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Číslo Ke Stažení V Knihovna města Petřvald Foto Monika Molinková 4 MĚSÍČNÍK PRO KNIHOVNY Cena 40 Kč * * OBSAH MĚSÍČNÍK PRO KNIHOVNY 4 2015 ročník 67 FROM THE CONTENTS 123 ..... * TOPIC: National Digital Library – under the lid Luděk Tichý |123 * INTERVIEW with Vlastimil Vondruška, Czech writer and historian: 1 Pod pokličkou Národní digitální knihovny Vydává: “Books are written to please the readers, not the critics…” * Luděk Tichý Středočeská vědecká knihovna v Kladně, Lenka Šimková, Zuzana Mračková |125 příspěvková organizace Středočeského kraje, ..... * Klára’s cookbook or Ten recipes for library workshops: 125 ul. Generála Klapálka 1641, 272 01 Kladno „Knihy se nepíšou proto, aby se líbily literárním Non-fiction in museum sauce Klára Smolíková |129 * REVIEW: How philosopher Horáček came to Paseka publishers kritikům, ale čtenářům…“ Evid. č. časopisu MK ČR E 485 and what came of it Petr Nagy |131 * Lenka Šimková, Zuzana Mračková ISSN 0011-2321 (Print) ISSN 1805-4064 (Online) * INTERVIEW with PhDr. Dana Kalinová, World of Books Director: Šéfredaktorka: Mgr. Lenka Šimková Choosing from the range will be difficult again… Olga Vašková |133 ..... 129 Redaktorka: Bc. Zuzana Mračková * The future of public libraries in the Czech Republic in terms Grafická úprava a sazba: Kateřina Bobková of changes to the pensions system and social dialogue Poučné knížky v muzejní omáčce * Klára Smolíková Renáta Salátová |135 Sídlo redakce (příjem inzerce a objednávky na předplatné): * FROM ABROAD: The road to Latvia or Observations 131 ..... Středočeská vědecká knihovna v Kladně, from the Di-Xl conference Petr Schink |138 Kterak filozof Horáček k nakladatelství Paseka příspěvková organizace, Gen. Klapálka 1641, 272 01 Kladno * The world seen very slowly by Jan Drda Naděžda Čížková |142 přišel a co z toho vzešlo * Petr Nagy Tel.: 312 813 154 (Lenka Šimková) * FROM THE TREASURES… of the West Bohemian Museum Library Tel.: 312 813 138 (Bc. Zuzana Mračková) in Plzeň Ila P. Šedo |144 133 ..... e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]; * Czech Police Academy Library Vybrat si z nabídky bude opět těžké… [email protected] Jitka Bílá, Ivana Charvátová, Nataša Šišková |146 * Olga Vašková * Digitization in Central Bohemia Pavla Vlková |150 Redakční rada: * INSPIRATION FROM THE LIBRARIES |153 135 ..... Budoucnost veřejných knihoven v ČR z pohledu Ing. Jiří Mika (předseda), PhDr. Ladislav Kurka, * Notes from a New Zealand librarian – 2 Michal Klajban |154 změn důchodového systému a sociálního dialogu Mgr. 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Svět viděný zpomaloučka s Janem Drdou 142 A.L.L. production, s. r. o., Ve Žlíbku 1800/77, Hala 7A, Lenka Šimková, Zuzana Mračková |125 * Naďěžda Čížková 193 00 Praha 9 – Horní Počernice, * Klara’s Kochbuch oder Zehn Rezepte für Workshops in Bibliotheken: tel.: 234 092 811 (sekretariát), e-mail: [email protected] Lehrreiche Bücher in einer Museumssoße Klára Smolíková |129 144 ..... * REZENSION: Wie der Philosophen Horáček kam zu dem Rozšiřují též společnosti holdingu PNS a. s. Knihovny Západočeského muzea v Plzni * Ila P. Šedo Paseka-Verlag und was kam dabei heraus Petr Nagy |131 – drobný prodej; MONITOR CZ, s. r. o.; SUWECO CZ s. r. o.; * GESPRÄCH mit PhDr. Dana Kalinova, der Direktorin der Gesellschaft 146 ..... Knihovna Policejní akademie České republiky B. Welemínová – PERIODIKA. 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