![]() ![]() ![]() After the Jesuit rder was dissolved in 1773, the Clementinum Library and other Jesuit libraries in Bohemia devolved to the state. When in 1556 Jesuits came to the Czech Lands, they built on the site of the former Dominican monastery of Saint Clement in Prague their Collegium Clementinum, establishing the Order's library there. This donation became the basis of college libraries which grew mainly thanks to the bequests and donations of Czech rulers, nobles, university masters and wealthy Prague burghers. The National Library is run under the authority of the Ministry of Culture.The founding of the library was linked to the establishment of Charles University in Prague in 1348 by the Czech King and Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, who in 1370 donated books to it. It takes part in the co-ordination of development programmes of libraries. It supports the development of libraries through analytical, methodological and consultancy activities, and processes performance and quality parameters of library activity. ![]()
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