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Regional Library Karlovy Vary
allowance organization founded and supported by Karlovy Vary Region Authorities
Závodní 378/84, 360 06 Karlovy Vary
phone: +420 353 502 888
fax: +420 353 227 150
e-mail: knihovna@knihovnakv.cz
There are at least sixteen reasons for visiting Regional Library Karlovy Vary...
you can
- enjoy friendly environment and competent staff
- choose from 145.173 books, 22.201 audiovisual media, 132.028 periodicals (about 2.000 titles) and other information materials
- use licenced access to full-text databases and other electronical sources
- order information retrieval in needed range
- pass Cambridge Exams which are organized in co-operation with the British Council
- play board games, both strategic or logical
- attend lectures led by professionals and focused on local history, nature etc.
- attend English language courses
- attend IT courses, ECDL (also certificate) included
- spend your time and rest in the library, lobby,library cafe and sun-bathing area in front of the library building
- let conference hall or computer classroom
special services
- for blind there are 2.019 titles of sound books
- for deaf many of the lectures are interpreted into the Czech sign language
- seniors can take part in Literary Seniors Club
- help service is offered to unemployed
- for children there is a beautiful new children´s field equipped with wooden components
- information centre provide information about Karlovy Vary Region and Karlovy Vary Town; you can also buy bus/plane tickets and tickets for cultural events here
how to get to the library