13.10.2020 – Library Closed
Our library had to be closed due to preventive measures following the restrictions given by the Government of the Czech Republic until further notice. We prolonged loans until November 18, 2020. All e-resources are available 24 hours a day. Books can be returned in the Bibliobox next to the reception desk. You can also mail them back to us. You can pay any late fees by bank transfer.
Feel free to use our online advisory via FB @knihovnapedfpraha! We can help you with access to a wide array of electronic content, bibliographic references management, and lookup of literature.
28.09.2020 – Art Exhibition Invitation - "Transience"
How can a scientistic imaging method be artistically used? We are displaying the art series of macrophotographs called Transience by professor Jan Valenta from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics. Come and take a look yourself!
23.09.2020 – Library temporarily closed
We want to remain a safe place for everyone. Therefore, as a precaution, the library will remain closed until the test results on COVID 19 are received. You can still return books to the Bibliobox. We will inform you about the operation in the following week on Monday, September 28, at the latest. Thank you for your understanding.
01.07.2020 – Share your experience with an open access
What is important for you for the easiest publication of your open access articles? We will be glad if you complete this questionnaire. We will analyze the current situation in the area of open acces in Charles University from your responses in the questionnaire. You will find more detailed info on brand new web for open science.
21.05.2020 – Use the opportunity to reserve a book in advance
We recommend you to reserve a book in advance for avoding waiting in the queue.
How to order books:
Open CU Central Catalogue. Search the book and make a request for the book situated in FEdu Magdalény Rettigové or FEdu Celetná.
Always return books to the library you borrowed them from. In Magdalény Rettigové, you can return the books in the Bibliobox which is situated next to the reception desk.
21.05.2020 – Exhibition: Czech monuments from the 19th century
Visit an exhibition in the Small Gallery next to the study room. You will see engraving of Czech monuments from the 19th century and you can also win prices if you participate in our competition.
08.05.2020 – Book loans
The loaning desk in the building in M. Rettigové street is open from Monday to Friday 9.OO-15.00.
Language Study Room Celetná is open every Wednesday from 9.00-14.30.
Books have to be ordered in advance via the CU Central Catalogue. When you find a book in the catalogue, make sure it is located in FEdu M. Rettigové or FEdu Celetná. To make the request, choose the option Request on the left side of the web page. The value in the Due date column has to be On shelf. When the reservation is ready, we will send you a confirmation e-mail with further instructions.
Books borrowed in the M. D. Rettigové building can be returned only in the Bibliobox next to the reception desk.
19.03.2020 – Use the opportunity to contact our online advisory centre
If you are not sure where to find books in digital form and other e-resources, use the opportunity to contact our online avisory centre. We are here for you: knihovna.pedf.cuni.cz/JSMEONLINE.
10.03.2020 – Library closed
According to the quickly changing nature of the situation, the dean´s college on March 10, 2020 decided: The PedF UK building will be accessible only to teachers and staff with their Staff Card. Students are not allowed in the building. All loans will be prolonged as necessary. There is no need to return them in the original date. Please feel free to use our e-resources for your studying: ezdroje.cuni.cz. For new information you can visit a web page koronavirus.pedf.cuni.cz.
05.03.2020 – Exhibition Anticodes by Václav Havel
Visit our new exhibition Anticodes – visual poems by Václav Havel in the Small Gallery next to the study room till the end of March. We appreciate the cooperation with the Library of Václav Havel which has borrowed us the Anticodes.
06.02.2020 – Media database Anopress is now accessible from anywhere
Media database Anopress contains full texts of peridodicals, radio programmes and TV programmes from 1996 until today. It is now accessible from anywhere for students and employees of Faculty of Education for free!
06.02.2020 – Come to see the photo exhibition about Greenland
Andrea Kalinová captured on her photos Arctic Circle Trail or 240 kilometers of Greenland wilderness. Come and enjoy the Nordic vibe in the Small Gallery next to the study room. The exhibition will last until the end of the February.
17.01.2020 – New Language Study Room
We are going to open a new Language Study Room in the Faculty building in Celetná street. The opening will take place on 17th January 2020. Study room provides reference literature, exercise books, monographies and specialised databases for English, German and Russian language and literature Studies. More information can be found here.
17.12.2019 – Limitation of Study room services
On Tuesday, December 17, a Christmas meeting of faculty staff will take place in the Study room. The Study room will be closed from 2pm to 5pm. We are sorry for complications. You can then visit the reading room at regular times until Thursday December 19.
09.12.2019 – New Library and Circulation Rules of CU
Dear library user, we would like to inform you that the new Library and Circulation Rules of CU become effective on the 1st of December 2019 (for further information, please visit https://cuni.cz/UK-10054.html). New rules are bringing innovation to library services. From the 1st of December 2019, you won’t need a separate registration to each CU library, only one registration for the use of CU libraries will be sufficient. Your current registration will remain valid and will also be extended to every CU library. We believe that this arrangement will facilitate access to literature and special collections of CU libraries.
12.09.2019 – New reference desk
We are happy to have a new furniture in our reference desk room. We planned it in cooperation with our readers. Come to our library and enjoy!
21.08.2019 – A small change in the library services between 3rd and 6th September
Because of a reconstruction of our Loan desk room between 3rd and 6th September 2019, we are ready to lend you books in the Study room during this time. It´s a little bit challenge for us, but we look forward to seeing you, and to newcomers in particular! We have automatically extended all borrowed books, that should be returned at September 3th, 2019. A new due date for these books is September 9th, 2019. Please feel free to use our big red box (Bibliobox) next to the main entrance in the building, if you only want to return books and you don´t need anything else in the library.
01.07.2019 – Opening hours in summer 2019
We are closed in July because of shelf checking. We are looking forward to see you each Tuesday in August, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Please feel free to use our e-resources!
28.02.2019 – Study Room is open
Good News! Our Study Room was officially opened after a long reconstruction. It contains not only books, magazines and a quit place for study, but also computers with access to electronic journals, a printer or a scanner. Smaller team Study Room is available as well. We look forward for your visit!
29.01.2019 – Temporary closing of the Library
From Monday 4th to Thursday 7th February, the library will be closed due to the moving of the circulation desk. The desk will be moved in front of the study room so you do not have to go to two different places. The Bibliobox will work without interruption. We look forward to seeing you in a brand new library!
14.11.2018 – Trial access to JoVE journals
Until the end of November we have a trial access to these two sources: JoVE and JoVE Science Education
14.11.2018 – Trial access to Garnier Classics database
Until the end of November we have a trial access to the Garnier Classics database. It offers access to databases in the fields of literature and the humanities.
04.06.2018 – Reconstruction of the Study room
We are going to close the Study room from June 18 because of a biggest reconstruction in the last 30 years. The photo shows a visualisation of the new Study room from Aleliér P.H.A.
18.01.2018 – New exhibition: photos from Iceland
We invite you to visit our new exhibition of photos from Iceland in the small gallery next to the library. The author is the landscape photographer Tomáš Tichý. This is the third exhibition we have created for you. We look forward to seeing you! Invitation.
03.01.2018 – Access to Oxford English Dictionary
We acquired a temporary access to Oxford English Dictionary. It is accessible only from computers located in the faculty.