Accessibility of Czech theses: starting points for future solutions
| Session: Transition from
Classical to Electronic Media: Opportunities and Limitations |
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Martin Svoboda, State Technical Library; Czech Republic
Co-authors: Jan
Bayer, State Technical Library
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| Abstract: |
Theses (bachelor, diploma, doctoral, dissertation and habilitation works)
represent an important component of image and of evaluation of a university. Theses are a sought-for information
resource (including bibliographies often contained therein). The availability of Czech theses is poor; there is only a
voluntary dissertations registration system. Hence the Czech input to SIGLE (System for Information on Grey Literature
in Europe) is a mere fraction of a real country output. Legal framework (Copyright Law, Higher Education Law) for the
availability of theses and its drawbacks are mentioned. The paper aims– besides providing the synoptic information
for librarians – at stimulating an interest of decision makers to improve the current practices. |
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| About the author: |
Most of his career fluctuated between rather research oriented and more
practical professions: systems engineer / [chief] systems programmer / generalised information processing software
programmer and developer x researcher in Machine Translation and Information Systems. Recent thirteen years engaged in
implementing ICT and generally modernising libraries: since 1988 in the National Library as a systems programmer, a
chief analyst, Database Centre Head, Head of the Automation Division and the Head of the CASLIN Department. In 1997
appointed Director of the State Technical Library, a Czech leader in implementing IT in library operations and services.
Permanent partisan of co-operative projects and of international standards as a precondition of an efficient
co-operation. Gives papers at local and international conferences and publishes mostly in Czech journals.
Personal
website http://www.stk.cz/~svoboda/Welcome_en.html.
Membership:
eIFL Advisory Board (since 2001), ELAG Board (since 1992), GP3 – gremium of Deputy Minister for Science
and Higher Education (since 1997), Journal of Documentation Editorial Board (since 2002), Central Library Board, (since
1997), Executive Committee of SKIP (since 2001).
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Other papers in this session:
- Digital Delivery of Teaching Materials (Robert Ingram-Smith,
ProQuest Information and Learning; United Kingdom)
- Kluwer Online - Accelerating the World of Research (Alan
Harris, Kluwer Academic Publishers; Netherlands)
- PEC = Portal of Electronic Periodicals (Marie Paráková,
Central Library, Charles University in Prague; Czech Republic
Co-authors: Petr Boldiš, postagraduate
student of Institute of Information Studies and Librarianship, Charles University in Prague)
- One Step Ahead with ScienceDirect (Annemarie Koot, Elsevier
Science ; Netherlands)
- 14:50 - 15:15 Coffee Break ()
- Principles, Actors, Models, Workflows and Technologies in Electronic
Dissertations Systems (Eva Bratková, Institute of Information Studies and Librarianship, Charles University
Prague; Czech Republic)
- The Electronic Database of Academic Theses at FEA MU (Jiří
Poláček, Faculty of Economics and Administration, Masaryk University Iin Brno; Czech Republic)
- E-papers: Blind Alley of the Publication Development? Who is
Hampered? Who Profits? (Milan Špála, Charles University in Prague, First Medical Faculty; Czech Republic)
- Academic Information Portals (Kerstin Zimmermann, ftw.
(Telecommunications Research Centre Vienna); Austria)
- CABI Publishing : serving global applied life science research
(Chris Ison, CABI Publishing; United Kingdoms)
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