Historical and Music Collections
It is a unit on the level of a division, managed by a director.
It systematically acquires, manages, preserves and provides access to the NL historical and music collections. In accordance with the NL Rules and Regulations, it provides public library and information services to library users. It is a professional, methodical, consultancy and coordination centre for work with historical and music collections on the territory of the Czech Republic; in the fields in question it guarantees international cooperation. Within the framework of legislative and normative process, it submits observations, initiatives, proposals and recommendations concerning cultural heritage. It cooperates with libraries, institutions and professional establishments both in the Czech Republic and abroad. It is responsible for the participation of the NL in joint projects and for complying with particular agreements concerning historical and music collections. Within the scope of its professional competence, it provides coordination, methodical, advisory and consultancy services; authorized to do so within the scope of their competence are also the individual subordinate departments. It participates in research and development.
Manuscripts and Early Printed Books Department
It is a unit on the level of a department, managed by a head.
It acquires, manages, and provides access to the NL historical collections. It builds up and manages a reference library and reference collections of the department in question. It is responsible for processing and editing of the National Retrospective Bibliography ("Knihopis" in Czech). Within the scope of its competence, it is involved in professional publishing and exhibition activities of the NL. It participates in creating virtual research environment for work with historical collections. It is engaged in research and development in the field of history of book culture and cultural heritage. It issues certificates required for export of objects of cultural value from the sphere of book culture.
Music Department
It is a unit on the level of a department, managed by a head.
It builds up, manages and provides access to the music collections, it is responsible for acquisitions to enhance a collection of historical printed and manuscript music and other music-related documents kept in the NL. It provides descriptive and subject cataloguing of music in accordance with the valid international/ national standards. It builds up and manages a reference library and reference collections of the department in question. It administers the Union Music Catalogue, i.e. the central register of historical music sources on the territory of the Czech Republic, and in coordination with the RISM international registry, it also manages the International Registry of Music Sources. Within the scope of its competence it provides methodical services and adequate professional publishing activities.
Manuscriptorium Section
It coordinates the content of the Manuscriptorium Digital Library, it prepares the conception and strategy of its further development. It coordinates the creation of a virtual research environment for work with historical collections. It takes part in both national and international programmes and projects of digitizing historical collections. It cooperates in providing access to and research in literary cultural heritage.
Tomáš Klimek
