BOOKS AND THEIR FUTURE

Seniors love to go to libraries. This study text says about books and their future and the position of libraries also abroad. An interesting interview with Vít Richter, the director of the National Library, is about to read just here!

BOOKS AND THEIR FUTURE¹.

„Paper books will not disappear², their sales³ are growing,“ says Vít Richter, the director⁴ of the National Library of the Czech Republic.

March is the month of readers.The Czech Republic has the best network⁵ of libraries in the world.The National Library in Prague is a cultural monument.National Libraries exist also in other countries, for example in Germany.The best national libraries are in ex-socialist European countries and in the Baltics⁶.

It is also true that younger people, especially students, read more books than older people.There are many readers in the Czech Republic, but people in Scandinavia, mainly⁷ in Finland and Sweden, but also in Canada, read even more.

But the library system in the Czech Republic has some problems, too.There aren’t enough⁸ employees, because they have very low salaries.Libraries need people also because of digitalization, which can save⁹ printed books for the future.

Vocabulary: ¹budoucnost| ²zmizet| ³prodej| ⁴ředitel| ⁵síť| ⁶Pobaltí| ⁷hlavně| ⁸dostatek| ⁹zachránit
Language notes: National Library=Národní knihovna|month of readers=měsíc čtenárů|in the world=na světě|cultural monument=kulturní památka|low salary=nízký plat|because of=kvůli
Sources: radiozurnal.cz.