Dnes je: 7. 9. 2010
Svátek slaví: Regína
English
About the Library
Božena Němcová Town Library in Domažlice (library) is a public library with a universal book stock.
In compliance with Act No. 257/2001 Coll. CZ Libraries Act the following belongs to its basic tasks: to make documents from its ows book stock or through interlibrary lending available to public, to provide bibliographic, reference and factographic information, to intermediate information from outer information sources, to enable to access outer information sources the library is connected to free of charge, through Internet.
We have been creating a stock of regional literature and regional databases. We focus on providing cultural, education and instructional activities for many categories of town inhabitants. We function as a library in charge with the performance of regional tasks in the region of Domažlice.
Our library is a budget-based organisation with legal personality, our promoter is the Town of Domažlice.
History
The name of the well-known Czech writer of 19th century Božena Němcová is connected with our library. Božena Němcová lived in Domažlice in 1845-1847 when the first reading club “Slavonic Lime“ arose, the aim of which was to “exercise the use of the Czech mother tongue“. The writer was one of the founding members and she also helped its development with her personal book choice, she organized meetings of women and girls, literary academies and concerts.
The public library has been working in the town almost continuously since 1894 when the first Public Municipality Library of the Royal Town of Domažlice was founded. It had up-to-date Library Rules, the first stock book and the first catalogue. It changed its name several times in 20th century. It was re-named to be Hus Municipality Library in 1915, Municipal Library in 1947, Božena Němcová Library in 1971 and it has had the name of Božena Němcová Town Library Domažlice since 1996.
It moved several times in 20th century, it has had its residence in a separate house built in 18th century for a Christian Grammar School since 1994.
The book stock contained the work of Czech as well as world classics, books of reference and fiction as early as in its beginning. A part of books of the first reading clubs and the beginning of the public library has been kept in the Regional Literature Section and it creates the so called “Golden Stock“.
Today the library offers its service to nearly 3 000 readers and 85 regional libraries. Its stock contains 99 000 units. It subscribes about 120 titels of newpapers and magazines per year. ^
Service
- lending documents home under the conditions stated in the Library Rules
- lending document on the spot in the reading-room and Special Service Section
- documents reservation
- interlibrary lending
- on-line access to catalogues, card cataloges and card files
- connection to Internet
- bibliographic and information service
- meetings for childer and young people
- information science and IT for secondary schools
- cultural events for adults (exhibitions, meetings, lectures)
- workshops in PC operation, basic IT knowledge, Internet
- reprographic service
- information service – information from PC databases, CD-ROMs and Internet
- publication ^
Books and magazines are lent free of charge.
The registration fee per year is 100.00 CZK for adults, 50.00 CZK for students, pensioners, women on maternity leave and unemployed and 30.00 CZK for children of less than 15 years of age.
The library is open to public and all people interested can use its service. It is necessary to check in as a reader only for borrowing documents home. ^
Working Hours
| Adults and Music Section | ||
| Monday | 9:00 - 12:00 | 13:00 - 18:00 |
| Tuesday | closed | |
| Wednesday | 9:00 - 12:00 | 13:00 - 18:00 |
| Thursday | closed | 13:00 - 16:30 |
| Friday | 9:00 - 12:00 | 13:00 - 16:30 |
| Internet Study | ||
| Monday | 9:00 - 12:00 | 13:00 - 18:00 |
| Tuesday | closed | |
| Wednesday | 9:00 - 12:00 | 13:00 - 18:00 |
| Thursday | closed | 13:00 - 16:30 |
| Friday | 9:00 - 12:00 | 13:00 - 16:30 |
| Reading-Room | ||
| Monday | 9:00 - 12:00 | 13:00 - 18:00 |
| Tuesday | closed | 13:00 - 14 : 00 |
| Wednesday | 9:00 - 12:00 | 13:00 - 18:00 |
| Thursday | closed | 13:00 - 16:30 |
| Friday | 9:00 - 12:00 | 13:00 - 16:30 |
| Children and Young People Section | ||
| Monday | closed | 13:00 - 17:00 |
| Tuesday | closed (schools, nursery schools, after-school centers) | |
| Wednesday | closed | 13:00 - 17:00 |
| Thursday | closed | 13:00 - 16:00 |
| Friday | closed | 13:00 - 16:00 |
| Special Service and Regional Section | ||
| Monday | 7:00 - 11:00 | 13:00 - 18:00 |
| Tuesday | on demand | |
| Wednesday | 7:00 - 11:00 | 13:00 - 16:00 |
| Thursday | on demand | 13:00 - 16:30 |
| Friday | 7:00 - 11:00 | 13:00 - 16:30 |
Sections
The library is devided into sections for adults, a reading-room, for children and young people, for special service and an Internet study.
Classification Section amends and processes the book stock, Library Sevice Section helps other libraries in the region, Economic Section cares for economic issues. A manager is the head of the library, appointed and withdrawn by the Town Council. ^
Internet
Readers and visitors of our library have our Internet study with seven computers at their disposal. The access is open to public, it means that tourists and town visitors can use the Internet here too. The Internet study is equipped with printers, a scanner and a Xerox machine. Users can also save the necessary information on a floppy disc. The first five minutes of computer use are free of charge, then users pay 1.00 CZK for 1 minute on-line. If computers are used to write texts only, you are charged 10.00 CZK per hour. ^
Regional Literature and Databases
A separate stock of regional literature has been created since 1976, containing nearly 1 400 books that have some relation to the Chod region. Guide-books through the Chod region published at the turn of 20th century are among the oldest. Part of the stock is also the so called “Golden Stock“ with printed matters of 2nd half of 19th century. Regional newpapers and bulletins have been filed in this section since 1975.
The reading-room serves to study these materials, the stock of this section can be borrowed just o the spot and serves mainly to historians, researchers and students to elaborate their colloquiums and dissertations.
Visitors have printed catalogues and card files of geography and personalities at disposal. Regional personalities database, regional events database, articles database from regional press, newspapers Domažlicko, Domažlický deník, Domažlický zpravodaj and the local bulletins, are at disposal in their electronic version through our on-line catalogue and website. ^
Educational and Cultural Activities
Children Section regularly organizes events for children from nursery and basic schools, after-school centers, private schools and special schools. Children get to know new books, service provided by this section and they are educated to have basic knowledge in information science and IT. About 120 events are organized a year.
Special Service Section organizes classes in information science and IT and lectures on region databases for the pupils of secondary schools in the town.
A workshop in basic Internet knowledge and skills is organized in the Internet study each month.
Lectures and meetings with writes on their books, with university professors on literature and regional topics and with travellers on their journeys in exotic countries are organized for adults.
The library collaborates with local cultural and educational organisations – Bros Špillar Gallery, Children and Young People House, Czech Christian Academy etc.
We regularly participate in national events organized by public libraries – March – the month of Internet, Libraries Week, Night with Andersen, Non-stop Reading, inquiry My Book. About 150 events for public are organized each year.
The public show great interest in the regularly modified exhibitions in the library hall. Both, well-known painters and photographers and beginning artists, collectors and children from nursery and basic schools show their work to public here. ^
Contacts
Address:
Bozena Nemcova Town Library
B. Nemcove 118
344 01 Domazlice
Czech Republic
Manager: Lenka Schirová, schirova@mekbn.cz, + 420 379 723 041
Assistant Manager: Mgr. Hana Mlnáříková, mlnarikova@mekbn.cz, + 420 379 723 041
Ekonomist: Ing. Jiří Němeček, nemecek@mekbn.cz, + 420 379 723 041
Phone: + 420 379 723 041
E-mail:
info@mekbn.cz