About CzechELib

Mission

The CzechELib National Centre ensures the purchase of key electronic resources for the entire research and education community in the Czech Republic, takes care of their management, including usage statistics, and supports open access publishing.

A more detailed description of our services to member institutions

Legal status

The National Centre is part of the National Library of Technology (NTK)

Funding & projects

Establishment (2017-2022) was supported by the European Operational Programme Research, Development, Education.

Since 2023, the National Center CzechELib is fully integrated into the project of the National Center for Information Support of Research, Development, and Innovation, which is implemented with the support of the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports.

CzechELib in numbers (as of 2024):

• 129 member institutions
• Contracts with 59 publishers
• 14 Read & Publish transformative agreements covering approximately 1,800 articles

Expert Council

Ing. Jiří Jirát, Ph.D., Chair, CzechELib Director, NTK

RNDr. Miroslav Bartošek, CSc. / Masaryk University
prof. Ing. Radek Cibulka, Ph.D. / VŠCHT Prague
Bc. Karolína Dědičová / FZU CAS, Masaryk University
doc. Mgr. Libor Krásný, Ph.D. / Institute of Microbiology CAS
PhDr. Hana Landová, Ph.D. / Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Mgr. Lenka Maixnerová / National Library of the Czech Republic
Mgr. Vojtěch Malínek, Ph.D. / Institute of the Czech Literature CAS
Ing. Martin Svoboda / NTK
Ing. Magdaléna Vecková / Library of CAS

CzechELib project history

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