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Air quality measurement in depositories of the National Library of the Czech Republic – measurement methods and selected results
Summary: Preventive protection of library collections is the basis of care for their preservation. Important part of it is to ensure quality indoor air of ...
Non-destructive survey of bookbinding structure using X-ray radiation
Summary: The National Library of the Czech Republic, Collection Preservation Division has long been interested in the research of non-visible information in ...
Collection of sheet music of the Church of St. John the Baptist in Teplice
Knowledge Organization Systems and Their Typology
Summary: The term, “Knowledge Organization System” (abbr. KOS) has yet to be included in the Czech specialized terminology (which uses “information ...
Information Literacy of Non-medical Students of First Faculty of Medicine of Charles University in Prague
Summary: This survey of information literacy of undergraduate non-medical students at the First Faculty of Medicine of Charles University in Prague was ...
The i-School Phenomenon: History and Present Situation
Summary: This paper introduces the movement of i-Schools and the grounds of its origin, focusing on the fundamental elements of i-Schools and the i-Model. ...
Riches of Old Maps and Their Utilisation by Libraries and Other Memory Keepers
Watermark research in the music sources registered in the Union Music Catalogue of the National Library of the Czech Republic
Bohemian watermark research of the musical sources registered in the Union Catalogue of Music of the National Library of the Czech Republic started in 2014 and ...
Research use of web archived data
Summary: Major part of our communication and media production has moved from traditional print media into digital universe. Digital content on the web is ...
Knihopis of Czech and Slovak early printed books and its integration into the electronic portal Knihověda.cz
Summary: The article deals with the issues of the national retrospective bibliography, specifically its Czech-language part, the Knihopis of Czech and Slovak ...
Publishing behavior and attitudes towards open access among scientists in the Czech Republic
Summary: The article sums up basic results from a questionnaire survey which took place in 2013–2014. The research focuses on the publication behaviour of ...
Artificial intelligence helps to access manuscript heritage
JPEG 2000 as Ar­chival Format for still Images
Summary: Format JPEG 2000 was introduced in 2000 and since then we can see discussions about its suitability for long term preservation of still images. ...
Toward to the Concept of Community Library: Searching for Meaning and Application
Summary: Although the community library is a term mentioned in the strategic documents of the Czech librarianship, systematic attention has not been paid to ...
Information as Concept and Concept as Information in the Light of Epistemology and Methodology
Summary: The paper deals with the definition and classification of the concept of information in terms of epistemology and methodology. It is divided into two ...
Image of the information environment of scholarly communication through the lens of researchers in the Slovak Republic
Summary: We define the information environment of scholarly communication generally with the use of concepts of information environment and information ...
Collection of sheet music of the Provost Church of the Raising of the Holy Cross in Litomyšl
Summary: The aim of this study is to bring attention to the collection of sheet music that has survived at the Provost Church of the Raising of the Holy Cross ...
Perspectives of the development of pre-reading skills on the platform of intergenerational learning: a case study
Summary: This article focuses on the topical subject of intergenerational learning as a platform for the development of pre-reading skills in the environment ...
Transfers of confiscated books in Czechoslovakia after WWII
Summary: Extensive confiscations of German property in Czechoslovakia after WWII included large amount of books and library collections. Beside the property of ...
Czechoslovak librarianship, 1939–1959: selected issues of historical development
Summary: The article is based on a paper presented at the information seminar „Books Discovered Once Again“ (Prague, 2016). It introduces the main trends in ...
Printing works Kryl & Scotti / Karel Kryl in the mirror of bibliophile media and competitions
The study attempts to evaluate the contribution of the printing works Kryl & Scotti (later Karel Kryl), located at Nový Jičín and later at Kroměříž, to the ...
Map of study profiles: comparing the curricula of Library and Information Science in Opava
Summary: The paper presents a comparative analysis of two independent programmes of Library and Information Science implemented at the Silesian University in ...
Exchangeable formats of bibliographical data: their present transformation
Summary: Exchangeable formats of bibliographical data in the practice of libraries have been used from the 60ies of the last century, and in spite of the ...
Rights to the data administered by public libraries in the light of amendments of the Freedom of Information Act
Summary: Public libraries – in the focus of law – are cultural institutions taking care of not negligible values within public interest. Among others, their ...
The concept of model and conceptual model in information science
Summary: Modelling and application of models affect virtually all areas of human activity, including those of interest to information science. Although the ...
100 years since the publication of the Library Act
Summary: The first task of the new parliament and government after the establishment of Czechoslovakia in October 1918 was the stabilization of economic and ...
Czech language prayer-books of the 18th century printed in Roman type and the origin of this printing type in Czech typography
Summary: The contribution presents a group of Czech language prayer-books similar in content and form which were published during the 18th century or at the ...
Safety of non-invasive surveys using radiation of specific wavelength
Towards issues of descriptive metadata for knowledge organization systems
Summary: Submitted study folows the previous one published in 2014 which was devoted to „knowledge organization system“ term definition and to typology issues ...
Care of 19th century prints in the National Library of the Czech Republic
Summary: The Collection Preservation Division of the National Library of the Czech Republic has devoted special attention to the care for the so-called ...