Short history
The Research Library in Liberec is the inheritor of the Czech and German library traditions in Liberec (Reichenberg)
| 1759 | the library of the dean P. Anton Kopsch | |
| 1846 | the first public lending room | |
| 1863 | the library of the Česká beseda society | |
| 1885 | Deutsche Volksbibliothek | |
| 1901 | the first German public library | |
| 1904 | the first Czech public library | |
| 1924 | Bücherei der Deutschen | |
| 1938 | closure of the Czech public library | |
| 1945 | Státní studijní knihovna | |
| 1947 | the rigth to receive a legal deposit copy granted (to 1995) | |
| 1954 | fire, 250.000 volumes destroyed | |
| 1959 | the merger of research and public libraries | |
| 1990 | The Research Library Liberec | |
| 1995 | project of the new building "The Reconciliation Building" under the patronage of the presidents V. Havel and R. Herzog | |
| 1996 | starting construction of the new library building | |
| 1997 | foundation stone laid | |
| 2000 | 9.11. formal opening | |
| 2001 | 8.3. opening for public |