- Specialist: mgr Ewa Jaroszewska
phone/fax.: (0-48-56) 611 44 15
e-mail: jaewa@umk.pl
Part-time studies:
- dr Dorota Degen
phone:
(0-48-56) 611–37–14
e-mail: degen@umk.pl
Erasmus
Coordinator: mgr Veslava Osińska (e-mail:
wieo@umk.pl)
DEPARTMENTS AND LABORATORIES:
DEPARTMENT OF
LIBRARIANSHIP, READERSHIP AND BIBLIOTHERAPY
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SCIENCE
DEPARTMENT OF
OLD AND CONTEMPORARY BOOKS
DEPARTMENT OF
THE STUDY OF THE PRESSS
COMPUTER METHODS
LABORATORY
ABOUT US:
Institute of Information Science and Book Studies (IISaBS) is a part of
Nicholas Copernicus University in Toruń. Department consist of five
divisions: history of book, librarianship and reading, information
science, publishing and press, computers methods.
Activity of Department is focused on functioning of various types of
documents (including electronic documents) and information in society –
present and formerly. In this institution are conducted
researches on various areas. Among them special place takes research
connected with history Pomeranian Region - first of all with
development and functioning books and press, libraries and information
centres from XV to XX century.
In IISaBS is also conducted research concerned with reading development
among various types of users. Special attention is paid to reading
among people with disabilities. It is connected with research on
bibliotherapy and integration each group of people in society. And thus
problem of special reading materials appears.
Very important areas of our research are information science issues.
There are considered an application of a new technology for supplying
and distributing information as well as in information retrieval
systems. More detailed subjects there are e.g.: information digital
data analyses using non-linear methods and binary network research,
virtual library, etc. This subject is connected also with
information literacy as an important part of knowledge society creation.
Institute is interested in publishing and book trade activities. It
includes traditional form of publishing and DTP, Web design, etc. There
is also considered e-book as new form of book.
IISaBS is also oriented on role of libraries as an institutions
supplying information in various form. Special attention is paid on
form of libraries management, e.g. Total Quality Management, Lean
Management, marketing.
MAIN MODULES
OF ISL STUDIES:
Librarianship
and Bibliotherapy
Students learn about functions and tasks performed in various types of
libraries, methods of managing them and problems connected with library
computerization. They get hand on experience in the basic librarian
activities. They obtain knowledge about reading and acquaint themselves
with the function of a book for various society groups.
Bibliotherapy
Specialisation
concentrates
on the therapeutic functions of
reading, especially among people with physical and mental disabilities,
and people who have problems with functioning in society. These people
are very often unable to use and read standard print publications. They
need special reading materials (alternative formats of books) and
special kind of bibliotherapy. Students are introduced to bibliotherapy
for such people, as well as to alternative formats (e.g. Braille books,
twin-vision books, large-print books, talking books, sign and
print-sign books, easy to read books etc.). Students are also taught
how to introduce people with disabilities into the world of information
through the use of new technology.
Information and Communication Technology
Courses connected with Information
and Communication Technology aim at
extension and improvement of students' knowledge about: modern computer
equipment, the principles of its wide usage in many applications, tools
and methods of Applied Computer Science. A special attention is paid to
computer networks, their structure, their information resources and
their role in the modern Information Society. Students have an
opportunity to improve their computer skills, from which they benefit
during the rest of their studies.
At students and teaching staff's disposal there are 4 well-equipped
computer laboratories. After lectures and tutorials students have free
access to all computer resources. On subjects connected with
Information Science students learn how to
use and profit from different information sources, saved in both:
traditional (paper) and electronic form. They practice in creation and
management of their own databases. They broadly use Internet resources
and create their own electronic publications, including WWW pages.
Students of this specialization learn how to create and manage various
types of information servers.
Knowledge about the press
Students
learn
about: law regulations concerning the press (censorship,
press law); methodology of knowledge about the press; various types of
press and polish press history. During tutorials students create
monographs of journals.
Publishing and book-trade problems
On these tutorials, basic publishing problems like: publishing process,
copyright law and editorial changes connected with computer technology
are discussed in details. Students learn also about basic problems of
book-trade market.
History of books
The aim of these subjects is to
familiarize students with the history
of publishing, printing, book-trade, libraries and reading from ancient
to present times. Students have an opportunity to visit various types
of polish libraries and book museums with rare old prints and other
cimelia.
