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Access to the NL CR Collections according to call numbers

General rules

Most of the documents published or created before 1800 (inclusive) are in the custody of the Department of Manuscripts and Old Prints (hereinafter referred to as "ORST").

Documents of a bohemical nature published from 1801 to 1900 (inclusive) are preferably included in the Archival Collection of Bohemical Production of the 19th Century (abbreviated as the 19th Century Collection) and are made available in the Hostivař Reading Room; orders can be placed through the Advice and Information Service in the Main Hall.

If only archival copies are attached to the bibliographic record of a document in the electronic catalogue, it is recommended to check the existence of other copies in the scanned NL CR catalogues (RetrIS ). That does not apply to the documents of domestic production of the 19th century - see above.

If you have any problems placing an order, please contact the Advice and Information Service in the Main Hall or the Staff in a Reading Room.

CALL NUMBERS - group

(range)

 ORDER
(method)		 LOCATION - complementary information
1 -  38 Standard ordering HOSTIVAŘ
39 - 51 Standard ordering - base STT ORST
52 Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS HOSTIVAŘ
53 Standard ordering - base STT ORST
54 A - 54 B Standard ordering KLEMENTINUM
 
54 C Standard ordering KLEMENTINUM 3
54 D Standard ordering KLEMENTINUM
54 E Standard ordering HOSTIVAŘ
54 F Standard ordering KLEMENTINUM 3
54 G Standard ordering KLEMENTINUM

54 H 1 - 101 750; 236 000 -

Standard ordering

KLEMENTINUM
54 H 101 751 - 235 999 Standard ordering KLEMENTINUM 3
54 J [I] - 54 K - 54 L - 54 M Standard ordering KLEMENTINUM
54 S Ask the librarian 19th CENTURY COLLECTION
54 Sa - Sf Standard ordering - base STT ORST
54 X Standard ordering KLEMENTINUM
55 - 57 Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS HOSTIVAŘ
59 A - 59 G Standard ordering MUSIC DEPARTMENT READING ROOM
59 K Standard ordering -
delivery the next working day after 14.00		 AUDIO-VIDEO
specific: cassette tape
59 L Standard ordering
or by email oh@nkp.cz		 MUSIC DEPARTMENT READING ROOM
59 MF, 59 mf Standard ordering
or by email oh@nkp.cz		 MUSIC DEPARTMENT READING ROOM
specific: microdocument
59 R, 59 rm Standard ordering
or by email oh@nkp.cz		 MUSIC DEPARTMENT READING ROOM
59 V Standard ordering
or by email oh@nkp.cz		 MUSIC DEPARTMENT READING ROOM
60 Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS HOSTIVAŘ
specific: Vlček library
62 Standard ordering - base STT ORST
specific: Lobkowicz map collection
63 Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS HOSTIVAŘ
specific: Svatopluk Čech library
64 Standard ordering HOSTIVAŘ
65 Standard ordering - STT ORST
specific: Lobkowicz Prague library
66 Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS HOSTIVAŘ
specific: Kubelík (Szell) library
67 Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS HOSTIVAŘ
specific: Tereza Koseová-Dubrovská library
68 Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS HOSTIVAŘ
specific: Vratislav Černý library
70 Standard ordering HOSTIVAŘ
71 Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS HOSTIVAŘ
specific: F. X. Šalda library
72 Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS HOSTIVAŘ
specific: Kamill Resler library
73 Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS HOSTIVAŘ
74 Standard ordering HOSTIVAŘ
specific: Lotos Natural History Society library
75 Standard ordering - STT ORST
specific: Bernard Bolzano library
76 Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS HOSTIVAŘ
specific: Ladislav Hejdánek library
[call number in format
Ab nn.nnn, e.g. Sa 34.567]

Standard ordering or on-site
- delivery of items stored in Klementinum within 1 hour, items stored in Hostivař within 2 working days

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE LITERATURE LIBRARY
I - V, VIII - XIX Ask the librarian NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
A Standard ordering HOSTIVAŘ
A (archival copy)  Ask the librarian NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
A1 - A16 Ask the librarian NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
A I - X Standard ordering - base STT ORST
specific: Kinsky library
Am Standard ordering HOSTIVAŘ
Angl Standard ordering KLEMENTINUM 3
ASV Ask the librarian - delivery the next working day after 14.00 AUDIO-VIDEO
specific: video tape
B Standard ordering HOSTIVAŘ
B (archival copy) Ask the librarian NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
BMMS

Reference collection in Reading Room

 MANUSCRIPT AN EARLY PRINTED BOOKS READING ROOM
BMO Reference collection in Reading Room GENERAL READING ROOM
BMP Reference collection in Reading Room SCHOLARS´ READING ROOM
C Standard ordering HOSTIVAŘ
C (archival copy) Ask the librarian NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
C I - XI Standard ordering - base STT ORST
specific: Kinsky library
D Standard ordering HOSTIVAŘ
D (archival copy) Ask the librarian NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
D I - XI Standard ordering - base STT ORST
specific: Kinsky library
Dipl Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS HOSTIVAŘ
Diss Standard ordering HOSTIVAŘ
Diss D, T Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS HOSTIVAŘ
E Standard ordering HOSTIVAŘ

 
E (archival copy) Ask the librarian NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
E I - IX Standard ordering - base STT ORST
specific: Kinsky library
F Standard ordering HOSTIVAŘ
F (archival copy) Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS HOSTIVAŘ
F I - IX Standard ordering - base STT ORST
specific: Kinsky library
G Standard ordering HOSTIVAŘ
G (archival copy) Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS HOSTIVAŘ
G I - IX Standard ordering - base STT ORST
specific: Kinsky library
GD Standard ordering -
delivery the next working day after 14.00		 AUDIO-VIDEO
specific: audio recording
GD (archival copy) Ask the librarian NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
specific: audio recording
GDA Ask the librarian NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
specific: audio recording
GM Ask the librarian NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
H Standard ordering HOSTIVAŘ
H (archival copy) Ask the librarian NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
H I - IX Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS HOSTIVAŘ
H I - IX (published before 1800) Standard ordering - base STT ORST
specific: Kinsky library
HH Ask the librarian NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
CH Ask the librarian NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
Kand Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS HOSTIVAŘ
Kn Standard ordering HOSTIVAŘ
M Standard ordering HOSTIVAŘ
M I - M II - M III - M IV Standard ordering
or by email oh@nkp.cz		 MUSIC DEPARTMENT READING ROOM
specific: Mozart Memorial
Ma Standard ordering

KLEMENTINUM

specific: microdocument
Map Standard ordering

KLEMENTINUM
Map (archival copy) Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS HOSTIVAŘ
19th CENTURY COLLECTION
(year of publication 1801-1900)
Mf B - Mf C Standard ordering

KLEMENTINUM

specific: microdocument
MG Standard ordering -
delivery the next working day after 14.00		 AUDIO-VIDEO
specific: cassette tape
MGA Ask the librarian NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
specific: audio recording
MM Ask the librarian NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
specific: electronic document
MUS Reference collection in Reading Room MUSIC DEPARTMENT READING ROOM
Na - Nb Standard ordering

HOSTIVAŘ

Nc 1 - 19070

 Standard ordering

KLEMENTINUM
Nc 19071 - Standard ordering KLEMENTINUM 3
Nd Standard ordering HOSTIVAŘ
Pa - Pb - Pc - Pd Standard ordering HOSTIVAŘ
P I - P II - P III - P IV Ask the librarian NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
RC Reference collection in Reading Room REFERENCE CENTRE
RF C - RF D - RF E - RF F Ask the librarian

Documents are not a regular part of the NL CR collections. Delivery usually within 14 days after placing an order. Making available in the SCHOLARS´ READING ROOM
RF Z Ask the librarian Documents are not a regular part of the NL CR collections. Making available as ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS HOSTIVAŘ
Sa Standard ordering - base STT ORST
Sb - Sc - Se - Sf Standard ordering HOSTIVAŘ
SF Standard ordering KLEMENTINUM
Sp Standard ordering HOSTIVAŘ
SPV Reference collection in Reading Room SOCIAL AND NATURAL SCIENCE READING ROOM
SSV Reference collection in Reading Room SOCIAL AND NATURAL SCIENCE READING ROOM
Sz Standard ordering - base STT ORST
T Standard ordering HOSTIVAŘ
Th Standard ordering - base STT ORST
specific: university theses
Un Standard ordering HOSTIVAŘ
According to UN Library Regulations,  the items are available free of any charge (without registration fee)
W Standard ordering HOSTIVAŘ
Za Ask the librarian KLEMENTINUM
specific: poster
Za (archival copy) Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS HOSTIVAŘ
Zb - Zc - Zd (archival copy) Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS HOSTIVAŘ
Zc Ask the librarian - delivery the next working day after 14.00 KLEMENTINUM
specific: electronic document incl. DVD
Zk Standard ordering HOSTIVAŘ
specific: calendar

EXPLANATIONS

AUDIO-VIDEO
Standard ordering

  • first of all, search and order in the electronic catalogue

  • if the search in the catalogue is not successful, we recommend consulting the scanned NL CR catalogues (RetrIS)
Electronic document
  • making available in the Social and Natural Sciences Reading Room
  • authorised registered users can borrow documents marked in the electronic catalogue "for 30 days" off-site
  • if the main content of the document is a computer program, it may not be made available
  • some documents can no longer be accessed for technical reasons; the user is informed of this fact by email
HOSTIVAŘ

  • delivery on working days
    - orders placed before 12:00  - available after 14:00
    - orders placed after 12:00 - available the next working day after 10:00

  • orders placed at the weekend (including public holidays) are delivered after 10:00 on the next working day

  • making available in the General Reading Room (for authorised registered users also in the Scholars' Reading Room).

  • off-site loan is only possible if the electronic catalogue indicates "FOR 30 DAYS / for 30 days"; items for off-site loan should be collected exclusively in the Main Hall

  • or foreign book documents published after 1950 (inclusive), which
    - are not listed in the electronic catalogue and were found in one of the scanned NL CR catalogues (RetrIS) or
    - are listed in the electronic catalogue but with the note "delayed delivery"
    the admissibility of off-site loans is determined by the librarian only after the item has been delivered; in any case, before the check-out, the information about the item must be stored in the electronic catalogue - the item is then available later
KLEMENTINUM
KLEMENTINUM 3

  •  delivery within 2-3 hours

  • making available usually in the General Reading Room (for authorised registered users also in the Scholars´ Reading Room)

  • off-site loan is only possible if the electronic catalogue (for the item) states "FOR 30 DAYS / for 30 days"; items off-site loan should be collected exclusively in the Main Hall or in the self-service pickup locker

  • or foreign book documents published after 1950 (inclusive), which
    - are not listed in the electronic catalogue and were found in one of the scanned NL CR catalogues (RetrIS) or
    - are listed in the electronic catalogue but with the note "delayed delivery"
    the admissibility of off-site loans is determined by the librarian only after the item has been delivered; in any case, before the check-out, the item data must be entered in the electronic catalogue - the item is then available later

ARCHIVAL COLLECTION OF THE BOHEMICAL PRODUCTION OF THE 19TH CENTURY
(abbreviated as 19th CENTURY COLLECTION)

An archival collection of documents published from 1801 to 1900 in the territory of the present-day Czech Republic, supplemented with foreign Bohemical literature.

ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS HOSTIVAŘ

Archival collection of thematic parts: address books, calendars, militaria, annual reports of Czech and German schools and dissertations defended at domestic universities and colleges. Personal libraries of important Czech personalities and bibliophiles. Also periodicals in German and Hungarian published until 1945 in the territory of the present-day Czech Republic or former Czechoslovakia.
Microdocument

NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION (NKF)

An archival collection of documents published from 1901 to the present on the territory of the Czech Republic (or Czechoslovakia in the course of its existence), supplemented by foreign bohemicas. The collection has a strictly preservation character.

  • library items from the NKF are only made available if:
    - there is no other library item available in the NL CR,
    - the document is not available in the holdings of other libraries throughout the Czech Republic and it is not possible to make it available through the interlibrary loan service; or
    - its content is not available in digital form or on another medium
  • making available, in accordance with special rules, only in the Hostivař Reading Room
  • delivery within 3 days after placing the order
  • call +420 221 663 353 or write to studovnacdh@nkp.cz to check if the item is ready for study
  • audio and electronic documents will be available in the Social and Natural Sciences Reading Room in the Klementinum
    - the user will receive a message about the availability of the item for study to the e-mail address they have stated in the registration form
    - if the address is not provided, it is advisable to check whether the item is ready by calling +420 221 663 146 or by email at sspv@nkp.cz

Ask the librarian

  • order at the Advice and Information Services desk in the Main Hall (in person) or at pujcovna.os@nkp.cz
  • for ordering RF (except RF Z), Za and Zc call number groups it is possible to contact the Staff in reading rooms
ORST (Department of Manuscript and Early Printed Books - Reading Room)
  • first of all, search and order in the electronic catalogue, in the STT database
  • if the search in the catalogue is not successful, we recommend consulting the scanned NL CR catalogues (RetrIS) and order via the electronic form
  • if the document in the ORST custody is available on an alternative medium or in a digital library, the original shall not be made available
  • making available the historical collection is governed by the ORST Reading Room Regulations (delivery on the next operating half-day)
  • manuscripts can be found in the Manuscriptorium digital library or in in printed catalogues and can be ordered separately here (https://retris.nkp.cz/Catalog?sigla=ABA001)

UN

If a user wishes to study exclusively on-site a library item that the National Library of the Czech Republic acquired as part of the depository collection of publications of the United Nations system, they can apply for access to it free of charge at the Advice and Information Services desk in the Main Hall.

Reference Collection in Reading Room 

  • the item is part of the respective reading room's reference collection and is intended for on-site use only
  • it cannot be placed on hold in advance; it is either freely accessible on the open shelf or available upon request at the service desk in the Reading Room