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Collections dispatch according to call numbers

Accessibility of the NL´s collections according to groups of 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 bohemian nature published from 1801 to 1900 (inclusive) are preferably included in the Conservation Fund of Bohemian Production of the 19th Century (abbreviated as the 19th Century Fund) and are made available in the Hostivař Study Room; orders can be placed through the Advisory 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 catalogues of the National Library of the Czech Republic (RetrIS ). Not valid for 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 Reading Room.

CALL NUMBERS - group

(range)

ORDER
(method)
DEPOSIT LIBRARY

(or dislocated fund)

1 -  38 Common ordering HOSTIVAŘ
39 - 51 Common ordering - base STT ORST
52 Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTION HOSTIVAŘ
53 Common ordering - base STT ORST
54 A - 54 B Common ordering KLEMENTINUM
 
54 C Common ordering KLEMENTINUM 3
54 D Common ordering KLEMENTINUM
54 E Common ordering HOSTIVAŘ
54 F Common ordering KLEMENTINUM 3
54 G Common ordering KLEMENTINUM

54 H 1 - 101 750; 236 000 -

Common ordering

KLEMENTINUM

54 H 101 751 - 235 999   KLEMENTINUM 3
54 J [I] - 54 K - 54 L - 54 M Common ordering KLEMENTINUM
54 S Ask the librarian 19th CENTURY COLLECTION
54 Sa - Sf Common ordering - base STT ORST
54 X Common ordering KLEMENTINUM
55 - 57 Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTION HOSTIVAŘ
59 A - 59 G Common ordering MUSIC DEPARTMENT READING ROOM
59 K Common ordering -
dispatch the next workday after 14.00
AUDIO-VIDEO
specific: audio tape
59 L Common ordering
or by email oh@nkp.cz
MUSIC DEPARTMENT READING ROOM
59 MF, 59 mf Common ordering
or by email oh@nkp.cz
MUSIC DEPARTMENT READING ROOM
specific: microdocument
59 R, 59 rm Common ordering
or by email oh@nkp.cz
MUSIC DEPARTMENT READING ROOM
59 V Common ordering
or by email oh@nkp.cz
MUSIC DEPARTMENT READING ROOM
60 Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTION HOSTIVAŘ
specific: Vlček´s library
62 Common ordering - base STT ORST
specific: Lobkowicz´s map collection
63 Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTION HOSTIVAŘ
specific: Svatopluk Čech´s library
64 Common ordering HOSTIVAŘ
65 Common ordering - STT ORST
specific: Lobkowicz´s Prague library
66 Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTION HOSTIVAŘ
specific: Kubelík´s (Szell´s) library
67 Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTION HOSTIVAŘ
specific: Tereza Koseová-Dubrovská´s library
68 Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTION HOSTIVAŘ
specific: Vratislav Černý´s library
70 Common ordering HOSTIVAŘ
71 Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTION HOSTIVAŘ
specific: F. X. Šalda´s library
72 Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTION HOSTIVAŘ
specific: Kamill Resler´s library
73 Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTION HOSTIVAŘ
74 Common ordering HOSTIVAŘ
specific: Lotos club´s library
75 Common ordering - STT ORST
specific: Bernard Bolzano´s library
76 Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTION HOSTIVAŘ
specific: Ladislav Hejdánek´s library
[prefixed letters, high numbers, thousands separated by a dot, e.g. Sa 34.567]

Common ordering or on-site
- dispatch of a unit stored in Klementinum within 1 hour, units stored in Hostivař within 2 workdays

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE LIBRARY

I - V, VIII - XIX Ask the librarian NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
A Common ordering HOSTIVAŘ
A (archive copy Ask the librarian NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
A1 - A16 Ask the librarian NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
A I - X Common ordering - base STT ORST
specific: Kinsky´s library
Am Common ordering HOSTIVAŘ
Angl Common ordering KLEMENTINUM 3
ASV Ask the librarian - dispatch the next workday after 14.00 AUDIO-VIDEO
specific: video tape
B Common ordering HOSTIVAŘ
B (archive copy) Ask the librarian NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
BMMS

Included in the ORST Reading Room reference library 

 
BMO Included in the General Reading Room reference library  
BMP Included in the Scholars´ Reading Room reference library  
C Common ordering HOSTIVAŘ
C (archive copy) Ask the librarian NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
C I - XI Common ordering - base STT ORST
specific: Kinsky´s library
D Common ordering HOSTIVAŘ
D (archive copy) Ask the librarian NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
D I - XI Common ordering - base STT ORST
specific: Kinsky´s library
Dipl Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTION HOSTIVAŘ
Diss Common ordering HOSTIVAŘ
Diss D, T Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTION HOSTIVAŘ
E Common ordering HOSTIVAŘ

 

E (archive copy) Ask the librarian NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
E I - IX Common ordering - base STT ORST
specific: Kinsky´s library
F Common ordering HOSTIVAŘ
F (archive copy) Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTION HOSTIVAŘ
F I - IX Common ordering - base STT ORST
specific: Kinsky´s library
G Common ordering HOSTIVAŘ
G (archive copy) Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTION HOSTIVAŘ
G I - IX Common ordering - base STT ORST
specific: Kinsky´s library
GD Common ordering -
dispatch the next workday after 14.00
AUDIO-VIDEO
specific: audio record
GD (archive copy) Ask the librarian NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
specific: audio record
GDA Ask the librarian NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
specific: audio record
GM Ask the librarian NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
H Common ordering HOSTIVAŘ
H (archive copy) Ask the librarian NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
H I - IX Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTION HOSTIVAŘ
H I - IX (published before 1800) Common ordering - base STT ORST
specific: Kinsky´s library
HH Ask the librarian NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
CH Ask the librarian NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
Kand Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTION HOSTIVAŘ
Kn Common ordering HOSTIVAŘ
M Common ordering HOSTIVAŘ
M I - M II - M III - M IV   MUSIC DEPARTMENT READING ROOM
specific: Mozart Memorial
Ma Common ordering

KLEMENTINUM

specific: microdocument

Map Common ordering

KLEMENTINUM

Map (archive copy) Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTION HOSTIVAŘ
19th CENTURY COLLECTION
(year of publication 1801-1900)
Mf B - Mf C Common ordering

KLEMENTINUM

specific: microdocument

MG Common ordering -
dispatch the next workday after 14.00
AUDIO-VIDEO
specific: cassette tape
MGA Ask the librarian NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
specific: audio record
MM Ask the librarian NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
specific: electronic document
MUS Included in the Music Department Reading Room reference library  
Na - Nb Common ordering

HOSTIVAŘ

Nc 1 - 19070

Common ordering

KLEMENTINUM

Nc 19071 - Common ordering KLEMENTINUM 3
Nd Common ordering HOSTIVAŘ
Pa - Pb - Pc - Pd Common ordering HOSTIVAŘ
P I - P II - P III - P IV Ask the librarian NATIONAL ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
RC Included in the Reference Centre reference library  
RF C - RF D - RF E - RF F Ask the librarian

Documents are not a regular part of collections of the NL. Dispatch usually within 14 days after ordering. Access in the Scholars´ Reading Room

RF Z Ask the librarian Documents are not a regular part of collections of the NL. Access as ARCHIVAL COLLECTION HOSTIVAŘ
Sa Common ordering - base STT ORST
Sb - Sc - Se - Sf Common ordering HOSTIVAŘ
SF Common ordering KLEMENTINUM
Sp Common ordering HOSTIVAŘ
SPV Included in the Social and Natural Sciences Reading Room reference library  
SSV Included in the Social and Natural Sciences Reading Room reference library  
Sz Common ordering - base STT  
T Common ordering HOSTIVAŘ
Th Common ordering - base STT ORST
specific: university´s theses
Un Common ordering HOSTIVAŘ
According to UN Library Regulations  available free (without registration fee)
W Common ordering HOSTIVAŘ
Za Ask the librarian KLEMENTINUM
specific: poster
Za (archive copy) Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTION HOSTIVAŘ
Zb - Zc - Zd (archive copy) Ask the librarian ARCHIVAL COLLECTION HOSTIVAŘ
Zc Ask the librarian - dispatch the next workday after 14.00 KLEMENTINUM
specific: electronic document incl. DVD
Zk Common ordering HOSTIVAŘ
specific: calendar

EXPLANATIONS

AUDIO-VIDEO

Common ordering
  • first of all, search and order in the electronic catalogue
  • if the search in the electronic catalogue is negative, we recommend going to the scanned catalogues of the National Library of the Czech Republic (RetrIS)
Electronic document
  • access in the Social and Natural Sciences Reading Room
  • authorised registered users can borrow documents marked in the electronic catalogue "for 30 days" outside the building
  • if the main content of the document is a computer program, it is not lent
  • some documents can no longer be accessed for technical reasons; the user is informed of this fact by e-mail
HOSTIVAŘ
  • dispatch on working days
    - orders placed before 12 pm - after 2 pm
    - orders placed after 12 noon - the next working day after 10 am
  • orders placed at the weekend (including public holidays) are dispatched after 10 a.m. on the next working day
  • 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 electronic catalogue indicates "FOR 30 DAYS / for 30 days"; units for absentee borrowing are collected exclusively in the Main Hall
  • for foreign book documents published after 1951 (inclusive), which
    - are not listed in the electronic catalogue and were found in one of the scanned catalogues of the National Library of the Czech Republic (RetrIS) or
    - are listed in the electronic catalogue but with the note "longer dispatch"
    the admissibility of absentee borrowing is determined by the librarian only after the item has been shipped; in any case, before borrowing outside the building, the information about the item must be stored in the electronic catalogue - the item is then available later
KLEMENTINUM
KLEMENTINUM 3
  • dispatch within 2-3 hours
  • access usually in the General Reading Room (for authorised registered users also in the Scholars´ Reading Room)
  • borrowing outside the building is only possible if the electronic catalogue (for the unit) states "FOR 30 DAYS / for 30 days"; units for absentee borrowing are collected exclusively in the Main Hall or in the self-service pickup locker
  • for foreign book documents from the year of publication 1951 (incl.), which 
    - are not listed in the electronic catalogue and were found in one of the scanned catalogues of the National Library of the Czech Republic (RetrIS) or
    - are listed in the electronic catalogue but with the note "longer dispatch"
    the admissibility of absentee borrowing is determined by the librarian only after the item has been shipped; in any case, before borrowing outside the building, the item data must be stored in the electronic catalogue - the item is then available later

PRESERVATION FUND OF BOHEMIAN 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 Czech Republic, supplemented by foreign bohemians.

  • access, in accordance with *special rules*, only in the Hostivař Reading Room
  • dispatch within 3 days after placing the order
  • call +420 221 663 353 or write to studovnacdh@nkp.cz to check if the unit is ready for study

ARCHIVAL COLLECTION HOSTIVAŘ

Archival collection of thematic units: directories, 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 Czech Republic or former Czechoslovakia.

  • access, in accordance with special rules, only in the Hostivař Reading Room
  • dispatch within 3 days after placing the order
  • call +420 221 663 353 or write to studovnacdh@nkp.cz to check if the unit is ready for study
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), supplemented by foreign bohemians. The collection has a strictly preservation character.

  • library units from the NKF are only made available if:
    - there is no other library unit available in the NCF,
    - 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
  • access, in accordance with special rules, only in the Hostivař Reading Room
  • dispatch within 3 days after placing the order
  • call +420 221 663 353 or write to studovnacdh@nkp.cz to check if the unit 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 unit for studying to the e-mail address he/she has entered in the registration form
    - if the address is not provided, it is advisable to check whether the unit is ready by calling +420 221 663 146 or by email at sspv@nkp.cz.

Ask the librarian

  • order at the Counselling 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 numbers it is possible to contact the service in the reading room
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 electronic catalogue is negative, we recommend to go to the scanned catalogues of the National Library of the Czech Republic (RetrIS) and order via the electronic form
  • if the document in the ORST administration is available on an alternative medium or in a digital library, the original shall not be submitted
  • access to the historical collection is governed  by the ORST Reading Room Regulations (dispatch 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 a library item 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 it free of charge at the Counselling and Information Services desk in the Main Hall.