GLAM/Newsletter/February 2026/Contents/Czech Republic report

This Month in GLAM – Volume XVI, Issue II, February 2026

Czech Republic report

National Library overview of 2025

National Library Czech Republic in 2025

In 2025, the National Library of the Czech Republic (NLCR) continued its cooperation with Wikimedia Czech Republic, focusing on the development of topics in the fields of librarianship, book history, and information science on Czech Wikipedia, media uploads to Wikimedia Commons, and data integration on Wikidata. During the year, 51 new articles were created on Czech Wikipedia and 681 articles were edited.

A total of 1,071 media files were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, mainly digitized documents from NLCR’s digital libraries, as well as photographs from library events and images from the NK ČR Archive (see the full package here). By the end of 2025, the collaboration had contributed 1,336 files in total, which were used in 1,136 Wikipedia articles and other Wikimedia projects. These files generated approximately 8.1 million views in 2025.

On Wikidata, activities focused on linking the Czech National Bibliography (ČNB), National Authorities (AUT), the Dictionary of Czech Librarians (SCK), and the Czech Terminological Database of Library and Information Science (TDKIV). Approximately 5,000 new links were created between Wikidata and the SCK and TDKIV databases, and around 10,800 Wikidata edits were made overall.

Plans for 2026

Planned priorities include further optimization of workflows for uploading digitized content from NLCR’s digital libraries to Wikimedia Commons. At the same time, the Wikimedian in Residence will place stronger emphasis on the active integration of uploaded files into relevant Wikipedia articles in order to increase their visibility and educational impact. The Library also intends to introduce a mechanism that will allow Wikipedians to propose specific book titles for digitization to support Wikimedia projects.

Another priority for 2026 is the continued collaboration with the National Library Archive, expanding the partnership launched in 2025. The project will concentrate on selecting and uploading historically and culturally valuable archival materials to Wikimedia Commons.

In the area of linked open data, cooperation will continue on connecting library databases with Wikidata, with particular emphasis on the planned upload and integration of data from the Czech National Bibliography (ČNB), as well as the upload of selected data from the Dictionary of Czech Librarians (SCK) to Wikidata.