10 ThingsYou Should Know About

Moravian Library in Brno

Michal Škop & Jan Lidmila

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1. Important Institution

Founded in 1808 2nd largest library in Czech Republic 4 000 000 items in collection 21 000 registered users 600 000 visitors per year Over 520 000 loans in 2013 660 study places

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1. Important Institution

Funded by Ministry of Culture Regional Function

Consulting, Training and Coordination Services for Smaller Libraries

Research Organization Publishing of our own Duha (Rainbow)

Magazine

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2. Diverse selection of documents Legal Deposit everything is available to our users

(loan or in-house use only) 2 000 of required Reading titles (Fiction)

for students in open shelves Opening Hours Mon – Fri 08:30 –

22:00 Sat 10:00 – 18:00

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UDC – classification system

Main Subjects:

0 Knowledge. Management. Computer Science. Iinformation …

1 Philosophy. Psychology

3 Social Sciences

5 Mathematics. Natural Sciences

6 Applied Sciences. Medicine. Technology

7 The Arts. Recreation. Entertainment. Sport

8 Language. Linguistics. Literature

9 Geography. Biography. History

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3. Online Services

www.mzk.cz OPAC: VuFind (LIS: Aleph):

ordering, reservation, lists, ILS, EoD service integration

16 licenced electronic resources

Facebook / Twitter Ask a Librarian Service newsletter (email, printable version available)

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www.mzk.cz

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Facebook

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Online catalogue VuFind

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4. Easy Registration

on-line pre-registration (on-line form) Users can use their student card Students 12 – 19 for free

20 – 26 100 CZK per Year General Public 200 CZK per Year 1 month registration for 20 CZK immediate possibility of borrowing

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5. Connecting to the Network

2 PC with access internet for unregistered users

120 PC for registered users Secured WiFi accessible anywhere in

the building + Eduroam WiFi

Print & Copy

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6. New items in collection

Montly list with links to our OPAC available on our web

New books are available in 30 days from delivery

periodicals in 7 days(about 5 000 titles)

Everyone could submit a suggestion to puchare new item via online form

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7. Digitized Documents

National Digital Library

Digital library Kramerius– more than 4 500 monographs– more than 800 maps– more than 400 manuscripts

Old Maps Online

e-readers, tablets

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8. Foreign Libraries

Deutsche Bibliothek

Österreich Bibliothek

English Library

InfoUSA

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9. Interesting events

Movie Mondays and Thursdays lectures, seminars readings, theater travelogue lectures trainings exhibitions

For general public, usually free of charge

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10. Place to Study & Leisure

Possibility to visit library without restriction / registration

Foyer Studyrooms

Team study rooms and study carrels

Cafe on the groundfloor

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Moravská zemská knihovna v Brněwww.mzk.cz

Thank you for your attention!