The main reason for their lack for computer knowledge is probably due more to the historians themselves and to their inherently conservative character, than to the availability of technology. Unfortunately, I must say that Czech historians are still lagging behind the population. Despite the monopolistic position of Telecom, the main telecommunication company, which makes using telephones relatively expensive, many families continue to use the Internet at home to search for useful information, shop or just to entertain. The Czech Internet has been developing dramatically since 1991 when the first Czechoslovak server was connected to the Net. Basic computing is an essential part of both primary schools (6-14 year old children) and high schools (students between 14-18) curriculum. There is no doubt that IT plays a significant role in managing business, industry, government, science and education. Discounting computer professionals and scientists, for most people the computer is a very familiar working tool used for standard routing operations such as word processing, preparing presentations, working with databases and communications. When I visited the Matsushita Center for Electronic Learning at Pacific University in Oregon to see the publishing process of an electronic journal, I was asked by Jeffrey Barlow, the editor of JAHC, to write a few words about historical computing in my home country, the Czech Republic.Īfter almost a year of experience in the US I have observed that the general rate of computer literacy within Czech society is definitely comparable to the US's rate. student in History at Charles University in Prague currently working on my dissertation as a visiting researcher ( A Fulbright scholar at Georgetown University) in the United States.
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