Closure of the National Library

Dear NL readers,

Based on the measures adopted by the Government of the CR on December 14, 2020, on dissemination of the disease Covid-19, the National Library of the CR  has been closed to the public from Friday, 18 December 2020, until further notice. The National Library of the CR will not work as a serving point because it will not meet the relevant hygiene standards.

Reader´s library cards that expires in the period from 17 December 2020 are prolonged until 1 February 2021.

Loan period of already realised loans as well as hold period for booked documents has been prolonged until February 1, 2021.

Late return charges for the loans which should have been returned by December 17, 2020 will not be levied for the period from December 18 to the date of return, as a case may be, up to February 1, 2021.

Loans with the loan period ending before December 18, 2020, which had not been returned in time, will be charged for delay for the days until December 17, 2020. This does not apply to loans that have not been returned and are enforced by law.

Validity of a reader´s card which would expire in the period from December 17, 2020 in the course of the period of the NL closure, will be prolonged by February 1, 2021.

During the whole period of the NL closure, we provide online services from electronic information resources and digital libraries as follows:

• Consultation and information services by e-mail at pujcovna.os@nkp.cz
• reference services – contact us by:
• e-mail reference@nkp.cz
• special form
• service Ask your library
• chat Ptejte se knihovny –  on working days 9:00-16:00; the queries placed during the offline state of the service will be answered by e-mail
• research services (pay-based service) – search for the books, articles on the subject you define
• Interlibrary Services by e-mail ill.os@nkp.cz

Access provision to NL online resources :

• NL catalogues and databases (order placing inactivated as of evening of December 17, 2020)
• licensed databases – available for the registered readers through the remote (code-based) access
• EDS – multisearch machine – available through the remote access or as a guest
• NL Digital Libraries and Out-of-Commerce Works
• public-domain works accessible without limitations

E-mail contacts to specialised reading rooms are available on the NL web pages.

Thank you for your understanding.