This document discusses the history and services of the library at the Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters (FFPW) in Vodňany, Czech Republic. It outlines the library's development from 1921 when it was founded as part of the Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology, through its various changes in location and institutional affiliation. Today it is a branch of the Academic Library of the University of South Bohemia and provides specialized resources and services to FFPW students and staff. The library collects Czech and foreign publications on fisheries, hydrobiology and related topics. It cooperates with other Czech libraries through interlibrary loans and works with the Association of Libraries of Czech Universities to advocate for university libraries.

1. Information support of fisheries and hydrobiology research
and 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 of
Czech Universities. Czech Technical University in Prague. Zikova 4/1903, 166 36 Praha 6-Dejvice.
This poster was supported by Academic Library of
University of South Bohemia and by Association of Libraries
of Czech Universities.
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Acknowledgment
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• Foundation of The
Research 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 the
Department of
Scientific and
Technical
Information
• Library was a
part of DSTI
1964
• DSTI beginns
publishing a
quarterly
Bulletin of the
Research
Institue of Fish
Culture and
Hydrobiology
• Bulletin was
published until
2012
1965 • According to
the law on
higher
education the
Institue
became
organic part
of the
University of
South
Bohemia
1996
• Library
was
affected
by floods
• Over 9,000
library
units was
destroyed
2002 • Foundation
of the Faculty
of Fisheries
and
Protection of
Waters
(FFPW)
2009
• The Library
FFPW
became a
branch of
Academic
Library of
University of
South
Bohemia
2012
• The moving the
library in a
newly
renovated
building of
FFPW in
Vodňany
2013
• Member of
• IAMSLIC
and
EURASLIC
2014
FFPW
Antonín Švehla‘s
Library in Prague
Information Centre
of the Czech
University of Life
Sciences in Prague
Institute for Scientific
Information 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 of
subscription 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 her
integrity. 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). Absolon
Library 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 Research
Institute 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 Sládeček donated their personal book
collections. Complete personal collection of books and documents was donated by researcher RNDr. Tomislav Petr. Petr’s Library contains valuable publications of fisheries, freshwater
biology, 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 Czech
Republic
Czech libraries cooperate in particular on the
interlibrary loan service. ILL system in the Czech
Republic is defined by § 14 of Act 257/2001 on
libraries and providing public information and
library services. The library has a duty to convey
it to the user, even if the document does not own
in its collections. Interlibrary loan and
information services the library is obliged to
provide free of charge. For providing a copy of the
document is in the context of inter-library
reprographic services requested library may ask
reimbursement of costs incurred. Founders of
libraries may ask reimbursement of the cost of
transport of the document.
University libraries also cooperate by means
Association of Libraries of Czech Universities.
ALCU promotes, develops and supports
university libraries in Czech Republic.
Association advocates university libraries and
facilitates their negotiations with information
providers in order to improve opportunities for
cost-efficient purchase and licensing of electronic
information resources.
The important goal is also to support
collaboration and partnership (in order to help
continuous advancement and effectiveness of
library activities and services, education and
learning, information literacy activities, etc.) on
both 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/ ]