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Fees and Services Price List of the National Library of the Czech Republic

Annex No. 7 Library Rules of the National Library of the Czech Republic valid as of April 1, 2024

1 1. 1. Reader Cards, Registration and One-day admission tickets
1.1 Registration fee for registration at the library in person and each renewal thereof
1.1.1 Natural person aged 26-69
200,-
1.1.2 Natural person aged 15-25
100,-
1.1.3 Natural person aged 70+
free
1.1.4 Natural person TP, ZTP, ZTP/P holder
free
1.1.5 Users of the Scholars´ Reading Room (regardless of age)
200,-
1.1.6 Users of the Scholars´ Reading Room  (TP, ZTP, ZTP/P holders)
free
1.2 Registation fee for remote registration and each renewal thereof
1.2.1 Natural person aged 15-69 (when issuing a reader card on the spot, the difference against 1.1.2. cannot be claimed retroactively)
200,-
1.2.2 Natural person aged 70+ (whe issuing a reader card, 1.1.5 or 1.1.6 applies in the case of users of the Scholars´ Reading Room)
free
1.2.3 Natural person, TP, ZTP, ZTP/P holder
free
1.3 Reader Cards
1.3.1 Fee for every new library card issue

10,-

1.3.2

Fee for library card replacement

50,-

1.4

One-day admission tickets

 
1.4.1 One-day admission ticket 20,-
1.4.2 One child under 15 accompanied by one adult free
1.4.3 TP, ZTP, ZTP/P disabled person´s card holder free
1.4.4 Personal assistant accompanying a ZTP/P card holder free
2 Interlibrary services

2.1

 Within the Czech Republic

2.1.1

 Loan from any library in the Czech Republic

free
2.1.2 Paper photocopies from any library in the Czech Republic
acc. to the price list of the supplying library
2.1.3 Paper photocopies supplied to libraries in the Czech Republic – every ten pages of the original or part thereof
20,-
2.1.4 Loan from any library in the Czech Republic provided on the basis of an order on the knihovny.cz portal (ZÍSKEJ service)
acc. to the price list of ZÍSKEJ
2.2 International interlibrary services
2.2.1 For each loan from abroad - delivered from Europe except for Great Britain
250,-
2.2.2 For each loan from abroad - delivered from Great Britain and outside Europe
450,-
2.2.3 Paper photocopies of every 5 pages of the original or part thereof
40,-
3
 Making copies, reprographic and other copying services
3.1 Paper copies and prints on a self-service device
price per 1 page; prices also apply to TP, ZTP, ZTP/P holders for copies or prints on request
3.1.1 Paper copies and prints black/white (incl. copy from microdocument), A4 format
2,-
3.1.2 Paper copies and prints black/white (incl. copy from microdocument), A3 format
4,-
3.1.3 Paper copies and prints colour, A4 format
9,-
3.1.4 Paper copies and prints colour, A3 format
18,-
3.2 Paper copies and prints on request
price per 1 page ; exception for TP, ZTP, ZTP/P holders - the price of copies is governed by the items in point 3.1. of this Price List
3.2.1 Paper copies and prints black/white, A4 format 12,-
3.2.2 Paper copies and prints black/white, A3 format 14,-
3.2.3 Paper copies and prints colour, A4 format 17,-
3.2.4 Paper copies and prints colour, A3 format 25,-
3.2.5 Prints black/white from microdocument, format A4 10,-
3.2.6 Prints black/white from microdocument, format A3 11,-
3.3 Digital copy (without data carrier)
price per 1 output/file
3.3.1 Digitized to order - 200 dpi scan (user quality) 16,-
3.3.2 Digitized to order  - 300 dpi scan (user quality) 21,-
3.3.3 Digitized to order -  400 / 600 dpi scan (print quality) (Contractual price – higher quality scan; resolution of the image depends on the particulat original and the device) 100,-
3.3.4 Digital images downloaded from NL digitized databases - for each image 10,-
3.3.5 Self-service copy (from a document containing only works not protected by copyright) 2,-
3.3.6 Electronic document delivery (EDD ZÍSKEJ) acc. to the price list of ZÍSKEJ
3.3.7 eBooks on Demand (EOD) acc. to the price list of EOD
3.3.8 Provision of 1 page of a digitised document from NDK for works not protected by copyright (automated processing, minimum number of ordered pages: 150) 0,40
3.4 Photographic reproduction (digital output without data carrier)
price per 1 output/file
3.4.1 standard user quality (Photoshop 3, RGB, JPG, 300 dpi) 126,-
3.4.2 print quality (Photoshop 11-12, sRGB, JPG, 300 dpi) 250,-
3.5 Photographic reproduction (colour print)
price per 1 output/file
3.5.1 standard user quality (Photoshop 3, RGB, JPG, 300 dpi) 100,-
3.5.2 13x18 cm 100,-
3.5.3 18x24 cm 106,-
3.5.4 24x30 cm 114,-
3.5.5 30x40 cm 126,-
3.6 Lamination of copies
price per 1 sheet
3.6.1 A3 format 20,-
3.6.2 A4 format 10,-
3.6.3 A5 format 8,-
3.7 Spiral binding
3.7.1 up to 20 sheets 20,-
3.7.2 up to 100 sheets 30,-
3.7.3 up to 180 sheets 40,-
4

Research and verification services
4.1 Research services
4.1.1 Fee for ordered search (for each half hour or part thereof of librarian’s work) 100,-
4.1.2 For librarians and libraries in the Library Science Library free
4.2 Information retrieval
4.2.1 Bibliographic and biographic search (for each half hour or part thereof of librarian´s work) 100,-
4.2.2 Information retrieval in documents (for each half hour or part thereof of librarian’s work) 100,-
5

Fees and additional fees
5.1

Fine for late return of library material (off-site loans)

for each calendar day after exceeding the loan period of the library unit
5.1.1 For each volume of library unit from library collections of the NL CR
5,-
5.1.2 For each volume of library unit - interlibrary loan
10,-
5.2 Additional fees - loan services
5.2.1 Reminder fee (Director´s reminder) (NL´s general director registred letter) 70,-
5.2.2
 Administration fee for handling user caused damage as a consequence of loss or damage of library unit (for each library unit). 200,-
5.2.3 Handling fee for user caused damages as a consequence of loss or damage of library unit from the NL CR collections or a loan through ILL (per each library unit). Handling fee is calculated every time and is added up to the amount of financial compensation determined by the NL CR or the lending library (in the case of ILL loan). 200,-
5.2.4 Financial compensation for loss or damage of the library unit from library collections of the NL CR in case the restoration of the original condition is not possible or purposeful. According to the NL Rules, NL CR decides on the method of replacement. The amount of financial compensation is either governed by the current market price of the document (publication) to which the handling fee for liquidation of damages (5.2.3) is added, or is calculated as a combination of the price of a copy (3.2.), the price of binding (according to the price list of the external supplier), and the handling fee for liquidation of damages (5.2.3).
5.2.5
 Fee for reservation notification or sending a reminder (regular mail) acc. to the actual costs of the postal service provider
5.2.6 Compensation for damages for loss or damage of the library united borrowed via ILL acc. to the NL Library Rules and acc. to a request of the foreign (lending) library
5.3 Additional fee for preparation of order
5.3.1 up to 10 citations 30,-
5.3.2 11th and each additional citation 3,-
5.4
 Additional charge for using originals from archival and rare collections – photoduplicating services
5.4.1 1-10 pages of each library unit 20,-
5.4.2 11-50 pages of each library unit 100,-
5.4.3 over 50 pages of each library unit 500,-
5.5
 Packing fee and Postage
5.5.1 Packing fee 35,-
5.5.2 Packing - mass distribution of brochures and calendars 10,-
5.5.3 Postage is charged in full, insurance fee included
5.6 Other fees and surcharges - reprographic services
5.6.1
 Additional charge for incomplete order 20,-
5.6.2
 Additional charge for cut-out (photoduplicating services) 4,-
5.6.3 Fee for express service plus 50 % of the order price
5.7 Data carrier
5.7.1 CD, including sleeve 15,-
5.7.2 DVD, including sleeve 30,-
5.8 Fees - storage lockers, cloakroom
5.8.1 Refundable deposit for borrowing a lock 100,-
5.8.2 Fee for a lost lock or key to a locker in the Scholars´Reading Room 100,-
5.8.3 Fee (monthly) for a storage box in the Scholar´s Reading Room 25,-
5.8.4 Fee for the issue of uncollected objects left in lockers 200,-
5.8.5 Fee for storing unauthorized items 100,-
5.8.6 Fee for a lost or damaged cloakroom number 50,-
5.9 Export Certificate
5.9.1 Fee for issuing a certificate for export of items of cultural value 500,-
6 Free Access to Information
6.1 Price list of payments provided under the Act No. 106/1999 Coll., on Free Access to Information, as ammended

6.1.1

 Paper print black/white, A4 format - 1 page 2,-
6.1.2 Paper print colour, A4 format - 1 page 4,-
6.1.3 Electronic copy, A4 format – 1 page 1,-
6.1.4 CD, including sleeve 15,-
6.1.5 Sending information to an applicant by post according to the actual costs of the postal service provider
6.1.6 Information retrieval and its processing for the purpose of providing it 250,-
7

General rules
In accordance with Copyright Act No. 121/2000 Coll., as amended, the NL CR shall accept an order for digital copying, inter alia, only if it is verified that the economic copyright of all the works contained in the subject of copying has expired. Verification of the condition mentioned in the previous sentence is not part of the order acceptance. However, library staff will consult the library catalogue when accepting an order for a digital copy. Additional fee might be charged for postage (par. 5.5.3.), package (par. 5.5.1), data carrier (par. 5.7.), work with archival and rare material (par. 5.4.) etc.
Based on the provisions of Section 2 of Act No. 526/1990 Coll., On prices, as amended, it is possible to to agree with the user the contract price in justified cases (e.g. more expensive material, more labor, higher costs, copies from originals that do not come from the NL collections). The National Library of the CR reserves the right to collect advance payment for orders before their fulfillment.

Prices include applicable VAT.

 

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