Lenka Pruckov

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Introduction to the Czech librarianship

• Lenka Prucková
• Municipal Library of Olomouc
• Prague 2008

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Library Laws
1919 General Public Libraries Act
1959 Unified System of Libraries Act
2001 Libraries and Term of Operating Public
Library and Information Services
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Libraries and Term of Operating Public Library
and Information Services

• be connected to the Internet by the end of 2007
• register of libraries (possibility obtain state
  benefits and an exclusive position as to other
  related laws)
• inter-library loan services
• the regional functions keeping

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Regional functions

• are provided by regional libraries and accredited
  cities libraries
• are paid by relevant regional authorities
• consulting
• education
• formation exchange collections and lending sets
  of library documents
• helping with computer technology
• other necessary activities supporting the
  development of libraries and their public library
  and information services

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Public Lending in the Czech Republic

• lending works from the state budget by the
  National Library of the Czech Republic (about
  0.017 Euro for one loan, roughly 900,000 Euros
  per year)
• lending audio recordings by state budget (156,000
  Euros per year)

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Deposit copies

• The National Library (2 copies)
• The Moravian Library in Brno
• The Scientific Library in Olomouc

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Numbers of Libraries
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Programs

• The Ministry of Culture
• Auxiliary services programme for small public
  libraries
• Public Library and Information Services
• Library of the 21st century
• The Czech library
• The Ministry of Informatics (now The Ministry of
  Interior of the Czech republic)
• Internet for Libraries
• The Ministry of Education
• Information sources for research and development

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Public Library and Information Services

• 1. The Programme's Coordination Centre2.
  Extramural training in information technologies
  for library staff3. Establishment of public
  library information centres4. Digital library
  and archives for library information services5.
  National programme of retrospective conversion of
  Czech library catalogues6. National programme
  of digital access to valuable documents -
  Memoriae Mundi Series Bohemica7. National
  programme for microfilming and digital access to
  documents threatened by degradation of acidic
  paper - Kramerius8. Digital information sources,
  Uniform Information Gateway9.Union catalogue of
  the Czech Republic, system of national
  authorities

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Programs

• The Ministry of Culture
• Auxiliary services programme for small public
  libraries
• Public Library and Information Services
• Library of the 21st century
• The Czech library
• The Ministry of Informatics (now Ministry of
  Interior of the Czech republic)
• Internet for Libraries
• The Ministry of Education
• Information sources for research and development

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Standards and common rules

• Cataloguing standards (AACR2R, ISBD, LCSH, UDT)
• Data exchange standards (MARC 21, Z39.50)
• Digitization standards recommendations for
  creation of digital data and metadata
• Standard for description of manuscripts MASTER
• Microfilming standards
• Standard for public and information services for
  public libraries of communities and towns and
  cities

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Automated library systems

• ALEPH - regional libraries, university libraries
• Tinlib - university libraries
• LANius, Claivus public libraries
• KpSys, KpWin public libraries
• Rapid Library - special libraries and public
  libraries
• Diamon - special libraries

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Union catalogues

• Union Catalogue of the Czech Republic (books,
  serials, types of documents)
• connected with the National Authorities base
• be taken over free of charge using
• the Z 39.50 protocol
• SKAT Union Catalogue
• Union Catalogue of medical libraries

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Portales

• Uniform Information Gateway
• www.jib.cz
• Library and Information
• Science Subject Gateway
• http//kiv.jib.cz
• Libraries.cz
• www.knihovny.cz
• Czech Library and information science portal
• http//knihovnam.nkp.cz

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Electronic information sources

• EBSCO, ProQuest 5000, ProQuest Digital
  Dissertations, PCI Fulltext, PCI Web
• Elsevier, Kluwer, Springerlink, Blackwell
  Synergy, WileyInterscience, Silver Linker
• Web of Science, Science Citation Index, Science
  Direct Current Content, Journal Citation Reports
  
• OCLC FirstSearch, ECONbase, Engineered Materials
  Abstracts, EnvironmentBase, Agris, Bibliomedica,
  Biological Abstract, Biotechnology Abstracts,
  CrossFire, MEDLINE, Patrologia Latina
• Czech portals
• STM www.portalstm.cz
• Infosources www.infozdroje.cz

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Retrospective conversion of catalogues

• A retrospective conversion of catalogues is
  belated for 15 years
• Completely finished data retroconversion of
  publications published in 20th century
• Support of the RETROKON programme
• Three stages of retroconversion
• Catalogue scanning
• Conversion of records into the database
• Data transfer into the union catalogue
• Data are created according to standards and they
  are available for all libraries
• http//retrokon.nkp.cz

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Digitization

• Memoriae Mundi Series Bohemica
• the National Programme of Digitization
• of Rare Documents
• www.manuscriptorium.com
• Kramerius -The National Programme
• for Microfilming and Digital Access
• to Documents Threatened by Degradation
• of Acidic Paper http//kramerius.nkp.cz
• Webarchiv www.webarchiv.cz
• National Digital Library

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Education of Librariens

• special secondary schools in 7 cities
• full time and external studies on 3 universities
• The Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, Charles
  University, Prague
• Institute of Information Studies and
  Librarianship
• http//uisk.ff.cuni.cz
• The Faculty of Art, Masaryk University, Brno
• Department of Czech Literature and Library
  Studies - Library Studies Section
• http//www.muni.cz
• The Faculty of Art and Natural Science, Silesia
  University, Opava
• Czech Studies and Library Science - Department
  of Librarianship
• Institute of Infomatics - Department of
  Information Science
• http//www.fpf.slu.cz

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Out-of-school education

• courses, training, seminars, lectures
• requalification training
• computer/information literacy courses
• workshops, conferences, visits of other Czech and
  foreign libraries

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Librarian associations

• Association of Library and
• information professionals
• of the Czech Republic
• The Czech Republics library association
• Association of libraries of Czech Universities