Name :
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in
the national language(s) and script(s) : Národní knihovna České
republiky
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in
English : National Library of the Czech
Republic
Location/Address :
Klementinum 190
110 00 Prague 1
Tfno: +420 221 663 302
Web site :
Web : www.nkp.cz
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/narodni.knihovna
CONTACT:
Edita Lichtenbergová (Edita.Lichtenbergova@nkp.cz)
Short description of the institution:
The National Library is one of the oldest public libraries in the Czech Republic, its collection includes over 6,5 million volumes and yearly it acquires about 80 thousand of new titles. It provides services to more than one million users every year, most of whom are university or college students, teachers, academics, scientist, and scholars. Each year, around one million books are lent. The library services are available for everybody over the age of 15. It acquires, preserves, continuously updates, and provides access to rich collections of both domestic and foreign documents, especially of Bohemica and documents from the social and natural sciences areas. The library takes part in many national and international research projects (digitization, collections preservation etc).
Short description of the authority data:
Authorities
web site
Described entities (as of Dec 31,
2012) :
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Persons
519046
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Corporate
bodies 122805
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Geographical
names 23155
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Uniform
titles 2129 (anonymous and series),
author-title: 11683
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Subject
authority records 60898
Data provided in the authority records: MARC 21
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heading
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heading
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heading
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of data found
Data provided to VIAF and number of records :
Authority
records for names of persons and corporate bodies.
As of Dec
31, 2012 :
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Persons: 519046
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Corporate: 122805
ABOUT THE AUTHORITY FILE:
The Czech National Authorities file is built since 1995. The authority file is
created in cooperation with other Czech libraries.