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The aim of this thesis is to present the collection of audio and audiovisual documents in the Municipal Library of Prague (further MLP). In the first chapter there are cited legislative documents which are directly related to the issue of lending of the mentioned materials. The next chapter presents audio and audiovisual documents and their history. The third chapter, which is the main one, deals with mentioned documents in the MLP; library processes (acquisition of documents, cataloguing) and possibilities of searching them on web or on-line are described there too. In addition, some special projects of the MLP (circulating collections, digitizing of gramophone records) are described there too. In conclusion, importance of special departments in public libraries is evaluated. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

This thesis describes the library of the Bohuslav Martinu Institute. First, there is described history and a current activities of the Institute. The main topic of this work is to decompose the library system of the local library and the information center. There are described static elements (the library collection in detail, catalogues and the library equipment) and dynamic elements (aquisition, organisation and services). The practical part contains a description of current state of cataloguing of documents and a proposal for minor improvements. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

This bachelor's thesis seeks to analyze, describe, and evaluate the current state of reference services at the Music Department of the Municipal Library of Prague. Within the scope of this work, the author will perform: - A basic exploration of the subject matter in terms of the available literature and other information; the research of selected sources and gathering of relevant information "on site", at the MLP building, will result in a brief presentation of key terms and principles pertaining to reference services, with a particular focus on the established practice of such services where they are associated with public music libraries. - An analysis and detailed description of the reference services on offer at the Music Department of the MLP, which will be presented in the main part of the thesis (the role of these services within the overall context of the reference service system at the MLP as a whole, and of cooperating music libraries across the Czech Republic; the operational coverage of these services in terms of storage and work space, financial funding, and manpower; reference stocks and resources; typical users of these services and types of requests; records of requests and their assessment; etc.). This part will also include a survey of reference requests made at the Music Department of the...