1. Information Literacy Course
Mgr. Tereza Matýsová, Mgr. Hana Holoubková
The Central Library of the Faculty of Arts of MU
10th of April 2013, MUST Week

2. Information Literacy Course - Regular Lessons
What do we Teach?
Electronic information resources
Catalogues
Citing and citation ethics
Defining a problem; evaluation and interpretation of information; academic writing (cooperation with CEINVE)
MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Presentation and rhetoric
Online tools (Google tools, time management, publishing)
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 => We often find topics there for the next semester.

7. Cooperation with Teachers
fields of study: psychology, Czech language, Czech literature, classical studies, educational science, musicology and film studies
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 the 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.)

8. 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
MindMeister ( – online tool for creation and sharing mind maps
Prezi ( – online tool for creation unusual presentations
Picasa (
Pixlr (

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

11. 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)

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