Who do we serve?

• services provided by the Information Centre are available free of charge to Prague residents, as well as visitors
• our services are accessible even without a membership card

What type of information do we provide?

• information about the Municipal Library of Prague (opening hours, services provided, library collections, searching in the electronic catalogue of the MLP)
• factual
• bibliographic
• reference information (if necessary, we will find out which other facilities may be able to help you)

What sources of information do we use?

• collections at hand (general and basic field-specific encyclopaedias and dictionaries, directories, itineraries, complete Collection of Laws from 1990 onwards)
• electronic sources - electronic databases
  • electronic catalogue of the MLP
  • Internet
  • CD-ROM collection of the Central Library of the MLP
  • information materials of selected Prague-based information (leaflets, brochures)

Which fields do we cover?

• state and public administration
• legislation
• selected European and international organisations
• social matters
• non-profit sector
• education
• culture and leisure time
• transport

What do we offer for the disabled?

Internet connection with disabled access Zoom Text Xtra – a magnifying program for people with impaired vision Bizon – a program for enlarging scanned text WinTalker – magnifying text in a virtual window for visually handicapped people and audio output for the blind OCR Recognita – optical recognition of scanned text