Automated media transport has been successful at the Jagiellonska Library for decades
National Library in Cracow
The Jagiellonska Library (Biblioteka Jagiellońska) in Cracow forms a joint library network with numerous specialist libraries and the faculty libraries. The Jagiellonska Library is the most important library of the Jagiellonska University in Cracow. In 1969, it was the only institution in Poland, along with the Biblioteka Narodowa in Warsaw, to be granted the status of National Library. The library has about 6,500,000 media, which are managed by 300 employees.
The Jagiellonska Library has ten reading rooms. Since 2000, the library has been using a Telelift system with 20 stations and 40 trolleys to quickly and reliably transport media from the numerous magazines to the reading rooms and the lending desk.
After many years of successful operation, the system has now been upgraded. The book transport system will be modernized with the latest computer-controlled electronics. In 2020, the trolleys were replaced by Telelift UniSafeCars. The software modernization was implemented in 2021.
After complete modernization, the Jagiellonska Library will be operated with a state-of-the-art library logistics system and will again be well equipped for many years.