Information Centre and Central Library services

 

 

Loan services

You can find information about the availability of the specific title and its loan period in the catalogue.

  • Books with a loan period of 1 month can be renewed twice if no other user is waiting for the title. Titles that have all been lent out can be reserved at the specific library. Books from library storage must first of all be ordered through the catalogue. These titles will be prepared by the staff for collection by the next working day. Freely available books, which are designated “study in library” in the catalogue (this does not concern final university theses) can be borrowed overnight or over the weekend. These titles can be checked out 2 hours before closing time at the earliest and must be returned within one hour after opening time. We charge a high fee for late returns of books borrowed under this regime, please obtain information from the staff or by viewing the current price list.
  • University textbooks in the study room, in library Z and at Lednice, are lent out for a period of one month (30 days) with the option of two renewals, with the option of reservation from 19 February 2018. One or two copies of each title remain on site at each library facility and these are intended for studying at the library only. However, these titles may be borrowed overnight or over the weekend and can be checked out 2 hours before closing time at the earliest and must be returned within one hour after opening time. We charge a high fee for late returns of books borrowed under this regime, please obtain information from the staff or by viewing the current price list.
  • Magazines and Hospodarske noviny in the magazine reading room may be studied on site or borrowed to take home for one week. Older, unbound volumes of magazines are placed in library storage from which they are lent out on the basis of an order for collection on the next day. Current magazine volumes are available in the study room at Lednice for studying on site. The staff will prepare older volumes for you on request from the archive for collection on the next day.
  • University qualification theses are only intended for studying on site. These are loaned from storage for collection on the next day at the library in Brno on the basis of an order, theses are available at Lednice in the study room itself or the staff will prepare them in the study room on request. Theses located in the “Archive” must be requested using the contact information in the catalogue (University archive).
  • Price list of library and information services valid from 14 September 2020

 

Ordering books and magazines to the box

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The service is designated for picking up loans outside the opening hours of the library, mainly for students of combined study.

The requirements must be sent only through the order form.

Book order in the box

 

 

Books and magazines ordered in work days before 12 o’clock will be ready the following day. Request sent later or at weeekday or holidays will be prepared the first work day. The loan will be checked in your account at the moment when the order is processed and the loan period starts. You will receive the information about the number of the box and the code for opening in your university e-mail. The loan will stay in the box for 5 days, after that tha order will be cancelled.

Boxes location:

  • Brno – the corridor outside the library, basement of the building A. The building is open every day from 6:00 to 22:00, to enter the campus you might need your student or employee card.
  • Lednice – ground floor of the building D, on the corridor at the library. To enter the building monday to saturday from 6:00 to 22:00 you need your student or employee card.

 

Printing and photocopying services

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For black-and-white or color printing, photocopying and scanning use self-service print/scan/copy machines RICOH. These printers are located in Brno: Central Library (building A), Library Z and Information Center, and in Lednice: Library in building D.

To use print/scan/copy machines, you‘ll need to charge money to your ISKAM financial account. ISKAM account allows you to manage funds for copying or printing, for accommodation and meals in the canteens and snack bars. ISKAM account is linked to student’s or employee’s card. Therefore, students must use a valid ISIC card.

To print and to make photocopies:

  • Use self-service print/scan/copy machines RICOH for black-and-white or color copies, Printers are ready to print sizes A4 and A3. It’s also possible to connect your laptop to the printers via Eduroam network.
  • Instructions how to print
  • Price: CZK 1/A4 and CZK 2/A3 black and white one sided print and copying, CZK 2/A4 and CZK 4/A3 black and white duplex print and copying; CZK 5.50/A4 and CZK 11/A3 color one sided print and copying, CZK 11/A4 and CZK 22/A3 color duplex print and copying.

To scan:

  • Use self-service print/scan/copy machines RICOH for black-and-white or color scans (up to size A3). Or use desktop scanners in Information center (up to size A4)
  • Scanning is free of charge.

Binding:

  • It’s possible to have your documents bound. Self-binders are available to all users in Central Library (textbooks room), Library Z and in Library in Lednice. Plastic ring bindings up to 200 pages and covers can be purchased at circulation desk. Also we can offer slide binders for instant binding (up to 50 pages).
  • The price depends on number of pages.

 

Inter-library Loan Service (ILS)

The ILS assures loan of books and provision of copies of articles if these are not in the funds of Mendel University in Brno or in the Moravian Library in Brno. (According to the rules of the Moravian Library, this library does not settle requests for ILS from its funds for institutions in Brno, users must visit the library personally. Users can borrow titles from the funds of the Moravian Library, copy articles or obtain full texts of articles from electronic information sources here).

We provide this service to science and pedagogic workers and post-gradual students at MENDELU..

ILS services are provided to students of Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes for a fee (see price list below). They can request this service by writing an e-mail to

ILS application form for MENDELU employees

 

 

The time required for settlement of the ILS request depends on the terms of the specific library and cannot be expedited. Requests from libraries in the Czech Republic are usually settled within 7 - 14 days, requests from foreign libraries usually take 3 - 4 weeks. This also depends on the accuracy and completeness of the information you provide about the requested publication.

Mrs Alena Galbavá handles ILS requests for users from the Faculty of Horticulture in Lednice, e-mail: , tel. 519 367 395  

Domestic ILS prices:

Loan of 1 book: CZK 70
Photocopy of an article: CZK 2/sheet (one-sided) + postage according to the Czech Mail price list
CZK 3/sheet (double-sided + postage according to the Czech Mail price list

 

Foreign ILS prices

  • Loan of 1 book obtained by means of the Moravian Library
    Europe CZK 300
    Great Britain and overseas CZK 600
  • Photocopy obtained by means of the Moravian Library and the National Technical Library
    Photocopy of an article (usually) costs: CZK 80 - 200 (according to the valid price list of the libraries)
  • Photocopy obtained by means of the SUBITO service (electronic delivery of documents)
    Photocopy of an article (usually) costs: EUR 35 - 50

We are able to arrange copies of articles and loan of books by means of the ILS. The ILS cannot be used to arrange loan of final theses, entire volumes of magazines, standards and electronic books..

We do not order the same title through the ILS repeatedly..

We assure loan of books or copies of articles from magazines, which are contained in the funds at MENDELU, for ILS applicants from other organisations.
ILS application form for users from other organisations

 

Database research

Bc. Ing. Jana Kratochvílová, email: , tel: 545 135 031

Research services are intended for all MENDELU science and pedagogic workers and post-gradual students and are provided free of charge.
Database research can be ordered personally at the research department or by mail.

 

Consultation and advisory services

Bc. Ing. Jana Kratochvílová, email: , tel: 545 135 031

You can make an appointment for an individual consultation, during which we will help you analyse your requirement for information, specify the necessary information sources, show and advise you how to search the databases and find author/magazine quotes, impact factor, etc.

 

Adding publications to the fund

We order and register the following for the entire university:

Books - Mgr. Magdalena Němečková, email: , tel. 545 135 040

Magazines - Šárka Novotná, e-mail: , tel. 545 135 5034  

Use the form to suggest new books to purchase.

 

Library catalogue

We catalogue all types of documents, which we obtain by purchase, exchange or gift, to create a catalogue according to the valid standards and rules. The result for users is an entry in the catalogue.

 

Services for sub-libraries

Issuance of registered books and magazines to authorized sub-librarians.
Library staff, the basement of Building A
Email:
Tel. 545 135 035
Books delivery during the library opening hours.

Revisions, depreciation and transfers, methodology for sub-libraries
Markéta Vávrová
Email:
Tel. 545 135 5034

 

Biblioboxes

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You can use the biblioboxes to return books and university textbooks borrowed from any loan facility, outside the opening hours of the Information Centre and the Central Library:

  • in Brno in building A, in the corridor outside the entrance to the library. At FRDIS in front of the library entrace.
  • in Lednice in building D, in the corridor outside the entrance to the library

The staff remove the items from the biblioboxes every morning and the publication is checked in using the bar code in the automated library system. You can check that the item you borrowed has been returned in the library catalogue.

Return items borrowed from individual libraries to the specific individual library.

 

WARNING - documents are checked in to the system in the name of the person they were lent, we cannot tell if you swap the same title with each other.

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