Preliminary programme

Miroslav Bartošek has been a member of the MU Department of Computer Technology since 1981. He started his career as a system programmer and since 1991 he has been involved in IT support of MU libraries. He founded and for more than a quarter of a century headed Library Information Centre - a methodological and system centre for library support. He is currently involved in the coordination of the purchase of EIR for science, research and teaching at MU, cooperates in the implementation of open science at MU and is also the main expert guarantor of the national CARDS project aimed at the acquisition and deployment of the next-generation Library Platform for a consortium of academic and research libraries in the Czech Republic.

Stanislav studied History and Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in History, but is now currently working at the Central Library of the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, as a faculty guarantor of The Register of Information on Results, lecturer of Information Education, Open Science methodologists and support in the field of scientometrics and scientific publishing.

He started working at the Masaryk University Campus Library, where he became a head of the library in 2015. He is involved in information literacy activities for science and medicine students. He also specializes in Scholarly Journal Predatory Attributes Occurrence Analysis. He published about both topics in local and international journals indexed in Web of Science or Scopus.

Marcela is a librarian at the Central Library of the Faculty of Law at Masaryk University. Her main responsibilities include providing library services to the university’s students, academic staff, and the general public, digitalization of books for the Digital Library, and more recent publications to the E-loans services platform. Marcela also takes care of the library’s social media accounts and organizes various educational courses and social events.

Michal originally studied history and archaeology. After working for a few years in the discipline, he was appointed at the Masaryk University. The missing collective Czech expertise in research assessment was a unique opportunity for building a dedicated expert centre and linking to international communities. Now, the centre works closely with the senior management on the university's research strategies, develops methods and implements different evaluations, research funding methods, and provides scientometric and research integrity support. Michal is personally interested in promoting responsible evaluation in the Czech context and enjoys studying the interactions between assessment and research cultures. Despite prevailing managerial tasks, Michal flirts with little research in research evaluation topics.

He graduated from the Department of Information and Library Studies at the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University in Brno and currently works at the University Campus Library at the same university. He has been involved in information education since 2010, specialising in information support for science and research, and is himself a PhD student at the Department of Educational Sciences.

Jiří Poláček is a graduate in mathematics, computer science, and pedagogy, but he has been working in a library for over twenty years, currently as its head. He is interested in data analytics, information literacy, support in the field of open science, and, most recently, in the strategic development of library services at Masaryk University.

Marian's work focuses primarily on descriptive data analysis and data visualisation. He graduated with a master’s degree in teacher education, specialising in English linguistics and literature, along with the social sciences. His interest in languages eventually led him to natural language analysis and Python. At the conference, he will present two contributions: Library System Data Visualisation and AI in Libraries. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family, studying Standard Chinese, and exploring the applications of artificial intelligence in education and language

Lucie is a librarian at the Faculty of Arts Central Library and is concerned mostly with the use of AI in the academic sphere, in research, and in tertiary education, with a focus on critical thinking and effectiveness. The rest of her work time is filled with Open Science and reference librarianship.

Pavla works as a subject-specialist librarian at the Faculty of Economics and Administration. In her current role, she is responsible for managing various aspects of information literacy, including designing and delivering educational programs for students. She also oversees integrating electronic resources into the library's services, manages social media communication, and contributes to writing articles and newsletters to keep library users informed about library updates and services. Moreover, she leads workshops in the library's makerspace, where librarians provide hands-on training on technologies such as 3D printing, laser engraving, etc.

Vendula is a librarian at the Central Library of the Faculty of Law. Her specialization mainly covers reader services and management of long-term loans for the academic staff and doctoral students. Furthermore, Vendula contributes to the Book Covers National Service project, a platform used by the majority of Czech libraries that provides information about books. Vendula also manages social media accounts and organizes social events.

Studied Czech Language, Literature and Intercultural Communication at MUNI, where he looked into credibility in communication. Currently studies at the Department of Information and Library Studies at MUNI and works at the Central Library of the Faculty of Science. He teaches Digital Competencies & Tools, Information Literacy in higher education environments and he is interesterd in service design.