Information Literacy at the Faculty of Arts Hana

Information Literacy at the Faculty of Arts Hana Holoubková MUST Week, September 1, 2016

Outline • Regular Courses + Evening Lectures + Friday Lectures • Cooperation with Teachers • A date with the library

Regular Lectures • 12 -13 topics offered each semester (at least twice) • over 400 students per semester • optional • IT classroom (30 students)

WHAT do we Teach? • Electronic information resources • Citing and citation ethics • Efective reading and evaluation of information • Presentation and rhetoric skills • Creative techniques for successful study (e. g. Mind mapping) • How to choose a topic for an essay or thesis • Time management – external lecturer (EL) • Academic writing – EL • MS Office (Word, Excel) – EL • How to write a CV - EL • How to prepare for a job interview -EL

Participants of Lectures • students of the FA – especially bachelor and master's students • Ph. D students • academic staff of the FA • students from other faculties – very rarely, especially FSS

Promotion • mass email • posters • FB group Informační vzdělávání ÚK FF MU [Information literacy at CL FA MU] • MUNI journal (occasionally) • faculty events – Semestr. START & Semestr. END

Methods • registration required (limited capacity of the classroom) • focused on a practical training and usability in study and working life • feedback – online questionnaire (Google spreadsheet) sent by email after a lesson => We often find topics there for the next semester.

Evenings & Fridays • Evening school – 3 topics: Electronic information resources Citation and citation ethics Writing a scholarly text • Fridays – Unsuccessful attempt to engage more distance student

Certificate • motivation for students • for 3 attended lectures (in one semester) • 201 from the spring semester 2015

Lectures for Ph. D. Students • Topics: – – – Writing and publishing a scientific article Grant application process Project's financial framework Information register of R&D results (RIV) Presentation skills for conferences Evaluation of theses (report writing)

Cooperation with teachers

Cooperation with Teachers • basis: communication and cooperation with teachers • content: information resources relevant to a particular field of study (licensed, freely available); citing and citation ethics • duration: from 30 min to 1. 5 h • form: presentations in a classroom • future: Ø depends on relations with teachers, building a reputation, cooperation, communication, qualification of librarians (=> It's difficult to prepare a lesson of a high quality because of a large number of fields of study at the faculty. )

A Date With the Library • at the beginning of each autumn semester • general information about the library, its services and resources • mainly for first year students

List of Courses and Lectures taught at other Faculties

Thank you for your attention Mgr. Hana Holoubková holoubkova@phil. muni. cz Reference services reference@phil. muni. cz http: //www. facebook. com/knihovnaffmu The Central Library of FA MU http: //knihovna. phil. muni. cz/