The libraries in the Czech Republic

Although the libraries in Czechoslovakia were among the most important in the world, after the Second world War and because of the changes caused by the communist power, their conditions changed notwithstanding the promulgation in 1959 of a law on libraries. This law, which brought together all the libraries in a single system, favoured the development of interlending and of the cooperation. But it was received as being in the service of the totalitarian power. In 1968, after a federal organisation of the State, some differences appeared between Czech and Slovach libraries. The exemple given here is that of Czech public and non public libraries. If, since 1989, a rebirth and a democratisation of the libraries have been noticed, it is nevertheless a fact that a new law is absolutely necessary.
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