Presentation of Faculty of Arts Library, member of Charles University in Prague, its system, management, services and public events, focused on the Jan Palach Library.

1. FACULTY OF ARTS LIBRARY
CHARLES UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE
Klára Rösslerová, director
Jan Kamenický, Jan Palach Library director

2. Libraries at Charles University
Charles University in Prague – 17 faculties
Central Library – coordination, central catalogue, discovery
service, 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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4. 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 of
department libraries
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5. 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/

7. 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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11. Social Events
 public lectures, discussions, exhibitions, book
presentations, concerts
 cooperation with faculty PR Department
and student clubs
 „Night with Andersen“
 „Library Week“
 Jan Palach Library Birthday
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21. 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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22. Discussion
 Questions?
Thanks for your attention!
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