CROATIA in figures ...

IP LibCMASS 2011Contract № 2011-ERA-IP-7SULSIT, Sofia 4-17 Sept.

Ana Gabrijela Blažević - Ivica Čevis - Davor Ferković - Ida Indir - Martina Maksimkov - Petra Miočić - Martina Salaj

Land area = 56.594 km²

Sea area = 31.067 km²

Population = 4.290.612

Capital = Zagreb

Official language = Croatian

National currency = Kuna

Basic information

 ENTERPRISESComputer usage 97%

Internet access 95%

Web site 61%

Usage of financial and banking services

85%

E-government usage 

63%

HOUSEHOLDSPersonal computer 60%

Internet access 57%

Mobile phone 82%

Usage in ICT (2010)

Cultural institutionstrends & statistics

Libraries

•1.685 libraries1.685 libraries

– national = 1– academic =133– research = 4– special = 175– public = 257– school = 1.115

•    elementary school = 814•    high school = 301

*2007 official statistics

Musseums, galleries and collections

175 museums and museum collections45 galleries31 collection

From 2006-2009:

•The number of visitors increased by 30.9% 

•The total circulation of publications edited by museums and museum collections, increased by 22.9%

•The total number of persons employed in museums and museum collections increased by 11.6%

*2009 official statistics

• 2008 = 15 national archives• 2011 = 18 national archives

From 2005-2008:

• the archival fonds and collections increased by 5,0%

• the number of visitors increased by 11,4% 

• The total number of persons employed increased by 4,9% (5,8% increased of archivists)

* 2008 official statistics

Archives

Higher education in Croatia

Institutions of higher education Number of institutions

Students enrolled

(2009/2010)

Polytechnics 15 22.034

Schools of professional higher education

29 9.027

Faculties, art academies and religious schools of higher education

88 118.792

TOTAL 132 149.853

Higher education (2011)

Enrolled students per 1 000 inhabitants = 33,83

The University of Zagreb

over 50,000 full-time undergraduate and

postgraduate students

• Founded on September 23,1669 • The oldest Croatian university and also the oldest university in South East Europe

Today: •29 faculties•3 academies•1 subsidiary (The Center for Croatian Studies)–mama

•BA, MA & PhD degrees•strongly research-oriented institution (over 50% of the total research)

Fields: Arts, Biomedicine, Biotechnology, Engineering, Humanities, Natural and Social Sciences

University of ZagrebFaculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

• Since 1874/1875

Today: • More than 100 study programs• From 2005/2006 - new programs (total 75 programs) in

accordance with the Bologna process (42 BA and 33 MA programs)

• Two models of study programs: • single major (all courses belong to one program)• double majors (student studies in two equally important programs for

equal degrees in both of them)

• Information Science – single or double major

Department of Information Sciences

• Founded in 1986/87

• BA program in Information Sciences• MA program in Information Sciences,

a) Archival Sciences

b) Library Sciences

c) Museology

d) Informatics

e) Social-Humanistic Informatic

• 2-year work study of Library Sciences

LIS education in Croatia...

Intro

• 3 universities : Osijek, Zadar and Zagreb

• 2 levels

• 2 BA modules : information sciences (Osijek and Zagreb), library science (Zadar)

• 10 MA moduls : library science (Zagreb, Zadar and Osijek),

digitized cultural heritage (Osijek and Zadar), museum and

heritage management, computer sciences (research and

educational modul), social-humanistic informatics, archival

sciences (Zagreb)

BA Program in Information Sciences

Zadar-Department of Library and Information Science– Evaluation of information sources, library management

and marketing, databases, digitization– Exceptions → courses about P.R. and maintenence of

web sites, practical works

Osijek- Department of Information Sciences– History of books, classification theory,e-publishing,

digitization– Exception → sociology of reading

BA Program in Information Sciences

• Same courses (example)

INFORMATION SOURCES AND SERVICESPROTECTION of STRUCTURE AND DATADATABASESINTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENTIFIC WORK...

• Zagreb - larger spectar of courses (expected due to the multiple choice directions at MA Program)

BA Program in Information Sciences

• acquiring basic knowledge and skills to participate in drafting plans, management and marketing in library and associated cultural and information institutions

• communicating with the narrow and the general public, the evaluation of information sources, designing databases, maintenance of network stations, digitization and preservation of archives and information

MA Program in Library science

• Equal programs in Osijek and Zadar distinctive from Zagreb

• 2 year MA programs : single majors in Osijek and Zadar, single or double majors in Zagreb

• Students are obliged to familiarize themselves with the library management and business activities in at least 2 different types of libraries (Zagreb) or libraries and other information centers (Osijek and Zadar) through the students practical work program

FFZG

• Set of basic courses offering students acquisition of knowledge and skills in cataloguization, library management, library collections management, knowledge management, digitization and digital libraries.

• Elective courses in school, academic and public libraries, social history of book, publishing and bookstore management and information ethics.

• Elective courses from the Department can be combined with the elective courses on the faculty level.

FFZG

...

• Students can choose elective courses depending on their personal interest and considering their personal development.

• Collaboration with other departments= wider range of knowledge in information sceinces.

• More theory-oriented program.

• Department offers 2-year work study of library science.

FFOS i OZK

• Cooperation with University of Ljubljana, Oxford Brookes University, Royal school for library and information sciences, Business school for information management and Rutgers University.

• First year : basic courses from management of libraries and library services

• Second year : division to library science modul and publishing and bookstore management module

...

• More practice-oriented approach, students have to present one pilot-project every semestar.

• OZK offers 1-year and 2-year part-time MA programs.

MA Progam in Digitized Cultural Heritage

• Equal programs in Osijek and Zadar developed and performed in cooperation with the University of Parma.

• Program is performed in English.

• One of its kind in Croatia, tends to educate information specialists capable of digitized handwritten cultural heritage collections management.

Museum and heritage management

• Unique heritage management program based on social care for heritage and compiled from socio-humanistic aspect.

• Single or double major at the University of Zagreb.

• Tend to educate experts in museum and heritage management capable of understanding the changes of modern world and its effect on cultural heritage sector.

...

• Possible job competencies very influenced by the second major’s interest field (ethnologists, historians, art historians=curators, librarians=museum libraries, archivists=museum documentalists, education sciences= educators in museums and art galleries...)

E-learning

• FFOS, FFZG and OZK are included in the

e-learning university systems.

• All of the systems are based on Moodle.

• Basic features (educational material upload/download, papers submission, student grading...) extend with special features such as discussion groups and useful links

...

• FFZG Moodle System = Omega (developed from the “Knowledge and information organization in the electronic educational environment” project)

• OZK Moodle System = Moodrac

• FFOS Moodle System = Moodle

....and more

Cultural heritage management

• University of Rijeka, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of cultural studies – single major in cultural studies

• University of Osijek, Department of cultural studies – single major in cultural heritage management

...

• Emphasis on non-economical part of cultural manager’s job description.

• University of Zadar, Department of tourism and communication sciences – single BA major in Culture and tourism, single MA majors in Cultural heritage and tourism and Business in culture and tourism

• Stresses out the economical aspect of cultural heritage management.

Computer sciences

• University of Osijek – Faculty of electrotechnics – BA program in Computer science, MA programs in Computer sciences and Communication and computer sciences

• University of Zagreb – Faculty of electrotechnics and computer engineering – BA programs in Electrotechnics and information technologies and Computer engineering, MA program in Information and communication technology.

...

• University of Zagreb, Faculty of organization and informatics – MA programs in Information and program engineering and Databases and knowledge bases.

• Programs are mainly oriented towards the engineering aspect of computer sciences and hardware and software development.