Municipal Library in Český Krumlov
Address :
Horní No. 155
381 01 Český Krumlov
Telephone :
+420 380 714 765 (Director)
+420 380 713 925 (Regional services department)
Director :
Mgr. Karla Votřelová
WWW :
www.knih-ck.cz
This is the largest municipal library in the Český Krumlov region. It provides library services to
inhabitants of Český Krumlov (municipal function) as well as to inhabitants of the former county of
Český Krumlov (regional function). As of December 31, 2005 the library fund consisted of 106.787 items,
and a total of 2.677 readers were registered, 561 of them children. In 2005 the library listed 34.493
visitors who borrowed 138.455 books and libraries.
The central library consists of the adult section, children's section, the study and reading room,
dept. of regional services, and dept. of library fund administration, and since 1991 has been located
in the centre of town at Horní Street. The library also includes local branches at the apartment
complexes Plešivec and Mír, plus a branch at the nursing home at Vyšehrad. 13 employees offers services
to readers of Český Krumlov and other towns of the county.
At the beginning of the 1990's, the library began to automate its services. Eventually the entire
library fund was computerised with the LANius system (www.lanius.cz).
In 1995 the children's department was fully automated.
In 1996, a computerised system of exchange among individual libraries in the region was put into effect.
At the end of 1997 the library was connected to the Internet through a grant from the Czech Ministry
of Culture. The adult's section was automated in April of 1998, and users here can use an
on-line library catalogue. In May of
1998 Internet access was made available to library users. Since the beginning of 1999, the children's
section was also included in the on-line library catalogue using a special pictorial computer program
for children.
The library offers standard services such as lending services for adults and children, plus a number
of special services such as bibliographic and information services, interlibrary lending, fund exchange
for smaller libraries, access to library databases and Internet, research and photocopying, and regional
information. In the library fund one can find novels, popular educational literature, children's and
youth literature magazines, and special informational documents. The library fund consists of about
106.787 literary items. All library departments organise cultural and educational events such as
presentations, competitions, quizzes, excursions, and the like. Blind and dim-sighted people have had
access free of charge to the Internet in the reading room in Horní St. No.155 since 2003. The public
lending library gained the special apparatus owing to the contribution of the Český Krumlov authorities
and the contribution of the Ministry of Culture in Czech Republic. Since October 2005 the registrated
readers in the municipal library have the connection to the internet free thanks to the fact that the
library is included in the project Internet in Libraries which was declared by the Mininstry of
Informatics of the Czech Republic. Internet can be used also by nonregistrated users who have to
pay charge (see part Charges). In 2005 the users of the library in Český Krumlov can connect to the pages
of the Czech Press Office (which is otherwise paid service) thanks to the program of Ministry
of Culture VISK 8.
Since 1990 the Český Krumlov library has actively participated in the activities of the professional
association SKIP - the Union of Librarians and Information Workers (Svazu knihovníků a informačních
pracovníků). In 1995 the library began to contribute its records to the user database of LANius system
users, and in 1996 became one of the many libraries in the Republic to join the association SKAT -
Association of LANius library system users (www.skat.cz).
The objective of this association is to promote the positive usage of information of library funds of
member libraries. Since 1997 the library is also a member of the Library Association of the Czech Republic
(www.nkp.cz/start/o_knihovnach/Spolky-sdruzeni-konsorcia.htm).
In 2003 the public lending library became involved in the national system output of experts thanks to the
program connection with the National Library of Czech Republic (the funds were gained owing to VISK 9
program declared by the Ministry of Culture in Czech Republic).
In 1998 the administrator of the library became the town of Český Krumlov, and the former Regional Library
thus became a Municipal Library with a regional function. In 1998 the library succeeded in a grant program
of the Czech Ministry of Culture RISK - Development of library information networks (Rozvoj informační sítě
knihoven), with the joint project "Building a basic information network of public libraries of the Český
Krumlov region", which enabled the participating libraries in Kaplice, Horní Pláná, Velešíň, and Vyšší
Brod to improve the quality of their existing computer networks as well as tap into the Internet. All
these libraries work with the library system LANius. In 1999 were acquired finances, within RISK, for
connecting of public libraries in Větřní and Loučovice. In year 2000 the Municipal library in Benešov
nad Černou has been connected into the net whereby was finished the phase of interconnection of
professional public libraries in Český Krumlov region. By 31 December 2001 other libraries were connected
to the network of the Český Krumlov libraries due to the program VISK 3 or program Obnova venkova (Country
restoration). The Internet was available in 32 libraries by 31 December 2005. 23 libraries in the region work with the integrated library system LANius,
pertinently Clavius, 11 libraries in the Český Krumlov region have automated
borrowing system. Apart from the library in Český Krumlov 38 other public
libraries in region have the connection to the internet.
Excerpts from the library regulations
Books, magazines, and other documents are loaned to registered library users who are responsible for them for the entire duration of the loan.
Upon checking out, the user is to show proper ID. The signature on the written application confirms that the user agrees to abide by library regulations.
Children up to 15 may apply to the library only with written permission of at least one parent (date of birth and signature on application).
Registration fees are paid once of 365 days and enable users to utilise the services of all departments and branches of the library in the town.
Loaning period is normally 30 calendar day, magazines and other documents 14 days. The loaning period may be extended after a timely agreement with library staff.
Books of the reference library can be used on the premises only.
The user may use all catalogues and aids designated for users. The user has a right to reserve a book or educational literature which the library does not have in its own fund and can be borrowed from another library.
The user may use photocopy services of the library for a fee determined by the library's price list.
The user is obligated to inform the library of any changes in name, address, or loss of user ID card.
Non-abidance of the loaning regulations are subject to penalty fees according to the library's list.
The library reserves the right to refuse its services to users who repeatedly fail to abide by library regulations or who disturb the normal course of the lending area with their behaviour.
FEES
| Registration fee for 365 days | 100,-- Kč |
| Children up to 15, students, retirees, soldiers | 50,-- Kč |
| Physically handicapped, retirees over 70, library employees | free |
| Collective users (school groups, elementary schools, etc.) | 50,-- Kč |
| One-time loan (max. 3 books) | 20,-- Kč |
| Loan of one publication via the interlibrary loan service (postage) | 30,-- Kč |
| Deposit (for users with permanent residence outside Český Krumlov county | 100,-- Kč |
| Loss of user ID card | 10,-- Kč |
| Damage to the bar code | 10,-- Kč |
| Damage to the book cover | 10,-- Kč |
| Reservation | postage stamp price |
| Loss or damage to book | price of the book + 50,-- Kč |
| (for books with price over 200,-- Kč) | price of the book + 100,-- Kč |
| Loss or damage to periodical | price of periodical + 10,-- Kč |
| Photocopies | A4 one-sided | 1,50 Kč |
| | A4 two-sided | 2,-- Kč |
| | A3 one-sided | 3,-- Kč |
| | A3 two-sided | 5,-- Kč |
| Internet for registered users | free |
| Internet for unregistered users | 30 min. 30,-- Kč |
| Print from Internet | 1 site monochrome 2,-- Kč |
| Print from Internet | 1 site colour 10,-- Kč |
| Writing in the textual editor WORD | 1 hour 10,-- Kč |
REMINDERS
| | Children | Adults |
| 1. reminder (after 30 days) | 10,-- Kč | 10,-- Kč |
| 2. reminder (after the next 30 days) | 20,-- Kč | 20,-- Kč |
| 3. reminder (after the next 14 days) | 30,-- Kč | 30,-- Kč |
| 4. reminder (after the next 14 days) | 50,-- Kč | 50,-- Kč |
| Court action | user pays court costs |
This cost list is valid from October 1, 2005.
Addresses :
Městská knihovna (Municipal Library)
Adresa :
Horní No.155
381 11 Český Krumlov
E-mail : knihovna@knih-ck.cz
Městská knihovna (Municipal Library)
Branch Plešivec 366
E-mail : plesivec@knih-ck.cz
Městská knihovna (Municipal Library)
Branch Mír
Urbinská 187
E-mail : mir@knih-ck.cz
Městská knihovna (Municipal Library)
Branch - Nursing home
Vyšehrad
Inter-library borrowing service
mvs@knih-ck.cz
Telephones :
+420 380 714 765 (Director)
+420 380 714 254 (Economist)
+420 380 713 925 (Regional services dept.)
+420 380 716 385 (children's section)
+420 380 714 794 (adults' section)
+420 380 714 144 (study and reading room)
+420 380 728 795 (Plešivec branch)
+420 380 726 119 (Mír branch)
+420 380 713 926 (Book Register Department)
Director :
Mgr. Karla Votřelová
E-mail votrelova@knih-ck.cz
Year of establishment :
1879 (1881 - Readers' circle)
Computer system :
LANius, Internet
Opening hours :
| Department for adults | Monday, Tuesday
Thursday, Friday | 9,00 - 18,00
9,00 - 18,00 |
| Children's department | Monday
Tuesday, Thursday
Friday | 13,00 - 17,00
13,00 - 16,00
13,00 - 18,00 |
| Reading and study room | Monday, Friday
Tuesday, Thursday | 13,00 - 18,00
9,00 - 11,30 13,00 - 18,00 |
|
| Branch Plešivec | Monday, Thursday | 10,00 - 12,00 13,30 - 18,00 |
|
| Branch na Míru | Tuesday, Thursday | 10,30 - 13,00 13,30 - 18,00 |
|
| Branch Vyšehrad | Tuesday | 15,00 - 17,00 |
E-mail addresses of libraries in region Český Krumlov :
Cognate Websites :
National Library of Czech Republic
Libraries in Czech Republic
State Technical Library
Library for Libraries
Further information :
History of Municipal Library in Český Krumlov
Libraries in the Český Krumlov Region
Directory of Nonprofit Organizations in Český Krumlov Region
Český Krumlov Municipal Offices
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