UBKKBK0032 Bibliographic systems 2

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Kamil Matula, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Bc. Jindra Planková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Kamil Matula, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Kamil Matula, Ph.D.
Institute of The Czech Language and Library Science – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course provides students with a comprehensive historical development of areas related to bibliographic communication of information. Introduces related scientific disciplines and terminological requirements. The main task will be to work with programs and projects in the field of processing national bibliographies. Mastery and orientation in the systems of national bibliographies of European countries, including a reference to the processes of bibliographic communication in the USA. Exercises follow the content of lectures.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- identify basic elements of bibliographic communication;
- identify and specify bibliographic data in library systems;
- search for and process information in current bibliographic information sources;
- use bibliographic metadata files for further processing of information in library systems.
Syllabus
  • Polythematic bibliographic systems
  • Specific bibliographic systems
  • Gray literature systems
  • Systems for patent documents
  • Systems for normative documents
  • Practical work with bibliographic databases - national bibliography in an international context, bibliographic information systems of professional information, specifics of bibliographic description of new media (websites, blogs, etc.).
Literature
    required literature
  • NOVOTNÝ, Jaroslav. Mezi bibligrafickou informací a její reprezentací: informace v teorii bibliografického záznamu. Knihovna - knihovnická revue. Praha: Národní knihovna ČR, 2010, vol. 21, No 1, p. 32-47, 15 pp. ISSN 1801-3252. info
    recommended literature
  • HOLMBERG, Kim. Altmetrics for information professionals: past, present and future. Amsterdam: Chandos Publishing, 2016. ISBN 9780081002773. info
  • GILLIAN, Oliver and Ross HARVEY. Digital curation. London: Facet, 2016, 224 pp. ISBN 978-0-8389-1385-7. info
  • KEEN SHAW, Marie. Library technology and digital resources: an introduction for support staff. London: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016, 225 pp. ISBN 978-1-4422-5644-6. info
  • SICILIA, Miguel-Angel. Handbook of metadata, semantics and ontologies. Hackensack: World Scientific, 2014, 570 pp. ISBN 981-283-629-2. info
Teaching methods
practical training, theoretical lectures, presentations
Assessment methods
  • Active participation in lectures and seminars (attendance of at least 80%).
  • Credit - verification of practical skulls in working with bibliographic systems (written test).
  • Exam - oral evaluation of knowledge.
    • Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    Information on completion of the course: Zp před Zk
    Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hod/sem.
    The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
    • Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2025, recent)
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