Davis, 'Czech Librarians Visit NCSU', NCSU Libraries Newsletter v19n01 (October 1991)
 
_The NCSU Libraries Newsletter_
Volume 19 no. 1
October 1991
Davis, Jinnie Y.02
"Czech Librarians Visit NCSU"


On October 10, 1991, the NCSU Libraries hosted a visit from 
Dr. Vojtech Balik (director of the National Library in Prague, 
Czechoslovakia), Dr. Adolf Knoll (deputy director), Dr. Vit 
Richter (director of the Circulation Department), Dr. Milos 
Novak (treasurer), Martin Svoboda (head of Computer Services), 
and Dr. Jiri Polisensky (director of the Reprographic 
Department).  Accompanying them as interpreter was Zuzana 
Nagy (head, Czech Section, Widener Library, Harvard 
University).

Funded by a Mellon Foundation grant, the Czech librarians were 
halfway through a whirlwind tour of various libraries and 
preservation centers along the East Coast, including the 
Library of Congress.  At the NCSU Libraries, their primary 
interest focused on the library's application of new 
technologies to the provision of information to users (e.g., the 
Digitized Document Transmission Project and the Information 
Technologies Teaching Center).  The good humor of the Czech 
librarians survived a day of intensive meetings, tours, mishaps 
with shuttle vans, and confrontation with Amtrak.  The evening 
ended with the hope on both sides that the two libraries can 
engage someday in professional exchanges.