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Annual Report Annual Report National Library of the Czech Republic 1 NL CR Annual 2014Report / 2014 Contents An Introductory Word from the Director General .................................................................... 3 Events of the Year ............................................................................................................................ 4 The Revitalization of the Klementinum, the Completion of the First Stage of Construction of the New Building and the Renovation of the Original Building of the Central Depository of the National Library in Hostivař ..................................................................................................... 4 The National Library of the Czech Republic, Hostivař – new name – new content ................................ 6 Preparations for the Exposition of the Vyšehrad Codex ......................................................................... 7 Summary of the Project The Creation of the National Digital Library ..................................................... 9 Cooperation with Google ...................................................................................................................... 10 EBSCO Discovery Service ................................................................................................................... 12 Ask Your Library .................................................................................................................................... 13 The eBooks on Demand Service or Breathe New Life into Old Books ................................................. 14 From the Library’s Main Activities ............................................................................................. 15 Acquisitions for Modern Library Collections ......................................................................................... 15 Cataloguing of Modern Library Collections .......................................................................................... 15 Historical and Music Collections ........................................................................................................... 16 Slavonic Library .................................................................................................................................... 19 Librarianship Institute ........................................................................................................................... 21 Programmes and Projects .................................................................................................................... 22 Economic Indices, Statistics, Graphs ...................................................................................... 35 The Basic Statistical Data of the National Library of the CR in 2014 ................................................... 35 Financial Management ........................................................................................................................ 36 Acquisition, Bibliography and Cataloguing Division .............................................................................. 39 Statistics of Domestic Non-Periodical Production in 2014 .................................................................... 39 Domestic Acquisitions in 2014 .............................................................................................................. 41 Foreign Acquisitions in 2014 ................................................................................................................ 42 Statistical Indices of Services ............................................................................................................... 44 Slavonic Library .................................................................................................................................... 50 Library and Information Science Library ............................................................................................... 51 Management of the Library’s Collections ............................................................................................. 52 Preservation of the Library’s Collections .............................................................................................. 55 Activities of the Centre for Communication ............................................................................ 59 Selected Important Events and Exhibitions of the Year ........................................................................ 59 Publication Activities in 2014 ................................................................................................................ 61 Appendices ...................................................................................................................................... 59 Organisational Structure as of 31st December 2014 ............................................................................ 63 Abbreviations ........................................................................................................................................ 64 Contacts ............................................................................................................................................... 65 An Introductory Word from the Director General Another year has passed, which means another opportunity to look back at the developments in the National Library of the Czech Republic (the “National Library”) in the past twelve months. It saw the continued renovation of Klementinum – the seat of our institu- tion. Construction work has increasingly affected the daily opera- tions, but thanks to the dedication of the National Library staff and understanding and tolerance of users, we continue to provide our services almost in full. This is said with great pride, because we are probably the only institution that undergoes such a significant ren- ovation and has not interrupted or significantly limited its activities. Revitalization entered stage II, which involved the Corridor of the Knights of the Cross (Křižovnická chodba). Continued archaeolog- ical research, this time along the St. Clement’s Church and St. Sal- vator Church. Archaeological research which has been in progress Foto: Eva Hodíková for several months built on previous stages of excavations which discovered remains of a medieval Dominican monastery high and late medieval cemetery and early me- dieval burial site from 9th to 10th century with a few skeletal graves. Further discoveries included early Jesuit structures – the first school buildings dating back to the 16th century. A recent survey revealed the remains of an extensive medieval structure. In the spring, the National Library opened a new building in Hostivař. It is mainly used to store volumes of the National Archival Collection and house workplaces for cataloguing, digitisation and other services to be gradually moved from Klementinum. Open Day for the general public attracted hundreds of visitors, who toured the state-of-the-art library facilities. Also in 2014, we continued to implement the project Creation of the National Digital Library (NDL) and other digitisation projects. As part of the 9th year of the competition The Best 2014 – MasterCard, the magazine Egovernment evaluated the most interesting e-government projects, where the National Library placed first in the category Central Projects with the projectCreation of the National Digital Library, which is implemented in cooperation with the Moravian Library (ML) under the authority of the Ministry of Culture (MC CR). We appreciate this award very much and consider it to be important as the conclusion of the project, because in 2015 the NDL will transition into the sustainability period. In 2014, the library welcomed a special guest. During his visit to Prague, Dan Brown, the author of the international bestsellers such as The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons, visited the historic Klementinum premises. He was most fascinated by the Baroque Library Hall and the view from the As- tronomy Tower. This report does not provide enough space to mention all the significant achievements of 2014. You can find all the important ones on the following pages. Finally, I would like to thank all the employees of the Library for their effort and dedication. Thanks are also due to the founder of our institution, the Ministry of Culture, for its support, and we must also not forget our sponsors, providing support to culture even in economically difficult times, and cooperating institutions. Our thanks on behalf of the National Library of the Czech Republic go to all of you. Ing. Tomáš Böhm Director General of the National Library of the CR 3 Výroční zpráva NK ČR / 2014 Events of the Year The Revitalization of the Klementinum, the Completion of the First Stage of Construction of the New Building and the Renovation of the Original Building of the Central Depository of the National Library in Hostivař The Revitalization of the Klementinum In 2014, the revitalisation of the Klementinum continued with stage II, still focusing in particular on its first part – the building SO 05 (the wing along the Křižovnická street). Due to the lengthy approval of extra work, construction work was delayed by several months, extending until late 2014. Partial commencement of the construction works in the second part of stage II involving the buildings SO 06 and SO 09 (buildings around the Student Courtyard) has been postponed until early 2015. The bulk of the extra work in the first part of stage II was affected by the discovery
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