During my studies I published several articles in Czech eletronics journal Ikaros, and above all I wrote rigorous thesis, which was preceded by master and bachelor thesis.

Articles

Ikaros

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Rigorous Thesis

rigorous
thesis(Czech only)

Analysis of next generation OPACs and book social networks

The rigorous thesis introduces selected foreign OPACs (Online public access catalogues) and book social networks.

The introductory part is devoted to the development of OPACs, their features and weaknesses. It notes the expansion of library collections with digital objects and development of web technologies, which necessarily change the view of library catalogues and enable development of next generation OPACs.

The core part of the thesis is an analysis of selected next generation OPACs and book social networks.

The analysis focuses on search capabilities, work with search results and implementation of various supplemental functions (RSS channels, book cover preview, user-defined tags, reviews, etc.) that most users recognize from blogs, various social networks, online bookstores, etc. Following catalogues are presented: AquaBrowser, Evergreen, Koha, Scriblio, SOPAC, VIRGObeta, VuFind a WorldCat Local. They are divided into four groups according to their basic properties: OPACs with closed source code, OPACs with open source code, OPACs which are part of a library system with open source code and OPACs with open source code based on a content management system.

The analysis of the book social networks is preceded by a brief chapter that introduces the functioning of social networks and their basic elements. The analysis itself is devoted to the search options, display of the search results, the implementation of supplementary features that affect the OPACs too and the user account options. The following systems are presented: LibraryThing and Shelfari.

The results of each analysis are summarized in the respective chapters.

The final chapter outlines possibilities for further development of the OPACs in the light of the increasing popularity of book social networks.

Master Thesis

master
thesis(Czech only)

OPACs of foreign catalogue databases: current state of selected retrieval systems and perspectives of their advancement

The master thesis introduces selected foreign OPACs (Online public access catalogues).

The introductory part is devoted to the development of OPACs, their features and weaknesses. It notes the expansion of library collections with digital objects and development of web technologies, which necessarily change the view of library catalogues and enable development of next generation OPACs.

The core part of the thesis is an analysis of selected next generation OPACs. The analysis focuses on search capabilities, work with search results and implementation of various supplemental functions (RSS channels, book cover preview, user-defined tags, reviews, etc.) that most users recognize from blogs, various social networks, online bookstores, etc. Following catalogues are presented: AquaBrowser, Evergreen, Koha, Scriblio, SOPAC, VIRGObeta, VuFind a WorldCat Local. They are divided into four groups according to their basic properties: OPACs with closed source code, OPACs with open source code, OPACs which are part of a library system with open source code and OPACs with open source code based on a content management system.

The final section summarizes the results of the analysis and compares catalogues within each group. Further, possibilities for their future development are outlined.

Bachelor thesis

bachelor
thesis(Czech only)

Electronic information resources on Czech linguistics available on the Internet

The bachelor thesis introduces electronic infromation resources on Czech linguistic available on the Internet.

The introductory part is devoted to the development of Czech linguistic from the beginning to the present (partly also in terms of world development, particularly when approaching the work of the Prague Linguistic Circle). The thesis reminds importantce of printed works (including grammars and dictionaries) and linguistic disciplines to which Czech linguists are dedicated. Czech linguistic journals, publishing houses and publishing companies, which issue linguistically-oriented publications, are also briefly discussed.

In the second part, basic concepts are defined, the criteria of credibility of the websites are set and the selection and method of choice of the websites are explained. It is proposed to divide the websites into thematic categories: institutional sites, dictionaries, magazines and proceedings, thematic resources and overviews, small contributions, discussion groups, clubs asd associations, conferences and education.

The essence of the work is the analysis and description of chosen electronic resources, mostly those that are in some sense exceptional. The most interesting representatives are: Language centre of Institute of the Czech Language of the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, Web Dictionary - web centre for resources of historical Czech Language, magazine Linguistica Online Journal or Internet vademecum called Czech Language.

The knowledge gained by the analysis of the resource is summarized in the conclusion of the work.