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In recent days, we have actively participated in two major conferences: “42nd Workshop of Librarians of Museums and Galleries in the Czech Republic” in Museum of Prácheň in Písek and “Today’s libraries 2018” in Olomouc. In both cases, we presented articles focused on data, information, information systems, and so on.
At the same time, these conferences meant a lot of new inspiration to us. Check a brief photo view.
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On 11th – 13th September 2018, the librarian conference “Today’s libraries 2018”, the main partner of which is our company, is held in Olomouc. Come to hear the presentations of Ing. Nadežda Andrejčíková, PhD. She will present ARL as a platform in the article entitled “Open, come …” on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at 14:15. And on Wednesday at 13:35, in the article “What we do not see at first glance”, ARL tools determined for data analysis will be presented. Come and see!
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The new ITlib Information Technology and Libraries 2/2018 issue brings reflection of N. Andrejčíková, member of the editorial board of the magazine and managing director of Cosmotron company. She spoke about the use of knowledge resources and information technologies, about attitude to the library profession, etc., as a response to reports about terminating of the favorite library conference INFORUM. You can find the article here or download it from the link below.
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Every day brings us new evidence of how an inexhaustible fountain of ideas and imagination a child’s soul is. This was confirmed at the anniversary 10th annual of the Miraculous Nut Festival 2018 in the Municipal Library in Piešťany, which was subtitled “Book on Radio – Radio in the Book”. The festival is a competition in the dramatic performance of children aged 6-14. Part of the festival was also encounter of children with their parents and with educationists and library workers. The patronage of the festival was taken over by the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, the Ambassador of the Czech Republic Livia Klausová, and the President of the Trnava region Jozef Viskupič.
We are very pleased to be able to support this event and have become its partner, because it is up to us adults, how do we listen to and help develop children’s imagination – the creator of the thinking, attitudes and emotional intelligence of forthcoming generation.
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On 4th-7th June 2018 we attended the ELAG 2018 International Conference at the National Technical Library. It was devoted to the data – the sources of knowledge, and what could be acquired from it. It is mainly knowledge, that can help us greatly in our work, and so we can provide users with better quality services in more effective way.
The first day was devoted to workshops – the participants had the opportunity to try different technologies and procedures used by colleagues from abroad to solve problems that we have encountered in our country. During the conference, we listened to very interesting contributions and discussions – colleagues dealt with issues of the effective integration of different sources of knowledge and related services so that the library continued being a single source of access to knowledge. We made sure that the development of the ARL platform went in the right direction – our users have been having access to different resources and services from one place, even from any mobile device. The central theme, therefore, was technology, that has been constantly shifting, and has changed the work of librarians very radically. Again, it was confirmed, that continuing education focusing on technologies and possibilities of their effective use in our work was extremely important, and we will have to pay much more attention to it.
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At the end of May, the 24th INFORUM conference on electronic information resources and their professional use in science, research, education and entrepreneurship took place in Prague. During its existence, it hosted a number of important lecturers. One of them is our executive Ing. Nadežda Andrejčíková, Ph.D. Her this year’s contribution, thirteenth in total, attracted many viewers. Then she was included in the “Hall of Fame” among other lecturers and moderators who attended the conference most of the time.
As the title of her presentation “The user is always at least the first” indikated, she focused on the current importance of library-information systems in libraries, the behavior of users in relation to their needs and the offer of libraries, etc. She highlighted the importance of electronic information resources, electronic documents and electronic servises, and emphasized the importance of developing and implementing information systems not separately, but in one platform, as a set of technologies, tools, resources, applications and services integrated together into one complex.
Take a look at the INFORA 2018 collection or photo gallery.
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In recent days, a traditional ARL seminar was held in the castle premises of the Hubertus Hotel in Valtice (10-11 May 2018). We experienced very pleasant and inspirational moments with our customers. These moments are valuable sources of information for us and help us to determine further steps to improve and extend our services, especially with the emphasis on security and privacy. We thank all visitors of the seminar for their participation and inspiration!
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According to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) that will come into effect on May 25, 2018, we are implementing several new functions and features to the ARL library system, which, in conjunction with the existing system capabilities, will ensure compliance with the individual parts of this regulation. After ARL upgrade 2018/1, all libraries using LIS ARL will be ready to adhere to the new rules in terms of personal data management. We plan to add some optional features and enhancements in ARL update 2018/2. For more information see the customer section.
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The security of library documents is no longer to be feared in the Olomouc Library. Our staff installed new advanced RFID-enabled devices there at the end of January. The library buildings were secured almost from the cellar to the attic – in three departments there have been installed security gates that sense the movement of media and people. Even a PREMIUM version was used once, which is able to protect an extra wide passage.
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In the middle of January 2018, the readers of the Regional Library in Karlovy Vary got a modern and very useful assistant – self-service self-service. Our staff has installed their hybrid form, which can handle both electromagnetic and RFID documents.
