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The National Library is the biggest library in the Czech Republic, housing around 6 million documents. The library currently has around 20,000 registered readers. Although comprising mostly Czech texts, the library also stores older material from Turkey, Iran and India. The library also houses books for Charles University in Prague.
- Tomáš Foltýn
- 7,358,308 total items, 21,271 manuscripts, c. 4,200 incunabula
- 1777 (246 years ago)
Book Donation of Margo Paran. Margo Paran (Israel), a painter and poet born in the Czechoslovakia, donated her poetry collection "And I Saw" and several other books to the National Library of the Czech Republic.
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The National Library of the Czech Republic (Czech: Národní knihovna České republiky) is the central library of the Czech Republic. The main part of the library is in the Clementinum building of Prague .
- 1777 (246 years ago)
- National library
Dates in history. Architectural development of Klementinum. The Klementinum complex - one of the most notable Prague historical buildings - has undergone a long architectural evolution. It extends over 2 hectares of the historic Prague centre.
Some facts and figures. The National Library's collection includes over 6,5 million volumes and yearly, it acquires about 80 thousand of new titles. It provides services to more than one million users every year, most of whom are university or college students, teachers, academics, scientist, and scholars.
The National Library of the Czech Republic, the largest and oldest public library in the country, is housed in the unique Baroque premises of the former Jesuit College in the Clementinum. Its universal library collection is focused on the needs of university-type colleges and research institutes.
The Manuscriptorium digital library creates a virtual research environment providing access to existing digital documents in the field of historical collections (manuscripts, incunabula, early modern prints, maps, and other types of materials).