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The study was conducted based on a business report of the Intermunicipal public library Žalec and its internal material for the Municipal library Prebold. Methods of quantitative descriptive statistics and correlation analysis were used. In the research, library roles for users' needs in a local environment and library's success in doing this were reviewed; implementation dynamics of library's frequent and periodic activities was presented for a period of six years (2014-2019). We presented Prebold public library in a local environment, its activities and their planning, as well as individual activities from the viewpoint that they are thematically connected with library roles; overview of library activities according to target active and passive user groups; selfevaluation through number of participants and frequency of library activities. Our analysis revealed library's success in implementing activities for achieving development of library roles. Results show continuity of some and increase of using other library activities and services. Librarian activities are categorized into individual thematic projects. Research results can be used as a basis for strategic planning of library activities with respect to which library roles to develop in a public library according to interests and needs in a local environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The article presents the characteristics of Generation Z, their reading habits and information gathering strategies. The sample members of Generation Z are students of the Secondary Medical School Celje in the school year 2019/2020. Since statistical data shows a decline in the use (visits and circulation) of the library at the Medical School Celje in the last five years, we conducted a study to gain insight into reading habits of school library users. The interpretation of the results focuses on what research participants think are the most important influences on their reading habits. Methodology/approach: Two methods were used: the survey method and the action research method. The survey method sample included 304 students who were enrolled in the second, third and fourth year and the second year of the vocational-technical program in the school year 2019/2020. The questionnaire was developed using the online tool lka. To adapt the results for their use in planning of the pedagogical work, the action research method was used. Results: Data analysis shows that 70 °/o of students rank books in the last two places when classifying leisure activities. They spend most of their time browsing the web (on average 17 hours per week), while they spend 1 hour and 3 minutes for reading. Data shows that 41,7 % of students do not devote any of their weekly free time to reading books. More than half (58 °/o) of the students feel that the school encourages them to read. Extracurricular activities organized by the school library are unknown to almost half of the students, and almost half of them do not participate in these activities. Research limitation: Limiting the survey to the Secondary Medical School Celje prevents the generalization of the results. Since no similar research has been conducted at the school, the results cannot be compared. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Makerspace is a place where library users can try out and use equipment, devices and tools for various purposes free of charge. This service has become very common in public libraries around the world in the last decade, while in Slovenia there are currently only two public libraries that have experience in developing makerspaces. The paper provides an overview of the development of makerspaces, their purpose and position in public libraries. It also presents some examples of successful makerspaces in public libraries. Special attention is given to service planning of makerspaces and the elements that are critical to their successful operation. Three groups of stakeholders involved in makerspace planning are presented - users, local community, staff and volunteers. Along with recommendations for physical space and equipment in makerspaces, we present a list of equipment with appropriate devices, tools and materials that covers the most common activities in makerspaces. This is the first paper on makerspaces in Slovenia that comprehensively addresses this service in public libraries. It can serve as a starting point for reflection both before the decision to set up a makerspace and in the process of planning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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]

The article brings information about a recently published Standard „Handicap Friendly“ created by Association of Library and Information Professionals of the Czech Republic (SKIP CR). The standard proceeds from the demand on equal access to information and library services and describes necessary arrangements to improve the services for library users with special needs. The standard covers eight basic areas: general measures, requirements concerning staff, library collections and services, technical and material conditions, websites, organization of special events, cooperation and promotion and integrative activities. Presently the standard deals with four groups of users with special needs, namely, persons with visual, hearing, physical and mental impairment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The category of relevance is introduced on the basis of information science development. The article describes briefly the history of relevance concepts, system and user-oriented approaches. New functions of electronic medium brings so called „relevance revolution“. According to the results of the author's own research relevance could be interpreted as an active cognitive process running during people's interaction with information and as multidimensional multicriterial links. The author proposes a new model of relevance in the electronic medium - so called relevance 2.0, and outlines a principle of ecological relevance on the basis of information ecology framework. [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]

The article analyses degree of professional databases exploitation by users at Czech University of Life Sciences according to implemented questionnaire enquiry. The questionnaire is enclosed. The beginning of the article is dedicated to the questionnaire enquiry goals, the formulation of research hypotheses and the research sample specification. Detailed commentaries of responses to all the eight questions in the questionnaire follow. At the end of the article, the general evaluation of the questionnaire enquiry is formulated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents Guerrilla marketing as marketing style suitable for libraries, advertising their services and popularization of reading in general. It informs about project Guerrilla Readers realized in KIKS FF MU in Brno which sets an aim to apply and analyse unconventional marketing methods in this sphere and to share acquired knowledge and experiences above all in virtual platform compound of free accessible implements and services of the Internet which work on principle of social media and networking. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]