The service is intended for all interested in using the NLCR's complete portfolio of services.
Any citizen over 15 can become an NLCR user; registration can be completed in person in the Main Hall. Library cards are usually issued for one year from the date of registration.
Conditions for issuing a library card:
- completed registration form
- payment of the registration fee
- a valid personal identity document (ID card, passport, driving licence, Czech permanent or long-term residence permit, police or Czech military service card, etc.)
Their validity can be extended, and their loss must be reported immediately (a duplicate can also be issued).
Registered users with a valid library card can:
- study printed materials freely available in reading rooms (in the Scholars' Reading Room under specific rules; in the Slavonic Library Lending and Reading Room only after activating a reader account there)
- search in online catalogues, use NLCR collections for on-site or off-site study, including e-books
- use digital libraries (National Digital Library, Manuscriptorium, Webarchive)
- access out-of-commerce works (OCW) in the National Digital Library and other digital libraries that make out-of-commerce works available
- access the internet from NLCR computers or via Wi-Fi on their own portable/mobile devices
- use reference and research services
- copy (or print) documents from the library collection, from the Internet, or their own materials on self-service machines
- use reprographic services on request from documents that they have pre-ordered for study from library storage
- use interlibrary services
- use the contents of licensed databases locally or remotely
- from 18 years of age, users can borrow documents off-site from designated parts of the library collection (based on documents presented at registration)
More information on the processing of personal data.