The Institute of the Czech Language of the ASCR celebrated its centennial as the successor of the Office of the Dictionary of the Czech Language founded in 1911. The institution conducts research on such varied aspects of the Czech language - as synchronic and diachronic, literary and colloquial, spoken and written. The work of the Institute results in the production of basic compendia on Czech for the general public, such as, handbooks on rules of Czech orthography, dictionaries and popular literature, and in specialized publications (books or articles). It also produces a significant amount of information about Czech that can also be retrived on its web-pages. The entire Czech nation also profits from language consultation services of the Institute as well as from public lectures on most different topics related to the Czech language. Particular attention is paid to the education of the young scientific generation primarily through lectures by members of the staff of the Institute at universities and high schools. and Zdenka Tichá a Hana Goláňová.