Collections Dispatch

• Search and order in the electronic catalogue
• If the search is not successfull, search the - scanned catalogue

• Order only to the 
  • exception - audio CD with music themes: usually available in the Music Department Reading Room
  • Cassette tape and videocassette – only to the Social and Natural Sciences Reading Room
• Orders for sound documents acquired before 1996 are placed in the Main Hall, where a ticket catalogue is also located.

• Dispatch at 2 pm on the next working day
• Acess in the Social and Natural Sciences Reading Room (special opening hours)
  • exception - audio CDs with musical themes: available in the Music Department Reading Room
  • Cassette tape (including music) and videocassette - available only in the Social and Natural Sciences Reading Room
• Authorised registered users can borrow documents marked in the electronic catalogue (OPAC) "30 days" outside the building
• If the main content of the document is a computer program, it shall not be lent.

• Dispatch on the working day following the day of order, usually in the morning, or until 2 p.m.
• Access in the General Reading Room (for authorised registered users also in the Scholars´ Reading Room).
• Borrowing outside the building is only possible if the unit is marked "FOR 30 DAYS / for 30 days" in the electronic catalogue (OPAC). Units are to be picked up for absentee borrowing ONLY in the MAIN HALL.
  • For foreign book documents from 1951 onwards, which
    • are not listed in the electronic catalogue (OPAC) and have been searched in the scanned catalogue ( RetrIS - general catalogue I - II - III),
    • are listed in the electronic catalogue (OPAC), but the text "longer expedition" is listed in the "Additional info" section,
  • the Librarian will determine the permissibility of absentee borrowing after the item has been shipped; however, in any case, the item's information must be stored in the electronic catalog prior to borrowing outside the building - the item is then available later.

• Dispatch of units to orders placed for the whole of the previous hour between 8.00 am and 5.50 pm - at hourly intervals from 10.45 am to 7 pm;
  • in case of complications, the processing time may take up to 3 hours.
• Dispatch of units on orders placed on the previous day from 5.50 pm on the previous day until 7.45 am - 9 am.
• Generally available in the General Reading Room (for authorised registered users also in the Scholars´ Reading Room)
• Borrowing outside the building is only possible for authorized users of domestic productions if the electronic catalogue (OPAC) states "FOR 30 DAYS / for 30 days"
• Borrowing outside the building is possible for authorized users for foreign productions published since 1951 only if the item is marked "FOR 30 DAYS / for 30 days" in the electronic catalogue (OPAC). Units for absentee loans are picked up ONLY in the MAIN HALL.
  • For foreign book documents from the year of publication 1951,
    • that are not listed in the electronic catalogue (OPAC) and have been searched in the scanned catalogue (RetrIS - General Catalogue I - II - III),
    • are listed in the electronic catalogue (OPAC), but the text "longer expedition" is listed in the "Additional info" section,
    the Librarian will determine the permissibility of absentee borrowing after the item has been shipped; however, in any case, the item's information must be stored in the electronic catalog prior to borrowing outside the building - the item is then available later.

• Order
  • in the electronic catalogue (OPAC) – KKL database
  • on site

• Volumes stored in Klementinum are dispatched within 1 hour,
• volumes stored in Hostivař are dispatched within 2 working days

• This is a preservation collection of 19th century bohemics (documents published between 1801-1900 in the Czech Republic or abroad in the Czech language or relating to the Czech Republic or its culture)
• Orders are processed at the Counseling and Information Services desk in the Main Hall, in person or via email půjčovna.os@nkp.cz.
  • Access, in accordance with *special rules*, only in the Hostivař Reading Room; please pay attention to its opening hours.
  • Dispatch by 2pm on the business day following the order.
  • If the registered user wishes to make a copy with a camera or mobile phone, he/she shall also sign a declaration of use.
• Call line 353 (from Klementinum) or phone +420 221 663 353 to check if the unit is ready.

• Orders are processed at the Counselling and Information Services desk in the Main Hall, in person or by email at půjčovna.os@nkp.cz.
  • Access, in accordance with special rules, only in the Hostivař Reading Room; please pay attention to its opening hours.
    • Specific procedure for accessing the department sg. 71 (Šaldova knihovna): if it is not the only copy of a document in the collections of the National Library of the Czech Republic, it is made available only on the basis of documented study interest in F. X. Shalda (confirmation from a university or scientific institution, or documented by relevant publication activity).
  • Dispatch by 2pm on the business day following the order.
    • In specific cases, the collection manager will assess whether the disclosure is in accordance with the law (see Criminal Code §§ 191 and 192
    • In specific cases, the collection administrator shall notify the registered user of the provisions of Sections 355 and 356 of Act No. 40/2009 Coll., the Criminal Code, as amended.
  • The registered user signs a research sheet, and if he/she wants to make a copy with a camera or mobile phone, he/she also signs a declaration of use.
  • Call line 353 (from Klementinum) or phone +420 221 663 353 to check if the unit is ready.

• Order only to
  • Periodical Reading Room
  • Social and Natural Sciences Reading Room
  • (authorized registered users or to the Social and Natural Sciences Reading Room)

• Information about access is available at the Information Services desk in the Main Hall, in person or by email at půjčovna.os@nkp.cz.
• půjčovna.os@nkp.cz.
• Access, in accordance with special rules, only in the Hostivař Reading Room; please pay attention to its opening hours. The dispatch time is 1-3 days; it is necessary to check whether the unit is ready by calling line 353 (from Klementinum) or phone +420 221 663 353.
  • Electronic documents (GDA, MGA, MM) are available in the Social and Natural Sciences Reading Room in Klementinum

    • the user will receive a message about the readiness of the unit for studying to the e-mail address he/she gave for registration.
      If the address is not provided or the address is not functional, it is advisable to check whether the unit is ready by calling line 146 (from Klementinum) or by calling 221 663 146 or by email at sspv@nkp.cz.

• The Fund Manager will assess whether the request will be dealt with by making the printed document available, or by making it available on an alternative medium or in a digital library.
  • If a document in ORST custody is available on an alternative medium or in a digital library, the printed original will not normally be submitted.
  • Printed documents (incunabula, old prints, maps) in the ORST custody are largely freely accessible in the digital library through the catalogue (OPAC), STT database.
• Expedition of a printed document - see Manuscripts and Early Printed Books Reading Room

• Information about access is available at the Information Services desk in the Main Hall, in person or by email at půjčovna.os@nkp.cz
• Access, in accordance with special rules, only in the Hostivař Reading Room; please pay attention to its opening hours. The dispatch time is 1-3 days; it is necessary to check whether the unit is ready by calling line 353 (from Klementinum) or phone +420 221 663 353.
• Electronic documents (GDA, MGA, MM) are available in the Social and Natural Sciences Reading Room in Klementinum;
  • check the readiness of the document to be made available at ext. 146 from Klementinum, or phone +420 221 663 146 or by mail at sspv@nkp.cz

• Make an appointment at the Advice and Information Services desk in the Main Hall in person or at pujcovna.os@nkp.cz

• Request to enter in the Manuscript and Early Printed Books Reading Room,
  • in person (old maps and atlases - signature 62 A - only in person) or
  • via an electronic form in the RetrIS application
    • If a document in ORST custody is available on an alternative medium or in a digital library, the original will not normally be submitted.
    • Digitized manuscripts in the ORST collection are freely available in the digital library Manuscriptorium.
    • Printed documents (incunabula, old prints, maps) held by ORST are largely freely accessible in the digital library via the electronic catalogue (OPAC) , STT database.
• Access according to the *ORST Regulations* (dispatch on the next operating half-day).

UN

If a user wants to study exclusively a library unit that the National Library of the Czech Republic has acquired as part of the *depository collection of publications of the United Nations system*, he/she can apply for access to the information service in the Main Hall without any fees.

• Records of printed music - additions to the NCCR collection up to 1995 can be searched
  • scanned catalogue, direct the order to
  • Music Department Reading Room
  • in the catalogues (author, systematic, subject) in the Music Department Reading Room, orders are placed on the spot
• orders can also be placed by e-mail to oh@nkp.cz

• Records of manuscript music books and Mozarteums can be found in the ticket catalogue in the Music Department Reading Room, orders are placed on the spot
  • manuscript music is successively entered into the RISM International Inventory of Music Sources; orders for documents so retrieved should be submitted by e-mail to oh@nkp.cz
• Correspondence records can be found in the ticket catalogue in the Music Department Study Room, orders are placed on the spot.

• Dispatch of ordered documents within 2-3 hours
  • The registered user is informed about the processing of the order placed via the scanned catalogue via the RetrIS application.
• Before accessing rare printed music, the registered user must complete and sign a research sheet

• Expedition of manuscript music books in 2-3 hours
  • Mozarteos, even in print, are made available in the same mode as manuscript music books
  • The registered user is informed about the dispatch of documents by e-mail
• Before accessing the manuscript music and mozarteos, the registered user completes and signs a research sheet