Information Science 2700-L-API-Z1NOI

The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the research issues of both traditional and modern information science. During the course, students will learn especially about research problems within the information architecture research field.
During the lecture, the following issues will be addressed:
1. The roots of information science and factors influencing its development; nomenclature of the discipline
2. The process of shaping information science: evolution and changes in research paradigms
3. Definitions of information science; interdisciplinary science of information
4. Main concepts and research categories of information science: data, information, knowledge, document, information user, information system, information process
5. Models of research and areas of research in information science; main type of research problems
6. Directions of research in contemporary information science
7. Information architecture as an area of information science research

Following issues will be discussed during the practical part of the course:
1. Agrarian society, industrial society, information society and their knowledge infrastructure
2. Information value, storage and retrieval of information, knowledge management
3. Users of information systems, including:
○ Information needs,
○ Information behaviors,
○ Information skills.
4. Information systems, including:
○ Types,
○ Design, information architecture
○ Evaluation
5. Scholarly communication, bibliometrics, and scientometrics
6. Formulation of research problems, research methods,
7. Main information sources in information science

The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the research issues of both traditional and modern information science. During the course, students will learn especially about research problems within the information architecture research field.
During the lecture, the following issues will be addressed:
1. The roots of information science and factors influencing its development; nomenclature of the discipline
2. The process of shaping information science: evolution and changes in research paradigms
3. Definitions of information science; interdisciplinary science of information
4. Main concepts and research categories of information science: data, information, knowledge, document, information user, information system, information process
5. Models of research and areas of research in information science; main type of research problems
6. Directions of research in contemporary information science
7. Information architecture as an area of information science research

Following issues will be discussed during the practical part of the course:
1. Agrarian society, industrial society, information society and their knowledge infrastructure
2. Information value, storage and retrieval of information, knowledge management
3. Users of information systems, including:
○ Information needs,
○ Information behaviors,
○ Information skills.
4. Information systems, including:
○ Types,
○ Design, information architecture
○ Evaluation
5. Scholarly communication, bibliometrics, and scientometrics
6. Formulation of research problems, research methods,
7. Main information sources in information science