National Library of the Czech Republic

Introduction

9. – 10. 2. 2015

BOOK DISCOVERED ONCE AGAIN

Klementinum

Central depository

And depository in Neratovice!

History• 11th century first records attesting the existence of St. Clement's Chapel

• 1556 Jesuits came to Bohemia and built a college upon the ruins of the Dominican monastery - Klementinum

• 1622 from now the Charles University is administered by Jesuits who transfer the Charles University libraries to Klementinum

• 1773 Jesuits leave Klementinum• 1777 the empress Mary Theresa - the title of Imperial-Royal Public and University Library, open to the public

History•1781 K. R. Ungar founds the National Library (Bibliotheca nationalis)

• 1782 since now the Prague printers hand in a legal deposit copy to the library

• 1807 the duty of legal deposit copy is extended to cover all Czech printers

• 1935 the library is renamed to National and University Library

History

• 1939 after the closure of Czech universities and colleges, it continues under the name of Municipal and University Library

• 1958 all large Prague libraries are merged into a single centralized one with the name of State Library of the Czech Republic

• 1990 the library is renamed - the National Library • 1996 Central Depository in Hostivař• 2012 National Digital Library• 2014 New Central Depository in Hostivař

Collections in the National Library

2 legal deposit copiesNational archival collection

- the most important collection in the Czech Republic – large completeness- books are lent in the building – only if it is necessary (Central depository)

Universal library collection- books are lent only in the building, but very often (Klementinum)

Collections in the National LibraryStudy collection- books are lent outside the building

Manuscripts and early printed books- historical book collections from the beginnings of the literature up to 1800

- the rarest book: - The Original Codex of Vyšehrad- It is the oldest manuscript document related to the Czech environment by thecircumstances of its origin that was the   coronation of Prince Vratislav II the frst    King of Bohemia in 1086   

Collections preservation

• monitoring climate parameters and cleanliness of depositories for library collections storage

• individual and mass conservation and restoration of library collections

• bookbinding and other preservation activities

Collections preservation

• mass deacidification of library collections – in Germany

Digital Library – Krameriuskramerius4.nkp.cz

• includes several million digitised pages of monographs and periodicals from the collections of the National Library of the CR, which have been digitised within the National Digital Library Project

• the Digital Library also contains documents digitised within the previous projects and accessed in the lower version of Kramerius 3

Digital Library – Manuscriptoriumwww.manuscriptorium.com

• access to all existing digital documents in the sphere of historic book resources (manuscripts, incunabula, early printed books, maps, charters and other types of documents)

Thank you!

Anna VandasováAnna.Vandasova@nkp.cz