Library

Notifications

 Opening hours during summer holidays: 

1st of July till 14th of September: CLOSED 

Visit is possible only after previous agreement with the library staff via email.

17th of September till 28th of September: LIMITED OPENING HOURS

 Monday till Thursday: 9am - 2pm

Friday: 9am - 12pm

Contacts

phone: 251 098 205, 228
fax: 251 098 240
e-mail: knihovna@vsup.cz

Library management
Eva Mertová, DiS.
Tel. +420 251 098 205
e-mail: eva.mertova@vsup.cz

Librarians
PhDr. Jiřina Dejmková
e-mail: jirina.dejmkova@vsup.cz

Bc. Anna Rýznarová
e-mail: anna.ryznarova@vsup.cz

Links

AAAD Library electronic catalog
https://katalog.vsup.cz/Katalog/

Digital library
http://kramerius.vsup.cz

Services

How to use our services:

• student card or ISIC is necessary for outside loans
• there is no free access to publications, please ask the staff for assistance
• you can check the library electronic catalogue before visit to see what literature we have and if it's available or not
• there is 1-month-period for returning books, prolongation is possible (in person, by login to electronic catalogue, by phone or email)
• shold the period expire, the chargeable reminders follow
• after login to the electronic catalogue it is possible to reserve unavailable books or order available books
• borrowing of books is for free, copy and print are chargeable

If you need any help, please ask the library staff. We'll gladly help you.

Electronic resources

Electronic magazines (for login information please ask the librarian in the study room)

• Architectural Design AD
• ArtMargins
• Auto & Design
• Glass International
• Information Design Journal
• New Yorker

Electronic resources available within AAAD building:

• Building Types Online

Electronic resources available via login to the school network:

• EBSCO Art & Architecture Source - Use your login to the AAAD network
• ProQuest Art, Design & Architecture Collection - Use your login to the AAAD network

Digital library:

• Kramerius UMPRUM

About the library

Since the founding of the Academy of Art, Architecture, and Design in Prague in 1885, the library has been an integral part of the school, and has been (and continues to be) dedicated to serving the faculty and students of the school. The library is open to the public, though use of the archives must be done on-site. In addition to having a collection that numbers around fifty-five thousand, the library also carries forty-five periodicals and magazines from other countries, as well as fifty-five from the Czech Republic. The specific collections within the library's archive reflect the departments of study within the school itself. Though direct access to the library's collection is not freely available, the current periodicals are at visitor's disposal for on-site reference. Books from the collection may be photocopied for study purposes, for which the library charges a fee. The library's catalog is available to the general public. Book collection is stored in electronic form, where the books are cataloged since 1940 until now.