TitleÄŒeská národní bibliografie (The National Bibliography of the Czech Republic)
Web site addresshttps://aleph.nkp.cz/F/?func=file&file_name=find-a&local_base=cnb (Czech)https://aleph.nkp.cz/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b&CON_LNG=ENG&local_base=cnb (English)
Start dateBegan 1995 (database)
Period covered1801 to date
Current sizeOver 1 200 000 records
Media coveredPrinted resources (monographic, continuing, maps, printed music, graphics), micro documents, audio, electronic resources.
General selection criteriaWorks in various media published in the Czech Republic.
Selection criteria for digital resourcesElectronic resources on physical media (legal deposit); electronic resources harvested for web archive
Exclusions policies appliedPublications that only serve private or commercial purposes. University publications..
Primary organisation responsible for national bibliographic controlThe National Library of the Czech Republic
Web site address of national bibliographic agencyhttps://www.nkp.cz (Czech);http://www.en.nkp.cz/ (English)
Co-operative structures or  relationships supporting the production of the national bibliographyThe National Library of the Czech Republic in partnership with libraries with full legal deposit – Moravian Library, Research Library in Olomouc (both 2007-); and Municipal Library in Prague (non-fiction, April 2019-).Records from libraries with regional legal deposit are included if legal deposit lacks in libraries with full legal deposit
Single integrated or multiple categorised bibliographiesThe National Bibliography of the Czech Republic is a single integrated system, but it is possible to search according to document type: Books, Serials, Maps, Printed Music, Sound recordings, Electronic resources, Micro documents, Graphic, Video materials.
Sources of bibliographic metadata used to produce national bibliographyMultiple sources of data edited by the National Library of the Czech Republic
Relationship to national legal deposit legislation or voluntary deposit arrangementsAll the materials acquired under legal deposit to the National Library of the Czech Republic are subject to the National Bibliography of the Czech Republic.Separate arrangements for web harvested resources.
Relationship to national Cataloguing in Publication (CIP) programmePre-publication records are published separately.
Form of publication used for the national bibliographyAvailable via the CNB database, integrated in the web catalogue of NBA.News: Czech National Bibliography, a list of new records published as static HTML pages monthly
Access options to national bibliographic metadata:
Online access optionsWeb catalogue, Z39.50, FTP, OAI-PMH harvesting
Formats & media available for delivery of record sets from the national bibliographyMARC files, Dublin Core
Metadata enhancements offered via online servicesBook jackets/covers, table of contents (2006-) , abstracts/summaries (non-fiction, 2019-)
Web 2.0 services offeredWeb 2.0 services are offered by services that co-operate with the CNB (e.g. the national portal Knihovny.cz)
Frequency of service updatesContinuously updated.
Target audiences for servicesAcademic/public libraries, union catalogues and portals, members of the public, publishers, search engines
Uses made of  services offeredAdvance notification of publications for acquisition in libraries, derived cataloguing, retrospective conversion, understanding national publishing output
Pricing policy for national bibliographic servicesFree basis
Under what conditions may the metadata be re-used for other products?CC0 Licence (since 2022)
https://text.en.nkp.cz/about-us/professional-activities/open-data
Metadata formatsMARC 21 (limited UNIMARC exports)
Cataloguing rules or codeRDA since 2015
Levels of description offeredFull level; ISBD
Subject standards: ClassificationUDC, Konspekt (based on Conspectus)
Subject Standards: Subject headings or thesaurusCzech National Authorities – Subject (CZENAS)
Name authority standards or Name authority fileRDA; Czech National Authorities – Name
Is NBA affiliated to IFLA SC?Yes
Date information submitted2025-01-30
Information supplied byEdita Lichtenbergova, Head of the National Bibliography and Cataloguing