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Purpose – The article focuses on optical data discs in the collections of the two largest Czech libraries and examines how their role has changed in recent decades and what risks they face. It introduces the CDArcha project, which offers tools to protect the content of data optical discs and outlines the steps that need to be taken in the future to ensure that data stored on them remains accessible to library users in the long term. Design/Methodology/Approach – The first part based on the analysis of project documents and other materials explores the situation in the National Library of Czech Republic in the 1990s and at the turn of the 21st century. The second part discusses the situation in the Moravian Library itself and describes the CDArcha project. Results – An outline of measures taken in the past to protect optical discs in the collections of the two largest Czech libraries is presented. In the second section new software tools are introduced; they allow memory institutions to extract data from optical discs and safely store them on a central server to provide protection at the bit level are introduced. Originality/Value – The article provides a summary of the research of the National Library of Czech Republic in the field of optical discs; the topic was long neglected by the professional library community. The CDArcha project, which forms an integral part of the research and development in the Moravian Library, offers tools for libraries and other memory institutions to protect data stored on optical discs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper summarizes outcomes of quantitative research that has been made among students and staff of 2nd Faculty of Medicine at Charles University and University Hospital in Motol. The main goal is to give an overview of their information behaviour as well as to find out how the users are informed about superstructural services (they are reference, search, educational, promotional and interlibrary loan services) which are offered by library itself. The paper compares information behaviour of each user, superstructural services use, social sites use, and evaluation of information literacy classes. The final qualitative part of the research sums up users' suggestions and comments on particular library activity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Discovery interfaces are a very current topics in the field of library services. The expectations of users in this regard are growing due to the progress of Web 2.0. An integration of information resources and advanced services into a unified environment build on top of a federated search engines or a central index becomes necessary. The Xerxes platform developed by David Walker at the California State University meets the high requirements of users and presents an attractive interface. It recently got its first instance in Czech Republic. The assets of Xerxes are especially its openness and extensibility via a portfolio of advanced services. This article provides a comprehensive description of the whole solution and summarizes the options Xerxes brings to the end user. It also proposes some possibilities of further development of not only the Xerxes platform but also of discovery interfaces in general. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]