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Opening of the Slavonic Library

  • Opening hours of the Slavonic Library (incl. the reading room): Monday - Friday 9:00 - 19:00, Saturday 9:00 – 14:00
  • Operating hours adjustment:

- December 23 – open only until 2 pm
- December 24 – January 1closed


Starting December 1, 2024, the library system of the Slavic Library will undergo changes, which will lead to the modification and unification of procedures for assigning user statuses throughout the National Library. As a result of the changes, the basic borrowing period for absentee loans of documents from the collection will be changed Slavic Library to one month.


From 13 April 2021, documents stored in the building of the National Library in Hostivař are again available.

This applies to the following departments:

  • Bulgarian (signature B),
  • Belarusian (K),
  • Sorbian (L),
  • Macedonian (Mk),
  • Polish - older funds (P),
  • Slovenian (S),
  • generalities, dictionaries, encyclopedias (O)

We make the requested newspapers published after 1945 available in the study room of the NK building in Hostivař after confirming the order.


New book published by the Slavonic Library

Slovanská knihovna 1924–2024: (Průvodce po dějinách, fondech a službách) = The Slavonic Library, Prague 1924–2024: (A Guide to its History, Funds and Services) / Lukáš Babka

1st ed. – Prague, 2023 – 333 p. (Publikace Slovanské knihovny; 88) – ISBN 978-80-7050-792-6

This book provides a detailed description of the history of the Slavonic Library over the last century. It introduces the reader to the libraryʼs collections, how they were created, and gives insights into the most valuable documents in the library. In addition to providing the usual information about those departments dealing with books, journals, and newspapers this monograph also highlights the Slavonic Libraryʼs unique historical, manuscript, and cartographic collections.

Price: 350,- CZK
Distribution of the book is provided, besides the Slavonic Library, by online bookshop Kosmas.cz.

Further information

Collection of documents on the history of the Slavonic Library (1924-2024): inventory / Jan Hanousek

1st edition - Prague, 2024 - 292 s. - (Bibliography of the Slavonic Library ; 86) - ISBN 978-80-7050-814-5

The book presents in the form of an inventory a collection of documents on the history of the Slavic Library, a research library focused on Slavic studies. The collection consists of a varied mosaic of documents created since the founding of the Slavic Library in 1924.

It contains not only annual reports, personal files and other documents relating to the management and operation of the library, but also documents relating to the building of the library collection, cataloguing, services, and bibliographic and editorial activities. In addition, it also includes an extensive collection of photographs covering almost the entire period of the library's existence and many other interesting individuals illustrating daily life in the library.

The present inventory is intended to make it easier for researchers to navigate the collection and to make deeper use of its richness. It is published on the occasion of the centenary of the Slavonic Library.

The book is in Czech language, the summary in English.

Price: 150,- CZK

Distribution of the book is provided, besides the Slavonic Library, by online bookshop Kosmas.cz.

Further information

Nov 29, 2024
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