Digitization, Visualization and Accessibility of Globe Virtual Collection: Case Study Jüttner’s Globe

In ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information has been published – as part of the Special Issue Cartography and Geomedia – a new article on digitization of old globes.

Published Mar 10, 2023

Change of opening hours, February 1st and 8th, 2023

On Wednesdays, February 1 and 8, 2023, the Geographical Library will be open only until 4 p.m. for operational reasons. Thank you for your understanding.

Published Feb 01, 2023

The book about Aretin's map of the Bohemian kingdom was also published in English!

After the successful Czech edition, the Karolinum publishing house publishes the book about the life work of Pavel Aretin from Ehrenfeld, the map New and exact description of the Bohemian Kingdom, now also in an English version.

Published Dec 09, 2022

Geographical Library on the Christmas holidays

Start date Dec 19, 2022 - Jan 01, 2023

We would like to inform our readers that the library will be closed from December 19, 2022 to January 1, 2023.

Published Dec 09, 2022

The library will be closed on November 17, 2022

The Geographical Library will be closed on Thursday, November 17, 2022 (a national holiday, the Day of the Struggle for Freedom and Democracy and the International Student Day).

Published Nov 08, 2022

Acquisition of books - deadline for orders is 15.11.2022

Published Nov 07, 2022

RNDr. Jiří Novotný passed away (1931-2022)

At the beginning of October, RNDr. Jiří Novotný died at the age of 91. Born in Klatovy, he graduated in physical and regional geography from the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Charles University in Prague. After graduation, he joined the Institute of Cartography and Reproduction, today's Kartografie Praha, a.s. He was the responsible editor of general geographical maps. His basic works included the unique collection of maps called "Poznáváme svět" and pocket atlases of the world in Czech and foreign language versions. As a specialist, he devoted himself to the education of young editors. He was a member of the Czech Geographical Society from 1984. For a long time, he supported the Geographical Library by many donations. Rest in peace!

Published Oct 20, 2022

New MyQ charging point also in the Geographical Library

From October 3, 2022, it is possible to top up credit for self-service printing and copying in the MyQ system also in our library!

Published Oct 05, 2022