In the context of law no. 257/2001 on libraries, the Education and Research Library of the Pilsen Region fulfils the role of a regional library. It ensures the functioning and coordination of selected entrusted libraries in the region. These regional functions consist in professional library work as defined in law no. 257/2001: “… functions within the framework of which the regional library and other libraries entrusted to it provide basic libraries in the region with primarily advisory, educational and coordination services, build up exchangeable stock and lend exchangeable volumes of library items as well as performing other essential tasks which help the development of libraries and their public function as libraries and information services.”
The range of services offered may differ in individual regions and depends on the given situation in the library system, the demand and above all the level of financing available. The provision of these services meets the recommended standards for such regional functions (viz Methodological instruction of the Czech Ministry of Culture ČR for ensuring the operation of regional libraries and their coordination within the Czech Republic).
The aim of regional work is to guarantee the availability and quality of public library and information services in accordance with professional standards, support effective division of work and coordinate professional library work and effective use of public finances.
The Education and Research Library of the Pilsen Region fulfils these regional functions:
- coordination of regional library work in close collaboration with the Pilsen Regional Authority, National Library of the CR and Ministry of Culture of the CR
- advisory and consultation work, methodological visits, plans, analysis
- statistics of library work
- publications focusing on the methodology of librarianship
- training librarians, seminars and meetings
Further tasks are agreed upon with the entrusted library:
- purchase and processing of library stock for public libraries in the region, established and funded from the budget of the region or operators (local authorities)
- creation of exchangeable stock, its circulation and distribution
- assistance in revising and updating library stock
- advisory and consultation work
- supplementary training for librarians from volunteer libraries
In the Pilsen region the regional function is provided by the following entrusted libraries on the basis of an agreement:
- Blovice Public Library
- Dobřany Public Library
- Domažlice Božena Němcová Public Library
- Horažďovice Public Library
- Klatovy Public Library
- Public Library in Kralovice
- Manětín Public Library
- Nepomuk Public Library
- Planá Public Library
- Plasy Public Library
- Library of the city of Pilsen, p.o.
- Přeštice Public Library
- Rokycany Public Library
- Stříbro Public Library
- Sušice Public Library
- Tachov Cultural Centre – Library section
Address list of libraries online
- Library law no. 257/2001 and related regulations
- Registration of libraries
- Recommendations for the law on libraries
Full texts of legislative documents and Code of Laws
Library law historically:
- Law 257 dated 29th June 2001 on libraries a conditions for operation of public libraries and information services (library law)
- Explanatory report to government proposal for law on public libraries
- Law dated 9th July 1959 no. 53/1959 on unified system of libraries
- Law on public libraries no. 430/1919 and related regulations (doc, 174 kB)
Statutory rules in library law
- Ordinance 88/2002 of the Ministry of Culture for effecting law no. 257/2001 on libraries and conditions for operating public libraries and information services (library law)
- Valid version of government decree no. 288/2002, which establishes the rules for providing subsidies for the support of libraries in the sense of government decree no. 235/2005 and government decree no. 113/2013. (doc, 55 kB)
- State subsidy no. SA.35529 (2012/N) – Czech Republic – Digitisation of library stock (pdf, 213 kB)
- Statutes and rules of procedure of the Central Library Council of the Czech Republic
Recommendations for the library law
Services of libraries
- Public Internet in libraries – interpretation of the Czech Ministry of Culture
- Interlibrary services
- Methodological statement from the Ministry of Culture on the issue of providing public library and information services in a manner guaranteeing fair treatment to all without exception (pdf, 66 kB)
Registration and revision of library stock
- Conducting revision of library stock – explanation by Ministry of Culture of the CR
- Registration of library stock – amendment to law on accounting (no. 304/2008)
- Registration and revision of library stock – standpoint of the Ministry of Finance (pdf, 95 kB)
Methodological instructions
- Methodological instruction from the Ministry of Culture for defining the standard of public library and information services provided by libraries managed and/or operated by local authorities and regions within the Czech Republic (2011)
- Standard for a good library: Methodological instruction from the Ministry of Culture for defining the standard of public library and information services provided by libraries managed and/or operated by local authorities and regions within the Czech Republic 2012 (pdf, 3,13 MB)
- Methodological instruction from the Ministry of Culture for guaranteeing regional library work and its coordination on the territory of the Czech Republic 2014 (docx, 79 kB, pdf, 7,06 MB)
- Services of libraries to libraries 2014 (pdf, 5520 kB)
Registration of libraries, list of library addresses and associated information
Full texts of legislative documents and Code of Laws
- Evaluation of standards met by public library and information services in the Pilsen region for 2013 (550 kB)
- Annual support on performance of regional work in the Pilsen region in 2013 (1 MB)
- Agreement on provision of regional services (42 kB)
- Agreement on transfer of regional services (53 kB)
- Instructions for completing regional fund accounting statement (243 kB)
- Ethical codex of Czech librarians
- Minutes of meeting of SDRUK for regional funds (400 kB)
