libraries and librarianship in czech lands from 18th to 21st century mgr. ivanka příbramská, iisl...

Libraries and librarianshipin Czech lands

from 18th to 21st century

Mgr. Ivanka Příbramská,

IISL

Summer Seminar, 27.05.2009

27.05.2009 Lecture for Summer Seminar 2

Lecture outline

Historical development

Current state: Legislation Library network Education Associations


Situation in the 18th century

Types of librariesPrivate libraries – aristocrats, individuals

involved in cultural and societal areaPublic libraries – society, municipality, local

librariesSemi-public libraries – school and parish

libraries, lending libraries, reading rooms Emerging of professional librarians


Situation at the end of the 18th century

Enlightment –sciences development

Public reading rooms, private reading societies


Situation in the 19th century

Municipal public libraries (local reading societies)

Increase in public literacy

Industrial revolution - impact on book production (“more and cheaper”)

Libraries in state administration and local government, museum libraries


Libraries after 1918

1919 – First library act (library in every village)

Increase in number of libraries (both public and special ones)

Librarianship as an official field of study Bibliology (book science) Since 1922 Czech national bibliography International inter-library loan



1959 – Second library act (centralization)

Censorship (esp. after 1970)

Lack of foreign (“Western”) literature



Political and social changes Opening of the book market Widening of library services, automation In 1990:

8.364 public libraries; 4.600 other libraries 1.239 inhabitants per 1 library, 5.7 books per inhabitant

Transformation: disintegration of the centralized system, budget and staff cuts, impact of privatization on technical libraries



Third library act (public libraries as providers of information services)

State administration and local government reform – new regional libraries

2005 – regional functions

Library internetization program


Library legislation

General public libraries act (1919) progressive; public library in every village within 1-2 years;

minority library/department; financing; librarian profession 1 library per 813 inhabitants

Unified system of libraries act (1959) Primary focus on centralized control over libraries;

separate networks of libraries Libraries and terms of operating public library and

information services (2001) Public libraries information services (“system of libraries”);

equal access; about 6.000 registered libraries; basic services for free; state benefits; legal deposit (NK 2x, MZK, SVKOL; regional; compulsory periodicals in regional libraries)


Current network of libraries

Libraries set up by the Ministry of CultureNational LibraryMoravian LibraryK.E. Macan Library and Printing House for the Blind

Regional libraries set up by regional governments

Public libraries set up by relevant municipal bodies

Special libraries set up by various institutes


Total number of public libraries 5.518

includes:

The National Library of the CR 1

Moravian Library in Brno 1

Regional libraries 13

Health facilities 122

University libraries 121

School libraries 4.204

Academy of Sciences of the CR 62

Libraries of museums and galleries 252


Regional libraries

One “main” library in each region (mainly

the former research libraries)


List of regional libraries

Municipal Library in Prague

Central Bohemia Research Library at Kladno

The Research Library of South Bohemia in CB

Plzeň Region Study and Research Library

Karlovy Vary Regional Library North Bohemian Research

Library in UnL Research Library in Liberec

Hradec Králové Research Library

Pardubice Regional Library Vysočina Regional Library at

Havlíčkův Brod

The Moravian Library in Brno The Research Library in

Olomouc Moravian-Silesian Research

Library in Ostrava František Bartoš Regional

Library at Zlín


Regional libraries - functions

Coordinating – expert advices, information, training, analytical and research services

Preserving – legal deposit for the region

Cooperative – with NL in building the Union catalogue

Informative - building and providing access to regional information DB


Public libraries

Operated by local authorities Basic providers of library and information

services Trend – combining the tasks of traditional

libraries with f.e. public access to Internet, municipal information and tourism centres, and local community services

Evaluation of libraries – both quantitative and qualitative indicators


Special libraries

Offering to libraries within certain specialisation

Coordination and information

Educational, analytical, research, methodological and consultancy activities


The Czech Academy of Sciences Library

... and libraries of the AoS institutes Founded 1952 together with the AoS 1.2 mill. volumes including archival

documents, manuscripts, incunabula and rare books; grey literature

55 institutes and their libraries (mathematics, physics and Earth sciences; life and chemical sciences; humanities and social sciences)


The State Technical Library

Domestic and foreign literature, other information sources in the area of technology and applied natural and social sciences

1.2 mill. volumes including books, journals, newspapers, science dissertations, information about companies, electronic documents etc.; grey literature

Seat of the Czech national centre of the ISSN New building – National technical library (opening

on 9.9.2009)


University libraries

New development after 1989 (ICT, foreign sources)

New layout of the space and new buildings (free access to the collections, study rooms…)

Building of institutional repositories Information education, information literacy Currently, 26 universities and HEI


Medical Libraries

National Medical Library – largest medical library, dates back to 1841

National Health Information System – collects, processes and provides data from health care institutions

Various libraries established by various ministries and other institutions

122 medical libraries – teaching hospitals and medical faculties, specialized medical centers, research institutes, balneological institutes, nursing colleges etc.

National medical bibliography; Czech version of MeSH


Museum libraries

Regional literature; books, manuscripts, historical collections and other materials and documents (photographs, posters, exhibition and auction catalogues)

The National Museum Library (1818) – collection of Bohemian works from manuscripts to contemporary printed materials; vast collection of 19th century Slavonic literature; two palace libraries (Nostický a Kinský); collection of Bohemian serials; 341 castle libraries; library culture documents; Museum of Book


Comenius National Library on Education

Established 1919 Pedagogy, psychology and related fields Special collection of primary and secondary

school textbooks (since the beginning of the19th century); unique collection of national and foreign spelling-books; Comenius-related literature

4.204 school libraries


The K.E. Macan Library and Printing House for the Blind

Mediating information to the visually impaired

Digitizes texts; provides cultural services; publishes prints in Braille and relief graphics, enlarged prints; makes and distributes audio recordings


ISL education

All kinds of professional education available

Two secondary schools (Brno, Valašské Mez.) Higher (professional) schools

Higher Professional School of Information Services, Prague (Business information systems, Library services, Museum and gallery services)

High School and College for Vocational Studies in Library and Information Science, Brno (Information systems)

Undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate studies IISL Charles University (Bc., Mgr., Ph.D. + cooperation with Higher

School) Masaryk University Brno (Bc., Mgr.) Silesian University Opava (Bc., Mgr.)

Life-long learning courses


Professional associations

Association of library and information professionals (SKIP)

The library association of the Czech Republic (SDRUK)

Association of libraries of Czech universities (AKVŠ)


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