National
The NLCR is part of an ongoing Research and Technology Development (RTD) project for the Czech Republic in both the long term and the short term. Long-term projects include focusing on organizing, maintaining, and archiving a digital library, setting up bibliographic records of full texts of newspaper and journal articles, and developing a national catalog.
Short-term or current projects include continued efforts toward creating and maintaining full text databases for professional foreign periodicals, and national periodicals. Other goals include cataloging historical music collections, and “optimizing the structure of Information Resources in the Library of Library Science in the National Library of the Czech Republic (Corradini, 2006)
International
Internationally, the NLCR is involved in the Eureka! Project which focuses on endangered cultural heritage and the preservation, investigation and copyright thereof (Corradini, 2006). They also support IDAP (Improved Damage Assessment of Parchment) to conserve and restore documents.
Corradini, M. (2006, January 3). National library of the czech republic, research and development. Retrieved from http://www.nkp.cz/_en/pages/page.php3?page=weba_hl_ukoly2003_en.htm
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Saturday, March 6, 2010
What I learned in our first class weekend
This class weekend was really good for me. I have been confused about many things in the class so far and the weekend of face to face class time was useful in helping to solidify the content of the class work for me. I liked the discussion time that we had both Friday night about the United Nations document that we'd read previously, and about the articles that we all read on Saturday morning.
The article I read was really interesting in the way it talked about Complex Adaptive Systems as being similar to a flock of birds; when one bird changes course the course of the whole is altered. This made me think of facebook. I wonder if when facebook was created anyone ever thought that advertisers would look at it as a legitimate form of advertising or that programmers would create so many different ways to use the technology. Facebook has changed because of a collaboration of several people.
The article I read was really interesting in the way it talked about Complex Adaptive Systems as being similar to a flock of birds; when one bird changes course the course of the whole is altered. This made me think of facebook. I wonder if when facebook was created anyone ever thought that advertisers would look at it as a legitimate form of advertising or that programmers would create so many different ways to use the technology. Facebook has changed because of a collaboration of several people.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Relevant History to the Czech National Library
I watched an episode of No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain this week in which the location was Prague, Czech Republic. I also began reading Time's Magpie: A Walk in Prague by Myla Goldberg.
This episode of No Reservations focused on the up and coming cuisine of this nation which is already well established in so many other ways. Czechoslovakia was ruled as a communist state for 45 years until, in 1993, it dissolved into two states; The Czech Repuplic, and Slovakia. Prague is the Capital of the Czech Republic. During the years that communism ruled in Czechoslovakia, the country's cuisine suffered due to government regulations placed upon restaurants and chefs. Creativity in cooking was hindered and all restaurant's menus became very similar. In this way, the Czech Republic is very new, less than 30 years old. The cuisine of this nation is just now beginning to regain it's place amongst the great cuisines of the world (Bourdain, 2010).
The book, Time's Magpie: A Walk in Prague, gives a great overview of Prague from many venues. The Czech National Library is one of these venues. I just recently began the book, but am hoping that it will shed a little light on the a question that No Reservations brought up for me. What happened to the library during the years of Soviet rule? Was the library hindered as was the cuisine? If so what effects did it have on the ability of GII to be of benefit to the Czech Republic and how far has the nation come since 1993? All very interesting questions which will benefit my research.
Bourdain, Anthony (Host/Writer). (February 1, 2010). No Reservations [Television Broadcast]. Travel Channel
Goldberg, M. (2004). Time's magpie: a walk in prague. New York, New York: Crown Journeys.
This episode of No Reservations focused on the up and coming cuisine of this nation which is already well established in so many other ways. Czechoslovakia was ruled as a communist state for 45 years until, in 1993, it dissolved into two states; The Czech Repuplic, and Slovakia. Prague is the Capital of the Czech Republic. During the years that communism ruled in Czechoslovakia, the country's cuisine suffered due to government regulations placed upon restaurants and chefs. Creativity in cooking was hindered and all restaurant's menus became very similar. In this way, the Czech Republic is very new, less than 30 years old. The cuisine of this nation is just now beginning to regain it's place amongst the great cuisines of the world (Bourdain, 2010).
The book, Time's Magpie: A Walk in Prague, gives a great overview of Prague from many venues. The Czech National Library is one of these venues. I just recently began the book, but am hoping that it will shed a little light on the a question that No Reservations brought up for me. What happened to the library during the years of Soviet rule? Was the library hindered as was the cuisine? If so what effects did it have on the ability of GII to be of benefit to the Czech Republic and how far has the nation come since 1993? All very interesting questions which will benefit my research.
Bourdain, Anthony (Host/Writer). (February 1, 2010). No Reservations [Television Broadcast]. Travel Channel
Goldberg, M. (2004). Time's magpie: a walk in prague. New York, New York: Crown Journeys.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Prague it is...or Maybe the Czech Republic
I’ve decided to do my individual assignment on the GII in the Czech
Republic, specifically Prague. Although as I begin to research I am
noticing that the specificity of topic might prove difficult in finding
sources for the project. If I continue to find this is the case I will
broaden my scope to Czech Republic. I chose this location both because
of its history as a nation and because, from what little I’ve heard the
libraries there are quite good. I also work with a woman at Gardner
Public Library who is from Prague and may be able to provide some
first-hand insight or suggestions for my research. Another reason for
researching this location is that my husband and I are tentatively
planning a trip there in October of this year.
I began by looking at the website for the National Library of the Czech
Republic. There is tons of information here about the library’s history
and practices. There is a page on the site listing the national and
international organizations that the library belongs to. I think this
will be a good first resource for me because it will lead to other
sources. I’ve also found a few articles through Google Scholar which I
hope to use.
National Library of the Czech Republic, 2006. Retrieved on 1/23/2010 at http://www.nkp.cz/_en/index.php3
Republic, specifically Prague. Although as I begin to research I am
noticing that the specificity of topic might prove difficult in finding
sources for the project. If I continue to find this is the case I will
broaden my scope to Czech Republic. I chose this location both because
of its history as a nation and because, from what little I’ve heard the
libraries there are quite good. I also work with a woman at Gardner
Public Library who is from Prague and may be able to provide some
first-hand insight or suggestions for my research. Another reason for
researching this location is that my husband and I are tentatively
planning a trip there in October of this year.
I began by looking at the website for the National Library of the Czech
Republic. There is tons of information here about the library’s history
and practices. There is a page on the site listing the national and
international organizations that the library belongs to. I think this
will be a good first resource for me because it will lead to other
sources. I’ve also found a few articles through Google Scholar which I
hope to use.
National Library of the Czech Republic, 2006. Retrieved on 1/23/2010 at http://www.nkp.cz/_en/index.php3
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