We operate a public universal library. We have lending libraries, study rooms, regional research rooms, galleries and literary cafes. We provide an online catalogue of books and internet access. We lend educational and children's literature, poetry, fiction and magazines. We organize library and literary events.

We operate a library focused on specialized literature. We collect books and journals in education and related fields of social sciences. Our collections include textbooks for primary and secondary schools from the 19th century onwards, educational journals from the 1830s onwards and children's literature from the late 18th century onwards.

We operate a research library specializing in literature on glassmaking and the textile industry, Germanic literature in the Czech lands and regional literature. We have an on-line catalogue of books and internet access. We provide lending, research, interlibrary loan and photocopying services.

Lending books and audio recordings. Public internet is available. E-book lending.

The operation of a library focusing on specialized literature.

Operation of a research library. Internet access and an online catalogue of books is available. We lend books, magazines, newspapers, maps, audio media, foreign language literature and other documents. We allow telephone and electronic book reservations. We provide borrowing and copying services.

Providing library services specialising in natural history and art history writings. Part of the library's collection is the Silesiak Collection. We lend books in the fields of history, ethnography, philosophy, sociology, archaeology, political science, geology and numismatics.