J. E. Purkyne University Research Library

The library is located in the centre of the city of Ústí nad Labem and its construction contributed to the regeneration and revitalization of a part of the city with a significant positive impact on the environment in its immediate vicinity. The library serves the research and educational goals of the university and provides access to information resources to meet the needs of students, researchers and academics, university staff, the city, and the region. The main goal was to fundamentally address the information needs of users of existing faculty libraries, but also to concentrate library collections, electronic information resources, information technology, and work capacity into an institution, which will allow user-friendly and cost-effective acquisition, storage, and dissemination of information for all types of users. Main goals and planned improvements: – merging of faculty libraries into one unit, which will collectively provide library and information services at the J. E. Purkyně University – self-service machines (check-in and check-out) – university bookshop – café – space for education and cultural events – access for users with specific needs