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Looking back at the Library of Convergence 2024 conference

This year, we participated in the conference “Libraries of the Present” with two contributions. The author of both was Ing. Libor Piškula, who is the head of the development department. Perhaps because of this, he conceived his first presentation entitled “Technology and its reflection in libraries” in the opening block of the first day rather visionary and thought about the future of e-books and their potential unlimited availability. Although some of the present librarians were not very fond of his ideas, which we understand, the main topic was intended primarily to reflect on the current trend of modern technologies and their possible development. We believe that our expectations have been fulfilled in this respect.

The second presentation delivered on Wednesday 11/09/2024 was included in the “Playful, open and collaborative library” block. She presented how our library platform ARL can support the openness and cooperation of libraries in various activities, based on a specific case study – the “National Design Award” project. This is a prestigious national competition for young and professional designers, which is organized annually by the library of the Slovak Design Center in Bratislava. To facilitate and simplify the registration of competitors, the evaluation of judges and the display of the works themselves, it uses our ARL system specially adapted to their requirements. More information about this competition can be found at https://scd.sk/ncd/narodna-cena-za-dizajn-2024/.

We are glad that we could become the main partner of the conference again this year.

If you would be interested in the presentations in pdf format, please contact us!

Power outage

Our electricity distributor plans on Wednesday 21/08/2024 to modify the power lines directly in the street in which we are located, and therefore the electricity supply will be interrupted. Unfortunately, there will be a partial limitation of our activity – on this day it will not be possible to implement customer requests and we will not be reachable on fixed telephone lines. So please be patient, we will sort everything out in the next few days.

The operation of the ARL system will not be affected in any way.

We believe that this short one-day outage will not cause any complications, but if something urgent needs to be addressed, please call (+420) 724 242 250.

Happy Easter

We wish you pleasant spring celebrations full of well-being, health and love!

Happy Easter!

Christmas

Dear customers,

we would like to spend the Christmas holidays and New Year’s celebrations with our loved ones, therefore we will take vacation and the normal operation of the company will end on Wednesday 20/12/2023. We will return to normal operation on Tuesday 2/1/2024. If during this time (21/12/2023-1/1/2024) an unexpected emergency situation has occurred, contact us at phone number +420 734 309 562.

Thank you for your support this year and we wish you a beautiful and peaceful Christmas and good health, happiness and many personal and professional successes in the New Year! Good luck to you!

Cosmotron team

PF 2023

We wish you a merry Christmas and a lot of health, joy and well-being in the new year 2023!

Due to the holiday during the Christmas holidays, the normal operation of the company will be terminated on 21.12.2022 (Wednesday). In the period from 22.12.2022 (Thursday) to 30.12.2021 (Friday) there is a company-wide holiday. During this time, in case of emergency, you can contact us by phone at the number: +420 734 309 562.

Normal operation starts again on 2 January 2023 (Monday).

Thank you for your understanding.

The first self-service library was opened in Prague and a several-year RFID implementation project was completed – and we were there.

Our company recently had the honor of becoming a supplier of RFID equipment for a completely unique project. The Municipal Library in Prague has decided to implement a unique and pioneering solution for a completely self-service library. The librarian is present here only once a week – no more is needed: lending services and the security of the library collection are ensured by means of devices with RFID technology, which enable completely self-service operation!

The Kiosk (as the branch of the Municipal Library in Prague was called) got its name according to its size – with its only 29 m2, it became one of the smallest branches of the MLP Prague. It is strategically located in the Černý Most Center, where people usually go shopping and culture. Readers can return books here, pick up bookings or even relax for a while and choose from a wide range of new publications. For the readers, borrowing and returning books is very simple and intuitive thanks to the use of RFID self-checking. If there is still a snag or the customer does not know the advice, online help is also available through video communication with the librarian.

The opening of the Kiosk thus became the icing on the cake, culminating a several-year large-scale project of introducing RFID technology into the Municipal Library in Prague, in which we actively participated from the beginning by supplying and installing many RFID devices – from labels, workstations, security gates and self-checks up to two large installations of return and sorting machines. Thus, readers not only received better lending services, but thanks to the extended opening hours of some branches, they can use their services longer, get closer to books and spend their free time more efficiently. We are glad that we were able to be part of such an important project.

Photo author: Pavel Klikar

Happy Easter

We wish you a Happy Easter and a pleasant spring days!

We offer cooperation in the implementation of the FOLIO library platform

From the beginning of our company, all our steps lead to a single goal: to provide services of such quality that customers are as satisfied as possible. With this in mind, this year we are embarking on a new long-term cooperation with EBSCO Information Services, which is a leading provider of information resources in search technology.

Together, we would like to assist libraries in implementing the FOLIO open source library platform. Thanks to its modular composition and the ability to adapt to the environment and specific user requirements, it is used by many academic libraries around the world.

We believe that many Czech and Slovak libraries will soon be among its active and satisfied users.

More information about our cooperation with EBSCO Information Services can be found in the press release dated March 29, 2022.

In the UJEP library, they have a new selfcheck since last year

Since last year, the Research Library of Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem has been offering another opportunity to arrange loans/returns of library documents without the need for personal communication between the reader and the librarian. It has expanded its services with another self-service device – the selfcheck SC1000. This modern design has a number of practical advantages – it has an integrated printer for printing receipts, a large vertical screen displays a larger number of items, and a large enough workspace allows you to put away a larger number of books. It is a stand-alone option and the librarians have chosen a strategic place at the loan desk on the 3rd floor, so that in case of any difficulties the waiter can immediately advise readers – newcomers.

If readers are in a hurry and do not have time to visit the library at the time of its opening, they can put their returned documents into the return machine located on the ground floor.

These self-service RFID devices complement each other perfectly Research in the UJEP Library and provide readers with very comfortable services.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

We wish you a beautiful Christmas and may the new year 2022 bring you health, happiness, satisfaction and joy!