| Czech National Library of Technology Národní technická knihovna (NTK) | |
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| 50°06′14″N 14°23′26″E / 50.1039389°N 14.3906217°E | |
| Location | Technická 6 160 80 Prague 6 – Dejvice, Czech Republic, Czech Republic |
| Type | Research library |
| Scope | Engineering, architecture, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, physics |
| Established | 1718 |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | Books, journals, electronic media |
| Size | 1.18 million media units [1] |
| Legal deposit | No |
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| Population served | Professors, students, researchers, private sector clients, general public |
| Members | 25.5 thousand [1] |
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| Budget | Kč321.3 million [1] |
| Director | Martin Svoboda |
| Employees | 143 FTE[1] |
| Website | http://www.techlib.cz/en/ |
The Czech National Library of Technology (Czech: Národní technická knihovna, abbreviated as NTK) is located at Technická 6 in Prague 6. The building also houses a branch of the Municipal Library of Prague. The former site of the National Library of Technology was the Clementinum in the Old Town of Prague, from which all books and materials were moved to the library's current location after completion of the current building in 2009. The building was designed by architects Roman Brychta, Adam Halíř, Ondřej Hofmeister and Petr Lešek of Projektil Architekti after winning first prize in an architectural competition held in 2000.[2]
Construction of the current building began in 2006 and was completed in January 2009. The library opened to the public on 9 September 2009 and now boasts the most extensive collection of Czech and international documents in the field of technology and applied natural and social sciences related to technology in the Czech Republic.[3]
The user-friendly design philosophy for the building has been described as a "high-tech living room for students" by the institution's Director Martin Svoboda.[4]
- ^ a b c d Czech National Library of Technology - Annual report online retrieved 16-March-2015
- ^ "National Technical Library in Prague / Projektil Architekti". 31 July 2009.
- ^ "The National Technical Library – a new dominant feature of Prague". Archived from the original on 2010-06-23. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
- ^ "New National Technical Library opens in Prague". 9 September 2009.