1. Division of Information and Library Studies,
Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno
PROJECTS REALIZED
UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF AND
IN COOPERATION WITH THE DIVISION

2. Projekty z OP VK
 PARTSIP (OP VK 2.4)
 NAKLIV (OP VK 2.4)
 ACROSS (OP VK 2.2)

3. PARTSIP
The Partner Network of Information Professionals (PARTSIP) aims to
strengthen the cooperation among tertiary education institutions,
research institutions, and public as well as private sectors in the Czech
Republic. It is a platform for a support of other joint projects and
interbranch cooperation.
 Contact person: Mgr. Ladislava Suchá
 Registration number: CZ.1.07/2.4.00/12.0059
 Launch year: 2009
 Mail: sucha@phil.muni.cz
 Web: www.partsip.cz

4. NAKLIV
The National Cluster of Information Education (NAKLIV) is a project
realized with support from OP Education for Competitiveness (Priority
axis 2.4). It focuses on the support and improvement of effective
cooperation, sharing of materials and exchange of findings from
practice among institutions realizing information education.
 Contact person: Bc. Jan Zikuška
 Registration number: CZ.1.07/2.4.00/12.0060
 Launch year: 2009
 Mail: zikuska@mail.muni.cz
 Web: www.nakliv.cz

5. ACROSS
The Academic Center for the Development of Soft Skills (ACROSS) is
an information-support centre for students of Information and Library
Studies interested in the personal and social development related to
the preparation for a future employment. It prepares new courses
aimed at the development of soft skills.
Contact person: Mgr. Jan Kolář
 Registration number: CZ.1.07/2.2.00/07.0058
 Launch year: 2009
 Web: www.projekt-across.cz
 Mail: jankolar@phil.muni.cz

6. Innovative and development projects
 Inflow
 Beth
 KISK WIKI
 Kwido
 Infokon
 LibFFest

7. Inflow.cz
Inflow.cz aims at fulfilling the vision of a lively field e-zine. It supports
the creation and distribution of articles by young authors which tend to
be of high quality standards. Under different conditions, these articles
either would not be written, or there would be no chance of reaching a
larger expert and professional public.
 Contact person: Bc. Edita Vališová (editor-in-chief)
 Guarantor: PhDr. Petr Škyřík
 Launch year: 2008
 Web: www.inflow.cz
 Mail: redakce@inflow.cz

8. Beth
Beth is an alternative electronic library catalogue of the University’s
faculties of Arts, Social Studies, Economics and Administration, and
Education. It has been created to offer to its users opportunities to:
 take part in the creation and editing of document records,
 insert new book records and WWW pages,
 sort them according to individual needs,
 exchange opinions with other users,
 recommend purchases of books to the library.
Contact person: Ing. Zdeněk Kadlec, Dr.
 Web: http://knihovna.phil.muni.cz/katalog
 Mail: kadlec@phil.muni.cz

9. KISK WIKI
Wiki pages helping to support education at the Division of Information
and Libary Studies at FF MU. KISK WIKI is open and it is based on
cooperation.
 Contact person: PhDr. Petr Škyřík
 Web: http://kisk.phil.muni.cz/wiki
 Mail: pskyrik@phil.muni.cz

10. Kwído
Kwído is a students’ orgranization established upon a completion of
the course Creative Workshop. It deals with Information and Library
Studies students’ free-time activities (games, walks, cultural activities
and others) and events at the Division. It also helps disadvantaged
citizens in the form of volunteering and fund-raising campaigns.
 Contact person: Mgr. Tereza Matýsová
 Guarantor: PhDr. Petr Škyřík
 Launch year: 2007
 Web: http://kisk.phil.muni.cz/kwido
 Mail: info.kvido@email.cz

11. Infokon
INFOKON 2009 is a students’ nation-wide conference which aims to
cause a real storm in calm waters of present conferences in the field.
Inspiration, innovation, imagination – these are the constant topics and
the motto of the conference.
 Contact person: PhDr. Petr Škyřík
 Launch year: 2007
 Web: www.infokon.cz
 Mail: pskyrik@phil.muni.cz

12. LibFFest
A festival of student films with library topics. Each year, more than ten
films compete for the jury’s favour and broad public’s excitement: with
their style, ideas and acting. Jury and audience prizes are announced
each year.
 Contact person: PhDr. Petr Škyřík
 Launch year: 2006
 Web: http://kisk.phil.muni.cz/libffest
 Mail: pskyrik@phil.muni.cz

13. APLS Projects 2008/2009
 Guerilla Readers
 CI Portal
 ČteSyRád
 Bibliohelp
 Kuinweb
 IC SŠ
 Project
Management Course

14. Guerilla Readers
The GR team consists of seven gorillas who do not ape and who
cooperate in more than their banana-style. The aim of the project is
to creatively develop and absolutely fearlessly apply non-
traditional marketing methods to promote the practice of reading and
readership.
 Contact person: Bc. Marek Vetchý
 Guarantor: PhDr. Petr Škyřík
 Launch year: 2008
 Web: www.greaders.cz
 Mail: guerrillareaders@gmail.com
 facebook.com/guerrilla.readers

15. CI Portal
The CI Portal brings information and news about theory and practice of
Competitive Intelligence. The aim is to offer at one place maximum
information in the area of competitive intelligence to students as well
as business people and, primarily, experts.
 Contact person: Bc. Martin Čech, DiS.
Guarantors: Mgr. Petr Šmejkal (Ernst & Young, s.r.o.), PhDr. Petr
Škyřík
 Launch year: 2008
 Web: www.portalci.cz
 Mail: info@portalci.cz

16. “ČteSyRád”
ČTESYRÁD is a permanently updated database recommending
readable books. No matter if you are a wandering reader (you simply
don’t know what to read), a bored reader (you just have “read it all”) or
a confident non-reader (you just don’t read) - ČTESYRÁD is a reader’s
pleasant adviser which will find “the right ones” for you!
 Contact person: Bc. Klára Zemanová, DiS.
 Guarantor: PhDr. Petr Škyřík
The project is financed by
Public libraries information services 3
 Launch year: 2008
 Web: www.ctesyrad.cz
 Mail: 178656@mail.muni.cz

17. Bibliohelp
„Through a database of selected books, we want to give a helping
hand – an imaginary “life ring” – to all who have hopelessly been
drowning or getting lost in the sea of books and partial information ...”
 Contact person: Bc. Edita Vališová
 Guarantor: PhDr. Petr Škyřík
 The project is financed by Public libraries information services 3
 Launch year: 2008
 Web: www.bibliohelp.cz
 Mail: info@bibliohelp.cz

18. Kuinweb.cz
Kuinweb.cz is a database of cultural events and services suitable for
public libraries and other cultural centres in cities and towns.
 Contact person: Bc. Lenka Navrátilová
 Guarantor: PhDr. Petr Škyřík
 Launch year: 2008
 Web: www.kuinweb.cz
 Mail: le.navratilova@centrum.cz

19. Project Management Course
The Project Management Course creates new findings in the area of
project management and related soft skills. It has been designed
primarily for employees of regional and municipal libraries with a
regional function.
 Contact person: Bc. Markéta Bočková
 Guarantor: PhDr. Petr Škyřík
 Launch year: 2008
 Web: http://is.muni.cz/obchod/baleni/21100
 Mail: 179746@mail.muni.cz

20. IC SŠ
The project “Transformation of high school libraries to vibrant
information centres” focuses on the development of information literacy
of high school students and, simultaneously, points out the fact that a
school library with a few shelves is not sufficient these days.
 Contact person: Bc. Zuzana Nobilisová
 Guarantor: PhDr. Michal Lorenz
 Consultant: Mgr. Jana Nejezchlebová
 Web: www.icss.cz
 Mail: zuzana.nobilisova@icss.cz

21. APLS Projects 2009/2010
 Antypa
 Audioknihy.net
 e-LKA
 KPI
 Muniport
 ProInflow
 VIAKISK

22. The Antypa Project aims at drawing the public’s attention to
typographical errors and violations of smooth Czech typeset rules
which occur in all media to such extent that often they are not
considered wrong anymore.
 Contact person: Renata Valentová
 Guarantor: Mgr. Josef Schwarz
 Launch year: 2009
 Web: www.antypa.cz
 Mail: info@antypa.cz

23. The project Audioknihy (Audiobooks) aims at raising the public’s
general awareness of the existence of audiobooks. Audiobooks may
become objects of interest to many groups as a complement or a
possible alternative to standard reading. They can be listened to by
non-readers, visually impaired persons and pre-school children.
 Contact person: Bc. Alžběta Škytová
 Guarantor: PhDr. Petr Škyřík
 Launch year: 2009
 Web:
 Mail: lorenz@phil.muni.cz

24. e-LKA
The aim of the e-LKA Project is to create an e-learning course of
English for reference librarians in municipal libraries in towns of
approximately 10,000 inhabitants and university libraries in South
Moravia.
The ability to use English has become a necessity especially for
people who work in information services. The e-LKA e-learning course
offers language skills which librarians can use in their everyday work.
 Contact person: Bc. Pavla Lichnovská
 Launch year: 2009
 Guarantor: Bc. Jan Zikuška
 Mail: 217878@mail.muni.cz

25. Course in Work with Information
The project Course in Work with Information is a reaction to an
increasing need to build students’ information literacy. Its goal is to
innovate and create two one-semester e-learning courses for Masaryk
University which will be professionally made and of high informative
quality, and which will deal with topics related to a wide range of work
with information.
 Contact person: Bc. Stanislava Midrlová
 Launch year: 2009
 Guarantor: PhDr. Petr Škyřík
 Mail: 217781@mail.muni.cz

26. Muniport
The portal of support services follows the contemporary trend in higher
education based on a virtual integration. It centres on the collection of
links to ideally all support services offered by all faculties, departments
and other organs at MU and their concentration to one information
portal. A transparent categorization of services will be helpful to a
simple and quick orientation.
 Contact person: Bc. Lenka Šatavová
 Launch year: 2009
 Guarantor: PhDr. Michal Lorenz
 Mail: 217147@mail.muni.cz

27. ProInflow
The aim of the project is to create a reviewed journal of Information
Studies. Four issues of the journal will be published electronically each
year. In tune with the field’s characteristics, the journal will be
transdisciplinarily oriented. It will promote the idea of Open access and
it will attempt on a highest possible level of accessibility.
 Contact person: Bc. Simona Stolařová
 Launch year: 2009
 Guarantor: Mgr. Ladislava Suchá
 Mail: casopis_IV@inflow.cz

28. SAR System CZ
The aim of this project is to launch an information web sites for search
and rescue systém in Czech Republic.
 Contact person: Bc. Martina Huječková
 Launch year: 2009
 Guarantor: plk. Jiří Šlechta
 Mail: 171952@mail.muni.cz
 Web: www.sarsystem.cz

29. The aim of the project is to create a reviewed journal of information
science. Four issues of the journal will be published electronically each
year. In tune with the field’s characteristics, the journal will be
transdisciplinarily oriented. It will promote the idea of an Open access
and it will attempt on a highest possible level of accessibility.
 Contact person: Bc. Libor Juhaňák
 Launch year: 2009
 Guarantor: PhDr. Petr Škyřík
 Mail: 217393@mail.muni.cz

30. And many more…
 i3k
 author readings
 „herden“ – board
games at school
 Group of experts
 Bibliotherapy in
Velké Losiny