• LICHNEROVÁ, L. Písanie a obhajoba záverečných prác [online]. Bratislava:
Univerzita Komenského, 2016 [cit. 2016-10-09]. Available at: http://stella.uniba.sk/texty/ LL_pisanie_obhajoba_zaverecne_prace.pdf
• Vnútorný predpis č. 5/2020 [online]. Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave,
2015 [cit. 2021-09-09]. Available at: https://uniba.sk/fileadmin/ruk/ as/2020/20200527/04a_Studijny_poriadok_FiF_UK.pdf
• Záverečné práce [online]. Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Filozofická fakulta, 2020 [cit. 2021-08-09]. Available at: https://fphil.uniba.sk/studium/student/bakalarske-a-magisterske- studium/zaverecne-prace/
The student must submit the master’s thesis within the deadline specified in the schedule of the current academic year for the relevant date of the state exam. The master’s thesis is submitted in electronic form via AIS. The work must meet the parameters determined by the internal quality system of Comenius University. The provisions of Article 14 of Internal Regulation no. 5/2020 (Study Regulations of the Faculty of Arts of Comenius University) apply to the evaluation of the master’s thesis.
The supervisor of the final thesis and its opponent will prepare evaluations of the master’s thesis and propose a grade in the A-FX grading scale, which the student receives a minimum of three working days before the defence.
Grading scale: 0-59% -FX, 60-67% -E, 68-75% -D, 76-83% -C, 84-91% -B, 92-100% -A
Master’s thesis evaluation criteria:
1. The contribution of the master's thesis, the fulfilment of the objectives of the thesis in its assignment, and the requirements for the content of the master's thesis given by the internal quality system of Comenius University. It is assessed whether the student has worked on the chosen topic at the level of scientific study, with a representative selection of scientific literature, with appropriately chosen scientific procedures and hypotheses that can be verified. Demonstration of the ability to work creatively in the study program is evaluated and the degree of demonstration of knowledge and understanding of the diploma thesis is reflected.
2. Originality of the work (master’s thesis must not be plagiarized, must not infringe the copyrights of other authors); the documentation for the defence of the master’s thesis also includes protocols of originality from the CRZP and Theses systems, to the results of which the thesis supervisor and the opponent express their opinions in their evaluations.
3. Correctness and accuracy of citation of used information sources, research results of other authors and group authors, correctness of the description of methods and working procedures of other authors or group authors.
4. Compliance of the structure of the master’s thesis with the prescribed composition defined by the internal quality system of Comenius University.
5. Respecting the recommended length of the master’s thesis (the recommended length of the master’s thesis is usually 50 – 70 standard pages = 90,000 to 126,000 characters, including spaces), the adequacy of the length of the thesis is assessed by the thesis supervisor.
6. Linguistic and stylistic level of work and formal adjustments.
The student orally presents the content, achieved goals, and conclusions of the master’s thesis, and answers the questions and comments of the thesis supervisor, opponent, or members of the examination committee. The committee will comprehensively evaluate the quality of the master’s thesis, assess the method and form of defence, and the student's ability to adequately respond to comments and questions from the evaluations of the thesis supervisor and the opponent. The student receives their final grade based on the average of the assessment of the thesis supervisor and opponent from their evaluations, and the assessment of the examination committee.
Slovak
1. The student presents the master’s thesis in front of the committee for state exams, the opponent of the bachelor's thesis, and those present.
2. The student responds to the evaluations – comments and questions.
3. The student responds to the questions of the committee for state exams or the questions in a broader debate.
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The student has mastered the basic requirements of writing a scientific text in compliance with the rules of academic ethics. The student knows the methods used in the field of study, is able to work on the chosen topic of the master’s thesis at the level of scientific study, with a representative selection of scientific literature, with appropriately chosen scientific procedures and hypotheses that can be verified. After a successful defence of the master’s thesis, the student is able to design, implement, critically reflect, and justify his research intention. The student understands the context of the problem, can clearly define research conclusions, state his positions, and make recommendations. He can respond argumentatively and flexibly to questions about the research topic, its methodology, and its conclusions.
to the topics 1-4:
STEINEROVÁ, J., ŠUŠOL, J., RANKOV, P., LICHNEROVÁ, L., HRDINÁKOVÁ, Ľ., ONDRIŠOVÁ, M., ŠPÁNIOVÁ, M., BUZOVÁ, K. a A. HRČKOVÁ. Informačná veda: výkladový slovník. Editori Jela STEINEROVÁ, Miriam ONDRIŠOVÁ. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 2020. ISBN 978-80-223-4866-9.
BAWDEN, David - ROBINSON, Lyn. 2012. Introduction to Information Science. London: Facet Publ. 351 s. ISBN 978-1-85604-810-1. Úvod do informační vědy. Transl. M. Lorenz, K. Mikulášek, D. Vévodová. Doubravník: Flow 2017. 451s.
STEINEROVÁ, Jela. Informačná veda: tradície, teórie a trendy - smerom k digitálnej vede. In: Knižničná a informačná veda. 26. Zborník FiFUK. Bratislava: UK, 2016, s. 9-28.
STEINEROVÁ, Jela. Informačné prostredie a vedecká komunikácia. Informačné ekológie. Bratislava: UK, 2018. ISBN 978-80-223-4445-6.
STEINEROVÁ, Jela, GREŠKOVÁ, Mirka a Jana ILAVSKÁ, Informačné stratégie v elektronickom prostredí. Bratislava: UK, 2010. ISBN 978-80-223-2848-7.
STEINEROVÁ, Jela. Informačné správanie. Pohľady informačnej vedy. Bratislava: CVTI, 2005. ISBN 80-85165-90-2.
STEINEROVÁ, Jela. Tvorba informačných produktov : nové prístupy informačnej vedy Bratislava: CVTI SR, 1998. ISBN 80-85165-73-2.
STEINEROVÁ, Jela. Theoretical Constructs of Information Science: Development towards Ecological Paradigms and Information Ethics in Digital Environment. In: Zborník KIV 29. Annual Review of LIS 29. Eds. STEINEROVÁ, J. a M. PASTIEROVÁ. Bratislava, UK 2021, s. 9-38. ISBN 978-80-223-5064-8.
k okruhom 5-8:
BOURGEOIS, D.T. Information systems for business and beyond [online]. Saylor Academy, 2019 [cit. 2021-10-01]. Dostupné na: https://opentextbook.site/informationsystems2019/.
FREE Learning Resources: UML, Agile, TOGAF, PMBOK, BPMN. Visual Paradigm [online]. [cit. 2021-09-01] Dostupné na: https://www.visual-paradigm.com/guide/
HOFFER, JEFFREY, JOEY GEORGE, AND JOSEPH VALACICH. Modern Systems Analysis and Design, 6th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2010. ISBN:978-0136088219.
KENDALL, Kenneth E., Kendall Julie E. Systems Analysis and Design. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2010. 572 s. ISBN 978-0136089162.
KIMLIČKA, Š. Informačné systémy : teoretické východiská, princípy, metódy projektovania. Martin : Slovenská národná knižnica, 2006.
MINGERS, John, Leslie Willcocks. Social Theory and Philosophy for Information Systems. John Wiley & Sons, 2004. 472 s. ISBN 978-0470851173.
SHAPIRO, C. – VARIAN, H. R. Information Rules. A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy. Boston : Harvard Business Schools Press, 1999. 352 s.
ŠUŠOL, J. a kol. Informačná politika. Bratislava : Stimul 2011. Dostupné na internete: <http://stella.uniba.sk/texty/ JS_infopolitika.pdf>.
ZWASS, V. Information system. In: Encyclopaedia Britannica [online]. London : Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., 2017. https://www.britannica.com/topic/information-system
Sledovanie trendov vývoja v oblasti informačnej vedy, informačného prieskumu a informačného správania v základných časopisoch z odboru, najmä: Information Research, JASIST
1. Approaches to definitions of information in information science. Typology of information. Basic terminology of informaiton science (information retrieval and information seeking, information horizon, relevance, informastion behavior, information products). Related concepts: data, information, knowledge.
2. Historical development of information science. Two paradigms of studies and education (G. salton, J. Shera). Subject of information science. Basic disciplines of information science (theoretical, applied, information retrieval, information behavior, digital libraries, bibliometric, informetrics). Social informatics. Methodology and transdisciplinary principles of information science. Information strategies. Traditional models of information retrieval (Salton, van Rijsvergen, Lancaster). Interactive models of information seeking (Belkin, Ingwersen, Satacevic).
3. Information behavior. Definition and related concepts (HIB, information needs, relevance, information environment, R. Taylor). Basic models of information behavior in information science (T.Wilson, D. Ellis, R. Savolainen, B. Dervin, M. Bates, C.C. Kuhlthau). Information behavior in the electronci environment. Historical development of information retrieval and seeking and information behavior. Phases of information retrieval development. Phases of information behavior studies. Typology and structure of information behavior. Trends of information behavior studies. Information ecology. Digital libraries.
4. Information product. Definition, characteristics and components of information products. Basic types of analytic-synthetic information products. Methodologiy of the development of information products (analytic and syntethic information). Basic phases. Diagnosis of information needs of users. Types of analyses. Creativity in information practices.
5. Systems theory. System, systemic approach. Basic characteristics of a system. Systems typology. System structure. System behaviour. Formal apparatus for system description. Transformations and forms of their representation. Models, modelling, organizational-functional models.
6. Information systems theory. System and information, management and organization. Information system and its role in management and cognition. Attempts at formulating general theory of information systems. Information systems typology. Information systems in science, research and education. Library and Information systems. Digital libraries.
7. Approaches and methods in information systems design and development. Systems analysis and synthesis. Structured analysis. IS Life cycle. Data models and modelling. Database systems. Standards in IS, LIS and networks. Audit in information system.
8. Information policy. Principal levels and forms of information policy. Evolution and content of information policy. Information policy and acces to information. Institutions and organizations of information policy research and development (EC, UNESCO, OECD, IFLA). Economic context of information policy. New information economics. Information as goods. Price of information. Competitive strategies in information management. Privacy as a policy category.
The student can take the state exam
a) after obtaining at least such number of credits that after obtaining credits for successful completion of state exams, they achieve the necessary number of credits for the proper completion of studies,
b) after successful completion of compulsory subjects, compulsory elective subjects, and elective subjects in the composition determined by the study program,
c) after fulfilling the student's obligations arising from § 71, par. 3 letter b of the Higher Education Act,
d) if no disciplinary action is taken against them.
Successful completion of the state exam is one of the conditions for successful completion of the study program. The subject of the state exam is evaluated by the committee for state exams using the grading scale A-FX. The evaluation of the state examination or its part is decided by the examination committee by consensus. If the examination committee does not reach a consensus, the evaluation of the state examination or its part is decided by voting.
On the basis of the wording of the study regulations of the faculty (Internal Rules and Regulations 5/2020, Art. 15), the framework dates of state examinations are set by the dean in accordance with the faculty's academic schedule. Departments are obliged to publish the dates of their state exams on the website no later than 5 weeks before they take place. The student registers for the state exam through the academic information system (AIS) at least three weeks before it takes place.
The student is entitled to one regular and two resit attempts of the state exam. The regular attempt is the one for which the student applied for the first time within the deadline set for state exams. If the student was evaluated with the FX mark on the regular attempt of the state exam, the student may take resits of the state exam
a) on the following dates assigned for state examinations in the relevant academic year
or
b) on the dates assigned for state examinations in one of the following academic years in accordance with § 65, par. 2 of the Higher Education Act.
If the student is unable to come on the day of the state exam for which they have registered on serious grounds, they are obliged to apologize in writing to the chairman of the examination committee in advance or no later than three working days after the date of the state examination or its part, if there were serious obstacles that prevented them to do so in advance. If the student does not attend the state examination or its part without an excuse within the specified period, or if the chairman of the examination committee does not accept their excuse, they are assessed with the FX grade from that attempt of the state exam.
Slovak
1. The student arrives on the registered date of the state exam according to the schedule set by the department.
2. The student receives a question from the subject of the state exam, which is submitted in writing and anonymously in the form of a random selection from printed questions or a generator.
3. The examination committee will give the student reasonable time to prepare an oral answer to the question.
4. The student presents the prepared answer to the question in front of the examination committee and answers the additional questions.
5. After the student finishes their answer, the examination committee decides on the results of the state exam in a closed session of the examination committee.
The course of the state exam and the announcement of its results are public.
0/100
The student who passes the state exam has comprehensively mastered the issue of the state exam in the context of specified areas. The student has theoretical and practical skills based on the current state of information science, as well as the ability to apply and use the skills creatively. He is able to apply the things he learned about information science to interdisciplinary relationships, is able to think critically, offer solutions for the information science theory problems, and use scientific arguments.
Literature for units 1-6
• ISO 2788: 2011 Dokumentácia. Pokyny na tvorbu a vývoj jednojazyčného tezauru (= STN 01 0193).
• ISO 5964: 1991 Pokyny pre vypracovanie a rozvíjanie viacjazyčných tezaurov (= STN 01 0172).
• ISO 704: 2009 Terminologická práca. Princípy a metódy (= STN 01 0013).
• ŠPÁNIOVÁ, M. Organizácia poznania a informačné jazyky: učebný materiál. 2017.
Literature for units 7-11
• ONDRIŠOVÁ, M. Bibliometria [online]. Bratislava: Stimul, 2011 [cit. 2021-09-09]. ISBN 978-80-8127-035-2. Available at: http://stella.uniba.sk/texty/MO_bibliometria.pdf
• ONDRIŠOVÁ, M. Alternatívne hodnotenia vplyvu vedeckých výstupov vo webovom prostredí. In: Knižničná a informačná veda 26, Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského, 2016, s. 28-44. Available at: https://fphil.uniba.sk/fileadmin/fif/katedry_pracoviska/kkiv/Publikacie/KaIV/ KIV26_28.pdf
• GLÄNZEL, W. Bibliometrics as a research field: A course on theory and application of bibliometric indicators [online]. 2002 [cit. 2021-09-10]. Available at: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/ viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.97.5311&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Literature for units 12-15
- MAKULOVÁ, Soňa. Makulová, Soňa. Informačná architektúra sieťových médií a multimédií. online. Bratislava: Elet, 2010. 137 s. ISBN 978-80-88812-21-0. Available at: http://www.elet.sk/ monografia/obsah-informacna-architektura.pdf
- PARKER, Sophia, Joe HEAPY. Cesta za lepším rozhraním.
online
Londýn: Demos, 2006. Preklad: Adam Hazdra 2011. Available at: https://web2.mlp.cz/ koweb/00/03/72/12/57/cesta_za_lepsim_rozhranim.pdf
- BUZOVÁ, Katarína. Prieskum kredibility elektronických obchodov. Information ecology
and libraries = Informačná ekológia a knižnice. - Bratislava : Univerzita Komenského, 2011. S. 155-165. ISBN 978-80-223-3087-9.
- MAKULOVÁ, Soňa, Katarína BUZOVÁ. Analýza vzorov návrhov interfejsu vyhľadávania. INFOS 2011 : nové rozmery informačného univerza, nové výzvy 21. storočia pre pamäťové inštitúcie [elektronický zdroj]. - Bratislava : Spolok slovenských knihovníkov, 2011. S. 172-186. ISBN 978-80-970693-0-8. Available at: http://vili.uniba.sk/AK/INFOS2011.pdf
- BRIJAKOVÁ, Annamária, BUZOVÁ, Katarína a Milan REGEC. Špecifiká percepcie používateľských rozhraní online emailových služieb seniormi. Knižničná a informačná
veda : 28. 1. vyd. Bratislava : Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 2019. S. 136-150. ISBN 978-80-223-4769-3
- BUZOVÁ, Katarína. Prístupný web (nielen) pre dyslektikov. ELET newsletter [elektronický zdroj]. - (2.2.2011), s. 1-5. ISSN 1338-0419. Available at: http://www.elet.sk/? pouzitelnost-pristupnost&sprava=pristupny-web-nielen-pre-dyslektikov
Literature for units 16-18
• MAKULOVÁ, S., Hrčková, A. 2011. Optimalizácia webových stránok pre vyhľadávacie nástroje. Bratislava: Elet, 2011. 149 s. Available at: https://www.elet.sk/seo/makulova- hrckova.pdf ISBN 978-80-88812-22-7
• PASTIEROVÁ, M. 2020. Trendy lokálneho SEO a vyhľadávania. In ITlib. Informačné technológie a knižnice [online]. Roč. 24, č. 3 (2020), s. 38-45. Available at: https:// itlib.cvtisr.sk/buxus/docs/PASTIEROVA_OK.pdf
• PASTIEROVÁ, M. 2020. Sme pripravení na hlasové vyhľadávanie? In ITlib. Informačné technológie a knižnice [online]. Roč. 24, č. 2 (2020), s. 28-35. Available at: https:// itlib.cvtisr.sk/buxus/docs/5.pdf
1. Knowledge organization – basic terms, definitions, theoretical background and approaches, platforms of knowledge organization. Development of scientific and academic discipline of knowledge organization. The subject of research of the knowledge organization and its importance. Systems and processes of knowledge organization in library and information science.
2. Controlled vocabulary as a system of knowledge organization in the field of classification, indexing, and retrieval of information and information resources. Controlling vocabulary to ensure subject access to information. Interoperability of controlled vocabulary.
3. Bibliographic language and its components. Principles of bibliographic language. Index language as a system of knowledge organization. Types of index languages. Subject headings. Indexing and index models. Cognitive-oriented and domain-oriented indexing.
4. Thesauri as systems of knowledge organization: development, use, structure, conceptual system and conceptual relations in a thesaurus, types, methodology of thesaurus creation, international standardization of thesaurus creation. Multilingual thesauri. Thesauri and their interoperability with other dictionaries. Mapping terms in between dictionaries. Thesaurus authority files.
5. Classification as a system of knowledge organization. Classification theory and research. Classification systems: development, structure, conceptual system, creation of characters. The use of classification in the knowledge organization on the internet.
6. Consistency of knowledge organization systems and bibliographic revision. Resource description standards and semantic interoperability. Structure of the MARC21 international exchange format / Authorities for the creation of thesauri and thesaurus authority files. Ontologies as systems of knowledge organization and their application in the bibliographic universe.
7. Bibliometrics and related disciplines. Basic bibliometric laws – Lotka's law, Bradford's law, Zipf's law.
8. Altmetrics. Definition, characteristics. Advantages and limits of alternative indicators. Data sources. Research in the field of altmetrics.
9. Methods and techniques used in bibliometrics. Methods of descriptive statistics, representation of relationships between data using matrices, bibliographic coupling, co-citation analysis, co-word analysis, modelling, and bibliometric models.
10. Application areas of bibliometrics. Co-authorship, obsolescence of literature, mapping of science, identification of research fronts, international comparison of activity in science, historiography of science.
11. Evaluation of scientific journals. Impact factor. Factors affecting the impact factor. The 5-year impact factor, Journal Immediacy Index, journal cited half-life, journal citing half-life. Alternative indicators of quality and influence of journals, reasons for their creation and principles of calculation. (Eigenfactor score, Article Influence Score, SCImago Journal Rank Indicator (SJR), Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP), H-index).
12. User experience – definitions, models, applicability, accessibility and trustworthiness, user-oriented design, user experience design process, double diamond model.
13. Applicability – definitions, models, basic elements, heuristic principles, applicability research – quantitative and qualitative methods of measuring and evaluating applicability.
14. Information architecture – systems of content classification and organization in the digital environment, navigation, search, methods of measuring and evaluating information architecture.
15. User interface – typology and characteristics of user interfaces, forms of interaction with the user interface, graphic design – basic elements, visual hierarchy, gestalt laws, texts
The student can take the state exam
a) after obtaining at least such number of credits that after obtaining credits for successful completion of state exams, they achieve the necessary number of credits for the proper completion of studies,
b) after successful completion of compulsory subjects, compulsory elective subjects, and elective subjects in the composition determined by the study program,
c) after fulfilling the student's obligations arising from § 71, par. 3 letter b of the Higher Education Act,
d) if no disciplinary action is taken against them.
Successful completion of the state exam is one of the conditions for successful completion of the study program. The subject of the state exam is evaluated by the committee for state exams using the grading scale A-FX. The evaluation of the state examination or its part is decided by the examination committee by consensus. If the examination committee does not reach a consensus, the evaluation of the state examination or its part is decided by voting.
On the basis of the wording of the study regulations of the faculty (Internal Rules and Regulations 5/2020, Art. 15), the framework dates of state examinations are set by the dean in accordance with the faculty's academic schedule. Departments are obliged to publish the dates of their state exams on the website no later than 5 weeks before they take place. The student registers for the state exam through the academic information system (AIS) at least three weeks before it takes place.
The student is entitled to one regular and two resit attempts of the state exam. The regular attempt is the one for which the student applied for the first time within the deadline set for state exams. If the student was evaluated with the FX mark on the regular attempt of the state exam, the student may take resits of the state exam
a) on the following dates assigned for state examinations in the relevant academic year
or
b) on the dates assigned for state examinations in one of the following academic years in accordance with § 65, par. 2 of the Higher Education Act.
If the student is unable to come on the day of the state exam for which they have registered on serious grounds, they are obliged to apologize in writing to the chairman of the examination committee in advance or no later than three working days after the date of the state examination or its part, if there were serious obstacles that prevented them to do so in advance. If the student does not attend the state examination or its part without an excuse within the specified period, or if the chairman of the examination committee does not accept their excuse, they are assessed with the FX grade from that attempt of the state exam.
Slovak
1. The student arrives on the registered date of the state exam according to the schedule set by the department.
2. The student receives a question from the subject of the state exam, which is submitted in writing and anonymously in the form of a random selection from printed questions or a generator.
3. The examination committee will give the student reasonable time to prepare an oral answer to the question.
4. The student presents the prepared answer to the question in front of the examination committee and answers the additional questions.
5. After the student finishes their answer, the examination committee decides on the results of the state exam in a closed session of the examination committee.
The course of the state exam and the announcement of its results are public.
0/100
The student who passes the state exam has comprehensively mastered the issue of the state exam in the context of specified areas. The student has theoretical and practical skills based on the current state of information from the theory of knowledge organization and bibliometrics, as well as the ability to apply and use the skills creatively. He is able to apply the things he learned about knowledge organization and bibliometrics to interdisciplinary relationships, is able to think critically, offer solutions for the knowledge organization and bibliometrics problems, and use scientific arguments.