One hundred years since the international congress of librarians and friends of the book in Prague in 1926

SUMMARY: The international library congress held in Prague in 1926 was a significant event in the development of Czechoslovak librarianship, focusing the attention of the whole world on the capital of the country that experienced the greatest boom in libra rianship in the post-war period. The congress featured presentations on the current state and needs of librarianship in European countries and the USA. At the initiative of the French delegation, the congress passed a resolution to establish an international executive committee to determine the location and date of the next congress and to initiate international cooperation. The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) was founded at the next congress in Edinburgh in September 1927. Czechoslovakia was represented by Zdeněk Václav Tobolka, who also became a member of the IFLA committee.

KEYWORDS: library congresses, IFLA, European librarianship, Zdeněk Václav Tobolka (1874–1951)

Doc. PhDr. Jaromír Kubíček, CSc. / Moravská zemská knihovna (Moravian Library), Kounicova 65a, 602 00 Brno