FPF:UBKINSNK04 Inf. Science and Society - Course Information
UBKINSNK04 Information Science and Society
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in OpavaWinter 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Anna Novotná, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Kamil Matula, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Anna Novotná, Ph.D.
Institute of The Czech Language and Library Science – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava - Prerequisites
- Course is available to all students.
- 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
- Information Studies (programme FPF, KNIH-nav)
- Course objectives
- Within the course, students have to master a basic set of theoretical, methodological and pragmatic knowledge about information science. These include the interdisciplinary nature of the field of science, general problems of information science, issues of the information process, cognitive and social approaches to information science, research methodology in information science.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- know the main topics of information science;
- use social science research methods; - Syllabus
- 1. Development and methodology of Information Science, starting points and approaches to the definition of Information Science, paradigms of Information Science
- 2. The concept of information and the sequence data-information-knowledge
- 3. Subject of Information Science - information process
- 4. Modern concepts of Information Science
- 5. Individual disciplines of Information Science
- 6. Social and cognitive aspects of Information Science, research trends in the field of Information Science
- Literature
- required literature
- BAWDEN, David, ROBINSON, Lyn. Úvod do informační vědy. Doubravník: Flow, 2017. ISBN 978-80-88123-10-1. info
- recommended literature
- LORENZ, Michal. Informační ekologie univerzitního oboru. ITlib. 2011, č. 4. Dostupný z: http://itlib.cvtisr.sk/archiv/2011/4/informacni-ekologie-univerzitniho-oboru.html?page_id=694
- FEATHER, John. Information Society: A Study of Continuity and Change. 6th ed. Facet, 2013. ISBN 978-1856048187.
- KISK. 100 metod [online]. [cit. 20017-09-12]. Dostupný z: http://100metod.cz/
- CONNAWAY SILIPIGNI, Lyn and Marie L. RADFORD. Research methods in library and information science. Santa Barbara: Libraries Unlimited, 2017. info
- Wydawnictwo SBP: Instytut Książki and Wydawnictwo SBP: Instytut Książki. Nauka o informacji = Information science. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo SBP: Instytut Książki, 2016. info
- Teaching methods
- Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Lectures, regularly assigned and evaluated home tasks.
- Assessment methods
- Grade, Test, Oral exam
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 16 hod/sem.
- Teacher's information
- There is electronic course prepared ISSU.
- Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2024, recent)
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