The History, Present and Prospects of Development of the Šmidinger's Library of Strakonice

In presented work, the authoress tries to find an answer the question what is the role ad status of regional libraries in today's society. As the object of their study chose the library at South Bohemian town of Strakonice. This decision had the chance to examine a sufficiently representative body from selected point of view. Surveyed library has all needed attributes which this point of view calls. Long and interesting history. Attractive locating. Deep cohesion to region and to its development. The library has also built enough support, both from the perspective of the library, so in terms of organization. Very wide and varied range of services. Optimal size and composition of staffing. The library also has a set of clients that are geographically, educationally, and in terms of age stratification of normally structured. Besides the main Library Locations offering its services in several locations and operates an advanced network of local libraries in the region. The authoress describes in detail the organizational chart of the library and activities of each department. In addition, included in their study as well as information on projects, which library evolves.To obtain relevant information, the authoress conducted a survey of views and attitudes of library clients. With the help of all of these..