This year marks the 20th anniversary of the first online publication of the bibliography of the Institute of Czech Literature of the CAS. Back then, our records were being transcribed into the online world within the ISIS system with weekly updates. In 2017, the final conversion of all the CLB databases to the Aleph library system was carried out, which is still in use today.
Since 2021, we have also been operating in parallel in our own modern search engine VuFind, which is directly adapted to the needs of literary bibliography and this year even received a brand new look and a number of improved features. At the same time, you now have access to data that we update every hour, so you won’t miss any more news from the world of literature and literary scholarship.
Thanks to the gallery below, you can see how our search engine has changed over the past 20 years. Can you remember which versions you have experienced yourself? And which one is your favourite? We’re rooting for the current VuFind, but of course we can’t help feeling a little nostalgic looking back.
