Jiří Jirát
National Library of Technology - CzechELib

The presentation will inform librarians and information professionals about actual status of CzechELib: public procurement processes, signed contracts, payments, plans for newly negotiated consortia.

Received Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at University of Chemistry and Technolog, Prague. In Systinet company he was dedicated to XML technologies, after returning to UCT Prague he has started teaching chemical informatics and e-publishing.

In cooperation with publishing house and library of UCT Prague (since 2012 Centre for information services) he has been involved in establishing system for e-publishing at UCT Prague and also closely cooperated with central library.

In project CzechELib (part of NTK) he is head of Licensing and administrative u­nit.