informačního chování a informačních potřeb provedený na ČVUT v Praze a VŠCHT Praha (disertační práce) Abstract This thesis is focused on the analysis of researchers' information behavior and information needs in engineering in academia and in industry. It is aimed at identifying trends in research support by university libraries based on research of information behavior and information needs that has been conducted at the CTU in Prague and UCT Prague and by a brief insight into industrial environment. Initial parts of the thesis provide an overview of classification schemes in engineering. It also describes brief differences between university and industry environment with the aim at defining the differences in user information needs. It further provides brief summary of theories and models of information behavior and identifies differences between information needs of students and researchers concluding in defining research skills as basic...
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Information support in financial institution
Bezchleba, Jiří ; Papík, Richard (advisor) ; Lipková, Helena (referee)
(anglicky) This thesis entitled Information support in a financial institution discusses how information services and resources are currently used internally in an institution focusing on the Czech banking environment. The reader is thus provided an insight directly into the organization and the position it takes towards working with information aiming at fulfilment of its employees' information needs. The thesis also reflects description of the most important information sources. Information needs of employees were analyzed and identified based on their frequency of occurrence and distribution across the bank. The following part of the work covers detailed identification of information services. The reader is hereby given the opportunity to find out where, by whom and to what extent the services are used. The conclusion deals primarily with the information models of the flow of information in the organization and the analysis of various entities affecting the relevant processes.
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Information behaviour od users of the Center of Scientical Information Ústav organické chemie a biochemie AV ČR, v.v.i.
Záluská, Michaela ; Slámová, Hana (advisor) ; Buřilová, Marcela (referee)
Citace dle ISO 690: ZÁLUSKÁ, Michaela. Informační chování uživatelů Střediska vědeckých informací Ústavu organické chemie a biochemie AV ČR, v.v.i. Praha, 2015. 62 s., 7 s. příloh. Bakalářská práce. Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Filozofická fakulta, Ústav informačních studií a knihovnictví. Vedoucí bakalářské práce PhDr. Hana Slámová, PhD. Abstrakt Bakalářská práce se zabývá informačním chováním a informačními potřebami uživatelů Střediska vědeckých informací Ústavu organické chemie a biochemie AV ČR, v.v.i. Charakterizuje uvedenou instituci a Středisko vědeckých informací, analyzuje jejího uživatele, jeho informační chování, a popisuje vývoj práce s informacemi v konfrontaci se zaváděním informačních a komunikačních technologií. Součástí práce je také dotazníkové šetření zaměřené na identifikaci informačního chování uživatelů (jejich informační návyky: hlavní zdroje informací, frekvence užití zdrojů, využívání informačních služeb, správu kolekce článků, preference užití tištěných nebo elektronických materiálů apod.). Cílem této práce je zjistit, jaké je informační chování uživatelů a zda současné služby Střediska vědeckých informací korespondují s jejich informačním chováním a potřebami. V opačném případě vytvořit doporučení pro úpravu podmínek pro služby nebo jejich změnu. Abstract This bachelor thesis...
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Modern technology in the lives of seniors
Pfeilerová, Iveta ; Krahulcová, Beáta (advisor) ; Zelinková, Olga (referee)
Investigator: Bc. Iveta Pfeilerová Supervisor: prof. PhDr. Beáta Krahulcová CSc Modern technology in the lives of seniors The thesis titled "Modern technology in the lives of seniors" is focused on a target group of seniors living in a retirement home and their abilities and potential utilization of modern technologies such as cell phone, computer and credit card. The main objective of this thesis was to investigate the relationship that the seniors have to the modern technologies, such as cell phones, computers and credit cards. The thesis and the research was approached with the aspect that these are the seniors who live in a retirement home. In recent years the issue of quality of life of seniors is becoming increasingly hot topic and work with a cell phone, a computer and the Internet can very significantly affect the lives of seniors. The goal was to determine if these visions are reflected in the lives of seniors in housing facilities and if it is possible that the respondents are interested in these technologies. The research was conducted in both theoretical and practical framework. The theoretical part deals with the demographic changes in society, with the aging population and with the old age itself. Further described is the general information lireracy, information needs of seniors and...
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Analysis of the current state of information services in the field of theatre arts and their impact on public relations
Procházková, Kateřina ; Vlasák, Rudolf (advisor) ; Dombrovská, Michaela (referee)
With the aid of a "case study" research design, this thesis analyses the typology of informational services, whose prudent application can influence relations of institutions existing within the drama industry with the broader public. The theoretical part sheds light on the problematic definition of "information services", which is placed in the context of online marketing, and introduces ways, in which this term possesses an added value in the form of affecting the applied processes of public relations within particular institutions. Secondly, it includes basic methodological perspectives on quantitative research, the rules of performing case study research as the selected research design, and last but not least, it describes utilised methods of data collection. The last and most key part of the thesis is based on resulting application of the typology of information services, discussed in the previous parts, and concerns itself with the aforementioned question of their influence on public relation processes of individual institutions. These include the information portal divadlo.cz, which serves caters for the domestic sphere of theatre, and an official web presentation of the Divadlo na Zabradli theatre. The analysis is of inductive nature and is not directed by a previously determined...
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Information needs of editors in publishing industry
Hajdová, Marie ; Papík, Richard (advisor) ; Stöcklová, Anna (referee)
This thesis is focused on the issues of information behaviour of editors from publishing with an emphasis on information needs and the sources of information. The first part deals with the position in the information publishing companies, the trend for electronic publishing and its influence on the book market. The following is an overview of selected terminological terms from publishers and their analysis. The next chapter is a summary of information behaviour theories, related concepts, models and current research in the Czech republic. The results of research that was realized for the purpose of the thesis between Czech editors are summarized and analyzed in the conclusion. Based on these results, proposals for the increasing of information literacy of editors are included in the thesis.
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Strategic plan of optimalization information needs in company Weiler s.r.o.
Dvořáková, Michala ; Očko, Petr (advisor) ; Lipková, Helena (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with issue of optimization of information needs in engineering company Weiler s.r.o. This work consists of otheoretical background, on which is established practical part, which contains strategic analysis of companies environment and information needs. There is processed strategic plan of optimization in three alternatives on these foundations - pessimistic with no change in the company, realistic, which counts with use of one information worker and optimistic, which counts with establishing an information department in the company. The final plan is elaboration of realistic alternative including financial plan, which contains the electivity calculation.
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Business intelligence in the generic pharmaceutical industry for portfolio selection and registration strategy
Rösslerová, Petra ; Pečená, Marika (advisor) ; Papík, Richard (referee)
The aim of the diploma thesis is to describe and analyse information sources, which are useful for the molecules portfolio selection suitable for the future development of a generic drug. These information sources should be examined on the case study of the portfolio selection in a given therapeutic area. The topic of the diploma thesis is presented in the context of basic principles and functions of the generic farmaceutical industry and its information needs. The introductory chapter characterizes the farmaceutical industry in general and warn on a competitive environment, which the farmaceutical companies can succeed in thanks to the advanced methods of the business intelligence. The second chapter focuses on the differences betwen the generic and original pharmaceutical industry, a drug lifecycle is also introduced there. The next chapter specifies the methods of the business intelligence in the generic pharmaceutical industry on the ground of its information needs. The fourth chapter plays a key role. First of all, it introduces general characteristics of information sources used in the strategic portfolio management. Secondly, the detailed description and analysis of eight main information sources used by the generic companies within business intelligence follows. In the last chapter these...
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Information and library services for students of art schools with a focus on dramatic and musical art in the Czech Republic
Fialová, Zuzana ; Papík, Richard (advisor) ; Černá, Milena (referee)
Diploma thesis " Information and library services for students of art schools with a focus on dramatic and musical art in the Czech Republic " aims to analyze the environment of libraries with a fund focused on music and theater, which serves students of art schools. This thesis also describes library and information services and the impact of copyright law to provide services in libraries with a fund containing score, audio and audiovisual media. The last section describes methodology of qualitative research and evaluates research by force field analyzing method and also analyzed findings and recommendations to address the identified facts.
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