Other branches of the MLP will be gradually linked to the data network as well. The library has more than 170,000 registered readers who effect annually more than 6 mil. Some libraries of the network have their study rooms or reading rooms. As far as the composition of readers is concerned, the share of secondary school and university students is growing and approx. About one third of branches lend, in addition to books, newspapers and journals, also audial materials.
Some libraries have their separate study rooms and reading rooms.
Specific services are provided by the art library at Opatov in Prague 11 - South Town, Opatovsk 1754, tel. In recent years, the MLP paid a significant attention to its branches. Many of them were reconstructed, modernized, furhished with new facilities. It was often accompanied with relocation to larger and more suitable premises, several big new libraries were opened additionally. At the same time branches with unsatisfactory premises were closed, previously separate libraries for adults and libraries for children were often integrated into so-called family libraries.