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General Reading Room

 

LOCATION The General Reading Room, a summer refectory of the former Jesuit Collegium Clementinum, is situated on the ground floor. You will find it next to the entrance, through a baroque portal and anteroom, through the door on the right side.

 

 

 

 

TELEPHONE 221 663 242
221 663 111 (operator)
E-MAIL vseobecna@nkp.cz

OPENING HOURS

 


Anybody with a valid National Library card, or one day admission ticket, may use the General Reading Room.


General Reading Room Regulations


COLLECTION
  • a library of approx. 12 000 volumes of reference literature in major subject areas - numerous encyclopedias and language dictionaries, both general and specialized; legislative and jurisprudential literature
    • volumes are categorized in Classified Arrangement of the General Reading Room
    • you will find shelf marks of the Reading Room collection in OPAC (for example  BMO II A 002)
      - items  with a note  „open shelves“ – you may pick yourselves
      - for items with notes „ask the staff -  at the desk“ please ask the librarian
  • National Digital Library is made available through the system Kramerius (access on 2 work stations; access to public domain works also through Wi-Fi)
  • Licensed online databases (available through Wi-Fi) including 
  • a selection of Czech newspapers
  • a selection of Czech periodicals

CATALOGUES


SERVICES
  • making available of printed materials from NL collections for in-house use (from the year of publication 1801),
    - there is a limit of maximum 10 items (see Section 10 of the General Reading Room Regulations)
    - in case of newspapers or any large-size volumes, the limit amounts to a maximum of 6 volumes (in principle one year-volume of newspaper)
    - Mon-Fri study of ordered documents until 21.45, Sat until 19.00

    The hold period is 14 calendar days. If no other user is interested in the library item, this period can be extended via online catalogue, on request to the library staff, via e-mail or phone, even repeatedly

  • use of materials from the Reading Room Reference Collection
  • referral and consulting services
  • photoduplication orders (Price List)
  • scanning tent
  • Wireless Internet Access (Wi-Fi)
  • internet access
  • 204 study places, including 2 places for disabled users

  • Librarian in charge: Linda Malá

    Eva Němcová

Jun 05, 2024
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