Jan 17
Changes of Russia under V. V. Putin – the
2nd seminar on East European history organized by and held
in the Slavonic Library
Jan 21
A press conference on the occasion of
making the service of KnowEurope accessible on-line
thanks to obtaining the national license; KnowEurope
provides free of charge the access to topical pieces of
information about the European Union to public libraries,
universities and other selected types of institutions in
the Czech Republic
March 20
An Author´s reading of Alena
Morávková from her last years translations – prepared
by the Slavonic Library
on the occasion of the exhibition
Russian literature in Czech Translations (1990–2001)
March 21–24
International Book Fair in Leipzig –
the National Library´s publications were presented there
as a part
of the national exhibition stand
March 26
A Special Way through History – the 3rd
seminar of East European history organized
by and held in
the Slavonic Library
April 9
A presentation of the publication Centres of
Life of Russian Émigré Community in Prague (1921–1952),
written by A. Kopřivová, and of the literary
theoretical studies Zírající do slunce (Staring
into the Sun)
about the life and work of K. Čcheidze
– prepared by the Slavonic Library in cooperation with
the ´Oni byli první´ Committee
April 20
An Opening Ceremony of the Prague Writers´
Festival (April 21–25), for the first time held in the
Mirror Chapel of the Klementinum; a press conference,
dedicated to the festival, took place in the National
Library´s Meeting Hall
April 22
The Concert of Dutch and Czech Music in
the Klementinum´s Mirror Chapel took place
thanks to the
kind support of the Royal Netherlands Embassy;
it was
performed by the Harmonia Mozartiana Pragensis
ensemble,
prepared by dr. Bastiaan Blomhert
from The Netherlands, who then gave a lecture in the
National Library´s Meeting Hall on the theme Mutual
Comparison of the Czech Musician and Composer Jan Vent and
W. A. Mozart
May 3
The Day of Europe – a festive meeting in
the Mirror Chapel;
in cooperation with the Jiří of
Poděbrady Foundation for European cooperation
May 7
A discussion with the Munich publisher
Otto Sagner
held on the occasion of the exhibition
Otto Sagner: In the Slavonic Studies´ Employ
May 9–11
Apollinaire – An Open Book – the
international symposium took place in the National Library
and in the Faculty of Arts (prepared by Michel Décaudin,
the Honorary President of the conference, and Aleš
Pohorský, the Director of the Institute of Roman Studies,
Faculty of Arts of Charles University)
May 9–12
Bookworld Prague 2002, the 8th
international book fair took place in the Industrial
Palace of the Prague Exhibition Grounds; the National
Library participated in it again with its own stand;
the
opening ceremony was held in the Klementinum´s Mirror
Chapel on May 8th; on the occasion of the fair, the
library organized tours for students of
basic and secondary schools round historical premises of
the Klementinum (May 9–10), and open days for
individuals in the Central Depositary in Hostivař (May
11) and in the Klementinum (May 12)
May 20
Historical Materials in Digital Environment
–
a pre-conference workshop to the Inforum 2002
conference was held in the National Library
May 21
A presentation of the publication
Děti stepní
Hellady. Pražská škola ukrajinských emigrantských básníků
(Children of Steppe Hellas. Prague School of Émigré
Poets) by Alena Morávková –
held by the
Slavonic Library in cooperation with the Society of East
Nations´ Friends and the Embassy of Ukraine
May 30
Meeting on the News in Czech Prose
–
new books by E. Kantůrková, M. Urban, P. Verner, and M. Viewegh were introduced by
M. Balaštík a L. Machala; in cooperation with the Society of Czech
Writers
June 3
The Influence of The Song of Songs on
Universal Culture
– a lecture by prof. dr.
Chaim T. Horowitz from University of Jerusalem, Israel,
accompanied with colour slides and music
June 6
Forming of New Elite and Its Role in the
Independent Ukraine
– the fourth seminar of East
European history prepared by and held in the Slavonic
Library
June 13–15
Dmytro Cyzevs´kyj: The Man and His Work
– the conference in the Klementinum held on the
occasion of the 25th anniversary of death of one of the
most prominent Slavists of the 20th century; organized by
the Slavonic Library, the Slavonic Institute,
the
Philosophical Institute and the Institute for Czech
Literature
(all institutes of the Academy of Sciences of
the Czech Republic)
June 30
Music in the Jesuit College
– a concert
in the Klementinum´s Vine Courtyard held within the
framework of the 3rd international music festival
Summer Festivities of Early Music
(Polish ensemble I
Virtuosi, soprano Anna Mikolajczyk, artistic manager M.
Niewiedzial)
Oct 8–14
International Book Fair in Frankfurt am
Main –
the National Library´s publications presented
as a part of the national exhibition stand
Oct 9–10
Autumn Book Fair in Havlíčkův Brod
–
the presentation of National Library’s publications
Oct 11
Students´dance performances Sofokles,
Antigona
were rendered in the Student´s Courtyard of
the Klementinum within the framework of the IXth meeting
of theatre, music, dance, literacy, graphic and other
alternative called … příští vlna next wave … (Oct
9, 11–13).
Oct 16
The Library of the Year 2002 –
prize
awarding celebration in honour of the winner of a
competition of small public libraries
Oct 16
A literary meeting on the occasion of the 80th
birthday of Blaga Dimitrovová,
a Bulgarian
writer – prepared by the Slavonic Library in
cooperation with the Bulgarian Cultural Institute
Oct 24
A festive meeting with a lecture on the theme of
Multilateralism in the Post Cold War World
held on
the occasion of the United Nations Day in
the Klementinum´s Mirror Chapel
Oct 30
A visit of the members of the Parliament
Committee
for Science, Education, Culture, Youth and
Physical Training
– they were familiarized with
problems of the National Library
and shown round both the
newly built centres of services and the Klementinum
historical rooms
Nov 5
A presentation of four volumes of short stories
published within the series
Library of poetry and prose
of South Slavs
– prepared by the Slavonic Library in
cooperation with the Friends of South Slavs Society
Nov 7 –10
Bibliotheca. Paedagogica,
the
international book fair in Bratislava, Slovak Republic –
the presentation of National Library’s publications
Dec 17
Communists Against Communists. The court case
of Rudolf Slánský and its whole block connections
– a
round table discussion prepared by the Slavonic Library in
cooperation with the Prague Web for Cold War
Exhibitions
Dec 6 01–Jan 31
Polish Author´s Book – an
Artistic Artefact
– the exhibition presented selected
publications from the production of the Correspondance des
Arts publishing house; organized in cooperation with the
Polish Institute in Prague and the Book Art Museum in Lodz
Feb 7–March 13
Africa in Emil Holub´s eyes
– the
exhibition on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of
death of a pioneer of discovering Africa in Czech lands (scenario
by Vincenc Streit)
March 11–Apr 15
Public information services of
libraries
– an exhibition in the ante-room of the
General reading room informed about
a project realized as
a part of the State information policy
March 13–Apr 18
An exhibition of illustrations by the
Bulgarian artist Simeon Spiridonov
to a collection
of poems Poesía by the Spanish author Justo
Jorge Padrón
– in cooperation with the Slavonic
Library, the Embassy of Spain in the Czech Republic, and
the Bulgarian Institute
March 19–Apr 11
People in Need. Afghanistan,
Kosovo, Chechnya, Romanies
–
the exhibition of
photographs of Iva Zímová was held in cooperation with the
People in Need Society
on the occasion of the 4th year of
the International Festival of Documentary Films
on the
theme of human rights called One World (April
10–18)
Apr 10–May 5
An exhibition of publications from the
independent Croatian publishing houses DURIEUX and
FERAL TRIBUNE – prepared by Slavonic Library
Apr 23–May 12
Guillaume Apollinaire – An Open Book
– the exhibition was held on the occasion of
the 100th anniversary of Apollinaire´s journey to Prague
under the auspices of the Embassy of France in the Czech
Republic,
the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic,
and the Gallica Association.
It was prepared by the
Faculty of Arts (Charles University), the National Library
of the Czech Republic,
the Municipal Council of the City
of Prague, and the Prague French Institute (scenario
Helena Staubová)
Apr 24–May 30
Graphic works by the DUHA Society´s
Clients
– the exhibition held in cooperation with the
DUHA Foundation and the DUHA Society
– integration of
mentally handicapped persons
May 17–June 13
Karel Otáhal – Music in the Sculptor´s
Eyes (1901–1972)
– portraits, studies, and sculptures
of notable personalities from the world of music created
by the sculptor K. Otáhal – the exhibition prepared in
cooperation with the National Museum – Czech Museum of
Music (scenario Jana Paulová)
June 13–30
Dmytro Cyzevs´kyj (1894–1977). In the
service to mutual rapprochement of nations of Europe –
the exhibition prepared on the occasion of the 25th
anniversary of death of one of the most prominent Slavist
of the 20th century and a great Ukrainian philologist and
cultural historian; in cooperation with the Slavonic
Library (scenario
Františka Sokolová)
June 21–Sept 5
Fiction and Literature.
Science-fiction literature – a voyage through ages and
worlds –
the exhibition held on the occasion of the
European meeting of science-fiction fans – EUROCON 2002;
under the auspices of the Czechoslovak Fan House,
the Society of Czech Writers – Syndicate of Fiction
Authors,
and the Society of Translators
(scenario Pavel
Weigel and Františka Vrbenská)
Aug 1–Sept 2
Ten Years of Haydn Music Festivities
– the exhibition held on the occasion of the 10th
anniversary of the international music festival of the
same name;
it was prepared in cooperation with the Joseph
Haydn Endowment Fund – European Centre of Dolní Lukavice
(scenario
Dagmar Páclová)
Sept 9–Oct 3
Drawings from Herbarium. The Work of
Magdalena Chumchalová –
the exhibition of drawings in
the ante-room to the General reading room
Sept 11–Oct 15
My Soul is Sea – the exhibition
of photographs by Renco Kosinozic
accompanied with
poetry of the Croatian Adriatic in translation of Dušan
Karpatský;
it was prepared in cooperation with the Embassy
of the Croatian Republic
Sept 19–Oct 31
The Best of and the Howlers in Czech
Translations. The Society of Translators (1990–2002) –
the exhibition presenting the work of Czech translators in
the last decade;
prepared in cooperation with the Society
of Translators
(scenario Pavel Weigel)
Oct 24–Nov 21
Contemporary Book Graphic Art of Lvov
–
the exhibition held by the Slavonic Library in
cooperation with the Embassy of Ukraine in Prague
and the
Lvov Art Gallery – Museum of Book Art
Nov 1–Dec 1
Utilitas matheseos – Jesuit Mathematics
in the Klementinum. 1602–1773
– the exhibition in Mirror Chapel
presented Jesuit mathematics in wider aspects,
as it had been studied
and taught in the Klementinum College; the exhibits mostly came from the
National Library´s collections (Dept. of Manuscripts and Early
Printed Books),
some of them were borrowed from other institutions (National Technical Museum etc.);
the exhibition was prepared in
cooperation with the Faculty of Education, Technical University in
Liberec
(scenario Jaroslava Kašparová and Karel Mačák)
Nov 22–Jan 9 03
Five Centuries of Czech and Croatian
Literary Relations in Mutual Translations –
the
exhibition prepared in cooperation with the Slavonic
Library, the National and University Library in Zagreb,
and the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia under the
auspices of Stjepan Mesić the President of the Republic of
Croatia, who participated in the opening ceremony
(scenario
Dušan Karpatský)
Dec 4–Jan 30 03
Two Homes – Jan Čep, the translator,
Jan Čep in exile –
the exhibition held on the
occasion of the 100th anniversary of birthday of Jan Čep,
a prose writer, essayist, and translator
(scenario Tomáš
Pavlíček)
Dec 4–Jan 30 03
The Youth and Racism –
the
exhibition of works from the competition of the
same name,
which was held within the framework of the
project Diversity to Libraries,
financially supported
by the government of the Czech Republic as a part of a
campaign against racism
Exhibitions out of the Klementinum buildings
Feb 22–June 28
Europas Mitte um 1000 –
Střed Evropy okolo roku 1000 (Centre of
Europe around 1000 A.D.)
– the exhibition
in the Prague Castle was held within the
framework of an international project;
the main
organizer was Deutsche Verbände für
Altertumsforschung e.V. and besides Germany,
also the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and
Slovakia participated in it.
The National
Library lent to the exhibition three of its most
important manuscripts
– Homiliarium quod
dicitur Opatovicense (MS.III F 6),
Treatise of Jan of Holešov with the Czech
song Hospodine, pomiluj ny (MS. III D 17)
and the so-called Milíč´s Manuscript
(MS.XVII F 30)
Oct 12–Jan 5 03
Lumičres et ténčbres: les
deux visages de l’art baroque / Světla a stíny:
dvě tváře barokního umění
(Lights and Shades:
Two faces of Baroque Art)
– the
exhibition held within the framework of the
cultural event called Czech Cultural Season
in France;
the exhibition took place in
Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille
and the National
Library lent there two graphic works of large
dimensions
Nov 28–Dec 4
Le livre miroir de l´autre:
la France vue de Bohęme et la Bohęme vue de
France, du 15e au 18e sičcle /
Kniha
zrcadlem toho druhého: Francie očima Čechů a
Čechy očima Francouzů v 15.-18. století
(A
Book as the Mirror of the Other: France in the
Eyes of the Czechs
and Bohemia in the Eyes of
the French between the 15th and the 18th
centuries)
– the exhibition held within the
framework of the cultural event Czech
Cultural Season in France;
it took place in
the Bibliothčque Multimédia in Valenciennes
and
the National Library lent twelve early prints
from its historical collections
Dec 11–Feb 15 03
Les deux premiers sičcles
du livre imprimé en Bohęme sous la banničre des
temps modernes /
Under the Torch of the Modern
Era. The First Two Centuries of Book-Printing in
Bohemia
– the exhibition from
the year 2000 was adapted for remote
installation at National Library in
Luxembourg
Training courses
Training courses of computer and information
literacy (during the whole year)
Retraining courses in two cycles for interested persons
from the whole Czech Republic (during the whole year)
Electronic information sources and databases courses in
two cycles (the National Library was awarded the INFORUM
Price for that)
Analysis of Educational Needs in Libraries
(co-organizer: Union of Library and Information
Staff)
Lectors´ Skills (co-organizer: Union of
Library and Information Staff)
Standard of Public Library and Information
Services
Sightseeing tours round historical premises
of the Klementinum
Educational visits for students of secondary
schools (incl. a film about history of the
National
Library and basic information about library
services)
The National Library was a co-organizer of
concerts of the Art Music Prague Agency
