From Scientific Information
to i-School:
Mapping Transformation of
Curriculum
Prelect:
@MichalLorenz
Michal Lorenz
lorenz@mail.muni.cz
Division of Information and Library Studies
Masaryk University, Brno
http://kisk.phil.muni.cz/
Information Professional
Librarians? Documentalists?
Information Sciencist?
Division of Information studies and
Librarianship
Faculty of Arts
Masaryk University Brno
Bachelor studies Master Studies
390 students
Librarianship
Scientific
information
Information studies
Preliminary research - Comparative study
Objective: Mapping curriculum
- evolution of school profile
- planned curriculum
Method: Venn diagrams
- identify important areas of curriculum
- evaluation of interdisciplinarity
3 dimensions of discipline
scientific x practical
x study
Study fields
Library Science
(1) Books
(3) People
(5) Libraries
Information Studies (2) Information (3)
People
(4) Technology
1991
Under-
graduate
1991 Undergraduate
1 - Introduction to Bibliology
1 - Palaeography
15 - Science of documents
2 - Theoretical Foundations of Information Systems
3 - Social Communication
3 - Wine growing culture
3 – Etnochoreology
3 - German Literature 1790 – 1900
4 - Work with Personal Computer
4- Information Technology
5 - Social Informatics
1991
Graduate
1998
Under-
graduate
1998 Undergraduate
1 - History of Printing
24 - Fundamentals of Informatics and Cybernetics
3 - Philosophy 2
3 - General History 2
3 - Basics of Auxiliary Historical Sciences
5 - Introduction to Librarianship and Scientific
Information
5 - Bibliographic and Retrieval Languages
1998
Graduate
1998 Graduate
1 - Introduction to Archival Science
15 – Bibliopedagogy
15 - Services, readers and users
2 - Information Systems Management
2 - Data, Database Organization
2 - Internet Services
24 - Introduction to Computational Linguistics
5 - Internship in the Library
2001
Bachelor
2001 Bachelor
24 - Information systems design
245 - Digital Libraries
25 - Foundations of librarianship and information
science
3 - General Psychology
3 - General Pedagogy
3 - Rhetoric - Aspects of language cultivation (An
introduction)
5 - Information Retrieval Languages
5 - AACR2 a UNIMARC
5 - Management of libraries and information centers
2001
Master
2001 Master
2 - Nature and culture 2
23 - Information, communication and thinking 3 –
Social Psychology
23 - Psychology of masmedia
25 - Learning Society and Role of Librarians 2
3 - The Anglo-Saxon pedagogy
3 - Research in cognitive Psychology
2005
Bachelor
2005 Bachelor
2 - Information Science 2
23 - Information Collections and Services
35 - Intellectual property and Information Activity
2 - Ethical and Philosophical Foundations of
Information Science
4 - Work With Pictorial Information
4 - Computer Literacy 2
5 - Library Systems and Standards
5 - Reference Services 3
i-School curriculum 2014
Balcheor specializations:
Information Services
Information Technologies
Information and Documents Organization
Information Science
2014
Bachelor
-
Core
2014 Bachelor - Core
25 - Research project
25 - Internship
25 - Research methodology in Information Science and
Librarianship
25 - Legislation in the information environment
25 - Information Organization
3 - Presentation Skills
3 - Communication Skills
3 - Teamwork
3 - Time management
5 - History of Libraries and Librarianship
2014
Bachelor
2014 Bachelor
2 - Scientometrics
2 - Philosophy of Information
4 - Basics programming
4 - Online Services Mashups
45 - New technologies in libraries
5 - Protection of cultural heritage
5 - Acquisition of Documents and Information
5 - Metadata
5 - Cataloguing
5 - Marketing of Library and Information Centers
i-School curriculum 2014
Master specializations:
Information and Data Management
Information Service Design
Technologies in Education
2014
Master
-
Core
2014 Master - Core
2 - Information, Communication and Thinking
2 - Information Management
2 - Knowledge Organization
2 - Information Retrieval
23 - Learning Society
25 - Application Seminar 1
25 - Application Seminar 2
25 - Research Seminar
2014
Master
2014 Master
24 - Tools and Methods of Data Analytics
34 - Digital Marketing Strategy
24 - Web Analytics
24 - Basics of Algorithmic Thinking
23 - Service Design
234 - Design and Innovation
24 - Educational Technologies
34 - Laboratory of Educational Technology
234 - Design of the Educationnal Process
Master 1998 x 2014
What next?
Literature
• SUTTON, Stuart A. The Panda Syndrome II:
Innovation, Discontinuous Change, and LIS
Education. Journal of Education for Library and
Information Science. 1999, 40(4): 247 – 262.
• Van HOUSE, Nancy A. – Stuart A. SUTTON. The
Panda Syndrome: An Ecology of LIS Education.
Journal of Education for Library and Information
Science. 1999, 37(2): 131 – 147.
• WILSON, T. D. Mapping the curriculum in information
studies. New Library World. 2001, 102(11/12): 436 –
442.
Questions?
lorenz@mail.muni.cz
Thank you for you attention!

From Scientific Information to i-School: Mapping Transformation of Curriculum / Michal Lorenz

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    From Scientific Information toi-School: Mapping Transformation of Curriculum Prelect: @MichalLorenz Michal Lorenz lorenz@mail.muni.cz Division of Information and Library Studies Masaryk University, Brno http://kisk.phil.muni.cz/
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    Division of Informationstudies and Librarianship Faculty of Arts Masaryk University Brno Bachelor studies Master Studies 390 students
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    Preliminary research -Comparative study Objective: Mapping curriculum - evolution of school profile - planned curriculum Method: Venn diagrams - identify important areas of curriculum - evaluation of interdisciplinarity
  • 6.
    3 dimensions ofdiscipline scientific x practical x study
  • 7.
    Study fields Library Science (1)Books (3) People (5) Libraries Information Studies (2) Information (3) People (4) Technology
  • 8.
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    1991 Undergraduate 1 -Introduction to Bibliology 1 - Palaeography 15 - Science of documents 2 - Theoretical Foundations of Information Systems 3 - Social Communication 3 - Wine growing culture 3 – Etnochoreology 3 - German Literature 1790 – 1900 4 - Work with Personal Computer 4- Information Technology 5 - Social Informatics
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    1998 Undergraduate 1 -History of Printing 24 - Fundamentals of Informatics and Cybernetics 3 - Philosophy 2 3 - General History 2 3 - Basics of Auxiliary Historical Sciences 5 - Introduction to Librarianship and Scientific Information 5 - Bibliographic and Retrieval Languages
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    1998 Graduate 1 -Introduction to Archival Science 15 – Bibliopedagogy 15 - Services, readers and users 2 - Information Systems Management 2 - Data, Database Organization 2 - Internet Services 24 - Introduction to Computational Linguistics 5 - Internship in the Library
  • 15.
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    2001 Bachelor 24 -Information systems design 245 - Digital Libraries 25 - Foundations of librarianship and information science 3 - General Psychology 3 - General Pedagogy 3 - Rhetoric - Aspects of language cultivation (An introduction) 5 - Information Retrieval Languages 5 - AACR2 a UNIMARC 5 - Management of libraries and information centers
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    2001 Master 2 -Nature and culture 2 23 - Information, communication and thinking 3 – Social Psychology 23 - Psychology of masmedia 25 - Learning Society and Role of Librarians 2 3 - The Anglo-Saxon pedagogy 3 - Research in cognitive Psychology
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    2005 Bachelor 2 -Information Science 2 23 - Information Collections and Services 35 - Intellectual property and Information Activity 2 - Ethical and Philosophical Foundations of Information Science 4 - Work With Pictorial Information 4 - Computer Literacy 2 5 - Library Systems and Standards 5 - Reference Services 3
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    i-School curriculum 2014 Balcheorspecializations: Information Services Information Technologies Information and Documents Organization Information Science
  • 22.
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    2014 Bachelor -Core 25 - Research project 25 - Internship 25 - Research methodology in Information Science and Librarianship 25 - Legislation in the information environment 25 - Information Organization 3 - Presentation Skills 3 - Communication Skills 3 - Teamwork 3 - Time management 5 - History of Libraries and Librarianship
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    2014 Bachelor 2 -Scientometrics 2 - Philosophy of Information 4 - Basics programming 4 - Online Services Mashups 45 - New technologies in libraries 5 - Protection of cultural heritage 5 - Acquisition of Documents and Information 5 - Metadata 5 - Cataloguing 5 - Marketing of Library and Information Centers
  • 26.
    i-School curriculum 2014 Masterspecializations: Information and Data Management Information Service Design Technologies in Education
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    2014 Master -Core 2 - Information, Communication and Thinking 2 - Information Management 2 - Knowledge Organization 2 - Information Retrieval 23 - Learning Society 25 - Application Seminar 1 25 - Application Seminar 2 25 - Research Seminar
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    2014 Master 24 -Tools and Methods of Data Analytics 34 - Digital Marketing Strategy 24 - Web Analytics 24 - Basics of Algorithmic Thinking 23 - Service Design 234 - Design and Innovation 24 - Educational Technologies 34 - Laboratory of Educational Technology 234 - Design of the Educationnal Process
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    Literature • SUTTON, StuartA. The Panda Syndrome II: Innovation, Discontinuous Change, and LIS Education. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science. 1999, 40(4): 247 – 262. • Van HOUSE, Nancy A. – Stuart A. SUTTON. The Panda Syndrome: An Ecology of LIS Education. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science. 1999, 37(2): 131 – 147. • WILSON, T. D. Mapping the curriculum in information studies. New Library World. 2001, 102(11/12): 436 – 442.
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