Information support of fisheries and hydrobiology researchand library cooperation in Czech Republic

Vladimíra Bendová

University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Academic Library, Branch of Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, Zatisi 728/II, Vodnany 389 25, Czech Republic; *E-mail: vbendova@lib.jcu.cz; Association of Libraries ofCzech Universities. Czech Technical University in Prague. Zikova 4/1903, 166 36 Praha 6-Dejvice.

This poster was supported by Academic Library ofUniversity of South Bohemia and by Association of Librariesof Czech Universities.

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Acknowledgment

41st IAMSLIC Annual Conference16th EURASLIC Biennial Meeting

7-11 September, 2015FAO Rome, Italy

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• Foundation of TheResearch Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology and library in Prague

1921

• Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology with library moves to Vodňany

1953 • Establishment of theDepartment ofScientific and TechnicalInformation

• Library was a part of DSTI

1964

• DSTI beginnspublishing a quarterlyBulletin of theResearchInstitue of FishCulture and Hydrobiology

• Bulletin waspublished until2012

1965• According to

the law on highereducation theInstituebecameorganic part of theUniversity ofSouthBohemia

1996

• Librarywasaffectedby floods

• Over 9,000 libraryunits wasdestroyed

2002 • Foundationof the Facultyof Fisheriesand Protection ofWaters(FFPW)

2009

• The LibraryFFPW became a branch ofAcademicLibrary ofUniversity ofSouthBohemia

2012

• The moving thelibrary in a newlyrenovatedbuilding ofFFPW in Vodňany

2013

• Member of• IAMSLIC

and EURASLIC

2014

FFPW

Antonín Švehla‘sLibrary in Prague

Information Centre of the Czech

University of LifeSciences in Prague

Institute for ScientificInformation of Mendel

University in Brno

Development of Library of Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters in Vodňany

About FFPW library Branch of Academic Library of USB in Vodňany provides specialized library and information services to faculty students and staff and to disseminate information to fisheries, aquaculture,hydrobiology, ichthyology and related sciences. Its collection includes over 20,000 items. Books, journals, reports etc. are deposit in storage, to find use Library Catalogue and lists ofsubscription journals on library websites or card catalogue in the library of Faculty of fisheries and protection of waters USB. Library loans out-side most documents.Library collects and archives Czech and foreign print and electronic journals. Many titles of journals are unique in Czech Republic. Library collection of journals is as well valuable for herintegrity. Library subscribes some journals over 60 years (Aquaculture, Rybářství). Library cooperates with foreign institutes, with which maintained interlibrary exchange of documents .The library preserves and provides access to interesting book collections. E. K. Balon Library was donated by Canadian ichthyologist and writer prof. Eugen K. Balon (1930-2013). AbsolonLibrary is collection of books from personal library of Czech archaeologist prof. Karel Absolon (1877-1960). Prague Library is historical collection of books from the former branch of ResearchInstitute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology in Prague and Dol near Libčice.Significant donations enriched the library collection in years 2014-2015. Limnologist RNDr. Petr Obrtlík and freshwater biologist prof. Vladimír Sláde ček donated their personal bookcollections. Complete personal collection of books and documents was donated by researcher RNDr. Tomislav Petr . Petr’s Library contains valuable publications of fisheries, freshwaterbiology, water management and other related fields from all continents. The library provides interlibrary loans, reference and information services.

FFPW library interior FFPW library storage

Library cooperation in CzechLibrary cooperation in CzechRepublicCzech libraries cooperate in particular on theinterlibrary loan service. ILL system in the CzechRepublic is defined by § 14 of Act 257/2001 onlibraries and providing public information andlibrary services. The library has a duty to conveyit to the user, even if the document does not ownin its collections. Interlibrary loan andinformation services the library is obliged toprovide free of charge. For providing a copy of thedocument is in the context of inter-libraryreprographic services requested library may askreimbursement of costs incurred. Founders oflibraries may ask reimbursement of the cost oftransport of the document.University libraries also cooperate by meansAssociation of Libraries of Czech Universities.ALCU promotes, develops and supportsuniversity libraries in Czech Republic.Association advocates university libraries andfacilitates their negotiations with informationproviders in order to improve opportunities forcost-efficient purchase and licensing of electronicinformation resources.The important goal is also to supportcollaboration and partnership (in order to helpcontinuous advancement and effectiveness oflibrary activities and services, education andlearning, information literacy activities, etc.) onboth national and international levels.

Forms of cooperation

� Shared cataloging� ILL� Licensing of electronic

information resources� Statistics� Evaluation of quality of

services

FFPW main building in Vodňany

� University library� 650 items from topic:� Fisheries� Fishes� Hydrobiology

� Patrons: students, tutors

� University library� 200 items from topic:� Fisheries� Fishes� Hydrobiology

� Patrons: students, tutors

� The only Czech specialized library thematically focused on the agricultural, food and related fields

� access point for a comprehensive range of specialized industry information, publications and online databases available via the Internet

� information centre provides bibliographic, factual, reference and advisory information

� fulfills the role of depository library for FAO CR� systematically building an information base consisting of library collections,

electronic information sources and created their own databases� the value and scope of its information fund, built bases and spread of services

is the largest library in the Czech Republic and ranks among the three largest libraries in the world in the area of agriculture and food

� information and library services provided to different categories of patrons:� research (researchers)� on practice (farmers and food producers)� education and counseling (students, consultants for

agriculture and food). [Source: http://www.knihovnasvehly.cz/ ]