Library Collection

The Moravian-Silesian Research Library is building a universal library collection, acquiring and preserving the Czech professional non-periodical literature in relative completeness, and selectively complements fiction and children's literature. Special attention is paid to regional literature, which is obtained mainly through a legal deposit from publishers operating in the Moravian-Silesian Region. Thanks to the cooperation with the Goethe-Institut, publications from German-speaking countries are added. The library receives Czech periodicals through a legal deposit, selectively acquires foreign journals (mainly medical titles). The MSVK also acquires standards, electronic sources, audio documents (music CDs, audiobooks), audio-visual documents and builds a special collection for users with visual and hearing impairments. 

Type of document	Number of items (volumes)
books	661 837
cartographic documents, maps	7 183
serial publications (newspapers, magazines, periodical proceedings, annual reports, etc.)	176 546
sheet music	1 144
audio-visual documents (videotapes, DVDs)	678
audio documents (music CDs, audiobooks)	21 874
electronic resources on physical media	4 024
board games	791
norms & standards	46 734
patents	69 496
In total (as at December 31, 2024)	990 307

 

Regional Literature

Special attention is paid to the regional literature. The basis of the regional library collection is publications obtained through the so-called legal deposit. These are books published in the Moravian-Silesian Region. The collection is also supplemented with books on regional topics and from publishers operating outside our region. Foreign literature in German or Polish is also acquired selectively. Older literature is purchased in secondhand books, possibly supplemented with donations. If you want to donate printed publications about our region to the library, please contact dagmar.stanova@msvk.cz.

The MSVK also collects regional literature in electronic form. It digitizes important regional books and magazines from the 19th and 1st half of the 20th century. You can find this part of our collection in our Digital Library of the Moravian-Silesian Region. In addition to older literature, it also offers contemporary literary production on a regional theme, based on contracts with the authors or publishers. For more information, please contact dagmar.stanova@msvk.cz.