FACULTY OF ARTS LIBRARYCHARLES UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE

Klára Rösslerová, director

Jan Kamenický, Jan Palach Library director

Libraries at Charles University

Charles University in Prague – 17 faculties

Central Library – coordination, central catalogue, discoveryservice, e-resources

Faculty of Arts

Faculty of Arts Library

director, central department

25 department libraries at 4 locations

central registration & services

over 1 million documents

45 employees

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History

1366 – founded by emperor Charles IV

1777 – Austro-Hungarian University Library

1918 – nationalized by Czechoslovakia

1935 – transformed to National Library

1880s – beginnings of current system ofdepartment libraries

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Department Libraries

Central department coordination, cataloging, budget, subscriptions,

e-resources, interlibrary loan, bibliometrics

Department libraries acquisition

cooperation with academic department

services

librarians and student help

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Department Libraries Series

http://www.ff.cuni.cz/rubrika/knihovna/serial-knihovna/

Jan Palach Library

‘central‘ library opened in 2010

250 000 documents capacity (100 000 in open shelves)

3 floors, 180 study places

for bachelor students and several departments Slavic studies, Film & Theatre studies, General Linguistics, Finnish

studies, Scandinavian studies, Baltic studies etc.

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Social Events

public lectures, discussions, exhibitions, bookpresentations, concerts

cooperation with faculty PR Department and student clubs

„Night with Andersen“

„Library Week“

Jan Palach Library Birthday

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Contacts

Library website CZE http://www.ff.cuni.cz/knihovna/

ENG http://www.ff.cuni.cz/library/

Library blog (Czech only) http://www.ff.cuni.cz/rubrika/knihovna/blog-knihovna/

Jan Palach Library Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kjpffuk

PhDr. Klára Rösslerová | klara.rosslerova@ff.cuni.cz

Mgr. Jan Kamenický | jan.kamenicky@ff.cuni.cz

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Discussion

Questions?

Thanks for your attention!

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