RETROBI — Digitalizovaná Retrospektivní bibliografie české literatury 1770–1945 a možnosti jejího využití pro literárněvědný výzkum
RETROBI — Digitized Retrospective Bibliography of Czech Literature 1770–1945 and ways of using it for literary studies research

Summary/Abstract: The article spotlights the Retrospective Bibliography of Czech Literature 1770‑1945, the most valuable collection of material being kept and worked on at the ASCR Institute of Czech Literature. Over almost sixty years, 525 journal and newspaper titles published in Czech or German on the territory of the Czech lands were excerpted for it, this large‑scale excerption range covering not only reflections and studies of Czech literature, as in the case of subsequent bibliographical bases for Czech literary studies for the period from the latter half of the 20th century to the present, but also fiction reprints including translations, while in addition to Czech literature, texts from the literatures of other nations were also excerpted, as well as texts from associated subjects, particularly journalism, history, theatre, drama studies and the like. Thanks to its size (almost 1.7 million excerpt cards) and chronological range (1770–1945; with follow‑on bases up to the present), as well as its elaborate processing methodology, it is hard to find an equivalent among Czech specialist bibliographies or literary studies bibliographies in neighbouring countries. The three articles published in Česká literatura (3/2013), are meant to present the Retrospective Bibliography and its recently completed digitization project in greater detail to the specialist public. The text by Vojtěch Malínek focuses on presenting its digitized form in the RETROBI system, stressing its capacity for use by the professional public.

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