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Methods of information searching on the internet of the first and the second generation
Synek, Pavel ; Pavlíček, Antonín (advisor)
The thesis aims on methods and strategies usable for information retrieval on the internet as we know it today and points at how the requirements on knowledge of end-user and abilities to use different information sources have been changing; in other words it points the increasing demands on information literacy. The document is divided into three parts. The first one briefly provides an introduction to strategies of information retrieval. The second part deals on theoretic basis with tools and information sources for searching on the both surface and deep web. The author also focuses on social web and its special attributes from the searcher's point of view. The third part represents a practical utilization of knowledge from previous parts. Practical part demonstrates on model examples a nature and kind of information we can retrieve from particular resources.
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Cybernetics and information literacy
Procházková, Petra ; Mildeová, Stanislava (advisor) ; Exnarová, Anna (referee)
Diploma thesis focuses on cybernetics and information literacy with emphasis on the human element in these topics. The first part describes cybernetics with its two basic terms, which are information and management, as a theoretical resource for subsequent detection of information, resp. internet literacy among students of high scholls and universities. The practical part includes creation of questionnaire, articulation of hypotheses for factual and perceived level of information literacy and subsequent interpretation results of the questionnaire. Addressing the respondents was held by deputy director of one prague high school, through social networks and also by direct addressing. This part reports the information about the level of information literacy with sense of constraints that results contains. Explanatory power of the results of the questionnaire survey is mentioned in the conclusion of this thesis.
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Process analysis of the Centre of Information and Library Services of the University of Economics, Prague
Daňková, Lucie ; Říhová, Zora (advisor) ; Škochová, Věra (referee)
Theme of the diploma thesis is the analysis of the processes inside the library of the University of economics. The first part is dedicated to the definition of the goals of the thesis and to the theory of the company processes. The text interprets the term of information literacy and information education and links these terms with the procedural analysis. The thesis introduces the library and identified processes for optimalization. In the second part, the identified processes are analyzed and described in the EPC notation. The thesis describes five processes and their sub-processes. The first process is the educational program, the next process is the cooperation between the university teachers and the library. Another process is the the control of the plagiarism and the use of electronical sources and thesis in the education. The last described process is the feedback from the users. The conclusion summarises the thesis and is coupled with the recommendation about the optimalization of the described processes. The goal of the thesis is to optimalize the defined processes of the informational education in the library and to improve the quality of them, so they can effectively aid the goals of the library, but also to improve the information literacy of the students.
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The project of information education of teachers in a secondary technical school
Dvořáková, Drahomíra ; Chára, Luboš
This study is focused on training information literacy of teachers in one secondary technical school. The pilot training lessons were held from February to August 2010 and were a part of a project which resulted to the foundation of the Studying and Information Centre in SSTO Dacice. The aim of training was to improve the quality of educational process in school and in friendly way lead teachers to self-education in the area of orientation in electronic resources (digital libraries, open access resources and institutional repositories), searching information, citation etc. In the conclusion of this article there is summarized and analyzed the questionnaire action in which teachers participated. Results of this questionnaire will influence of the future The National technical library´s projects on information literacy training.
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Information literacy in Czech republic
Matouš, Vladimír ; Střížová, Vlasta (advisor) ; Pavlík, Petr (referee)
Thesis deal with information literacy as a new phenomenon in education. In the first part define what information is about and how communication proceed. In the next part of the text follow this thesis information and disinformation problems, define what are new media and what are thein specificity. In the next part follow this thesis information literacy, define its single components and their substantiality, deal with its contributions, which result from achievement as for single person as for society as whole. Further is the substanciality of separated parts of information literacy, divided into three levels of information literacy, which answer to three levels of education. Consequently is this achivement analysed and compared with defined levels of information literacy. On the basis of this comparation the recommendations which may lead to improvement of achiving information literacy are defined.
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Problems of using information sources in the academic environment
Harant, Petr ; Sklenák, Vilém (advisor) ; Šubrta, Václav (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with problems of exploiting electronic information sources. Defines main difficulties in which can students, producers, providers (libraries) and experts or teachers run into. Thesis focuses on particular problems and suggests possible improvements. For defining problems and finding possible solutions author cooperated with specialists from information domain specialists, who made (in cooperation with author) a list of problems, which should be solved for better exploatation of information sources. Specialist also introduced some solutions which are currently in development. Thesis is divided into two parts, first is more theoretical and introduces main concepts (information, information need, information behavior and information literacy), techniques for browsing and searching through informational sources. Also multidomain database Proquest 5000 is discussed. Second part focuses on particular problems and possible solutions for searching in electronic information sources.
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Literacy of IS/IT in Czech republic
Gezo, Pavel ; Doucek, Petr (advisor) ; Klas, Jan (referee)
This thesis deals with the level of information literacy IS/IT in Czech republic based on comparison with surrounding states of European territory. Countries were chosen by number of inhabitants and their membership or long term cooperation with European Union. 16 countries meet given conditions - Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Lithuania, Latvia, Hungary, Austria, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Finland, Sweden and Norway. Countries were divided into 2 categories according the date of admission to European Union. First group were formed by so called "old" countries with Norway and in the second group were countries accepted to European Union in 2004 and 2007. The goal of this work is compare the level of information literacy IS/IT of Czech Republic with 16 chosen countries in 5 areas acting in information society -- i2010 benchmarking indicators and e2005 Policy indicators, computers and the Internet in households and enterprises, e-commerce by individuals and enterprises, structural indicators of information society and research and development. Final thesis analyses/subscribe years 2005 -- 2007 and presumable future development not only in the area of information literacy, but also information society.
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