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ICT Departments and Libraries: Friends or Foes?
Session Chair: Milan Špála, Charles University, 1st Medical Faculty, Prague |
22.5.2002
11:30 - 12:45
Auditorium D |
The Library - Mother of Information Centre |
Jiří Potáček, Institute of Research and
Education Information, Mendel University of Agriculture, Brno
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There were libraries for five thousand years the source of information
for many generations of artists, scientists, lecturers, students and large
public. Twentieth century, century of computers and their using in all branches,
means break point in libraries too. Classical libraries continues, but from
they the information centres are divided. Information centre gives not only quick
selection from catalogued documents, but direct access to new data
mediums and full texts in the electronical form for users. In the future the libraries
collect and store documents on classical mediums and on new data mediums too.
Information centres care of the access to information and must cooperate
with the libraries. Mostly we cannot divide the actions of library
and information centre. The article describes ten years of practical
experience in transformation of information services. |
Author information:
Director of Institute for Scientific and Pedagogic Information and Services
of Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry Brno from 1990. He was graduated
at Technical University of Brna and Ph.D. at University of Economy in Prague. He
worked in PVT Brno, CKD Blansko and Furniture Industry Brno as head of departements
Computer Centre and departements Information and Management Systems. He has solved of
state and grant projects. Results of his work is modernized library
with automatic system and modern information centre of university.
He is teaching and publishing in sphere information and communication
technology. |
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