List of libraries in the Czech Republic
This is a list of libraries in the Czech Republic.
Libraries by region
Central Bohemian
- Central Bohemian Research Library , Kladno[1]
- Roudnice Lobkowicz Library, Nelahozeves
Hradec Králové
- Hradec Králové City Library[1]
Karlovy Vary
- Karlovy Vary Regional Library
- Sokolov City Library
Liberec
- Regional Scientific Library in Liberec
Moravian-Silesian
- Library of the University of Ostrava
- Moravian-Silesian Research Library , Ostrava[2]
- Ostrava City Library
- Technical University of Ostrava, Central Library[2]
Olomouc
- Palacky University Library , Olomouc[2]
- Research Library in Olomouc[3]
Pardubice
- Regional Library in Pardubice
Plzeň
- Pilsen City Library [1]
- West Bohemia University Library, Plzeň[2] (Czech: Univerzitní knihovně ZČU v Plzni)
Prague
- Charles University, Central Library [2]
- Czech National Library of Medicine
- Czech National Library of Technology[2]
- Czech National Museum Library
- Library and Printing House for the Blind
- Libri Prohibiti
- Municipal Library of Prague[4]
- National Library of the Czech Republic[5]
- National Pedagogical Museum and Library of J. A. Comenius in Prague[3]
- Parliamentary Library, Parliament of the Czech Republic
- Strahov Monastery Library
South Bohemian
- South Bohemian Scientific Library, České Budějovice
- University of South Bohemia Library, České Budějovice
South Moravian
- Jiří Mahen Library in Brno[1]
- Moravian Library, Brno[2]
Ústí nad Labem
- Jan Evangelista Purkyne University Research Library
Vysočina
- Municipal Library of Jihlava
Zlín
- Kroměříž Archbishop's Castle Library
See also
- Association of Library and Information Professionals of the Czech Republic
- List of archives in the Czech Republic
- Mass media in the Czech Republic
- in Czech
- Directory of libraries and information institutions in the Czech Republic (in Czech)
- Legal deposit in Czechia (in Czech)
References
- ^ a b c d "List of IAML members", iaml.cz, Prague: Czech National Branch of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres, retrieved 2026-02-09
- ^ a b c d e f g "List of LIBER Libraries", libereurope.eu, Netherlands: Association of European Research Libraries/LIBER Europe, retrieved 2026-02-09
- ^ a b "Institutions: Czech Republic", europeana.eu, Netherlands: Europeana Foundation, retrieved 2026-02-09
- ^ "IFLA Members" (PDF), ifla.org, Netherlands: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, 2026-01-06
- ^ "EBLIDA Members", eblida.org, Netherlands: European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations, retrieved 2026-02-09
This article incorporates information from the Czech Wikipedia.
Further reading
- Vaclav Mostecky (1956). "The Library under Communism: Czechoslovak Libraries from 1948 to 1954". Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy. 26. US. JSTOR 4304516.
- Francis J. Kase (1961). "Public Libraries in Czechoslovakia under the Unified Library System". Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy. 31. US. JSTOR 4305095.
- Jaroslav Vrchotka (1994). "Czechoslovakia". In Wayne A. Wiegand; Donald G. Davis Jr. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Library History. New York: Garland. p. 174+.
- Edward Kasinec; Robert H. Davis Jr. (2001). "Central and Eastern European Libraries". In David H. Stam (ed.). International Dictionary of Library Histories. Vol. 1. Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 39+. ISBN 1579582443. (includes section about the Czech Republic)
- Hana de Goeij (2016-07-22), "Why Libraries Are Everywhere in the Czech Republic", nytimes.com, US
External links
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- AKVŠ [Association of Libraries of Czech Universities] (in Czech)
- SDRUK [Czech Republic Library Association] (in Czech)
- "Library Map of the World: Czechia", ifla.org, Netherlands: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions