1. Information Literacy Courses at the Faculty of Arts
Mgr. Tereza Schwarzová Matýsová, Mgr. Hana Holoubková
The Central Library FA MU
4th September 2014, MUST Week

2. Information Literacy Courses - Regular Lessons
What do we Teach?
Electronic information resources
Citing and citation ethics
Academic writing (cooperation with CEINVE)
Creation of questionnaires (CEINVE)
MS Office (Word, Excel)
Presentation and rhetoric skills
Online tools (Google tools, time management, publishing) (CEINVE)
Information visualization (CEINVE)
Creative techniques for successful study

3. Participants of Lessons
Students of the FA – especially bachelor and master's students
PhD students
Academic staff of the FA
Students from other faculties – very rarely, especially FSS

4. Who Trains? (reference) librarian
External collaborators
Colleagues from the Division of Information and Library Studies (currently project CEINVE - Information Literacy Centre: Development of Information Literacy at Masaryk University )
Librarian colleagues (especially from MU)

5. Promotion and Methods
mass sent to all current students of the FA, posters, Facebook
registration required (limited capacity of the classroom)
focused on practical training and usability in study and working life
feedback – online questionnaire (Google spreadsheet) sent by after a lesson => new topics for the next semester

7. Creative Techniques for Successful Study
Mind Mapping
Brainstorming
Working with associations
Speed reading
Six Thinking Hats

9. Why do we Include these Topics?
techniques can be used for the purpose of study, regardless of the field
useful in later life (working, private)
students usually do not have an opportunity to get to know them from anywhere else
creative techniques lesson is one of the favourite ones (=> many participants, good evaluation)

10. Cooperation with Teachers
fields of study: psychology, Czech language, Czech literature, classical studies, educational science
basis: communication and cooperation with teachers
content: information resources relevant to a particular field of study (licensed, freely available); citing and citation ethics
form: presentations in a classroom
future:
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.)

11. Lessons for Ph.D. Students
Cooperation with CEINVE
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)

12. „A Date with the Library“
For freshmen
At the beginning of each autumn semester
General information about the library, its services and resources
Library catalogue

14. Tools for More Effective Work (own experience)
Google Docs (documents) – suitable for working together on documents (text, presentation, table), creating simple questionnaires and surveys, working with the results of the questionnaires
SlideShare ( – online tool for sharing presentations
XMind ( – tool for creation and sharing mind maps
Prezi ( – online tool for creation unusual presentations
Gimp ( – image manipulation program
Picmonkey ( – free online photo editor

15. List of courses and lessons of other faculties

16. Thank you for your Attention
Mgr. Hana Holoubková, Mgr. Tereza Schwarzová Matýsová
Reference Services
ICQ:
The Central Library of the FA MU