Polish Library Research Articles

Cytowania zasobów sieciowych w polskich czasopismach z zakresu bibliotekoznawstwa i informatologii: analiza aktualności adresów URL

Cel/teza: Celem artykułu jest charakterystyka stanu badań nad problemem dostępności odwołań do zasobów sieciowych obecnych w aparacie pomocniczym tekstów naukowych oraz przedstawienie wyników badań własnych związanych z tym zagadnieniem w odniesieniu do artykułów naukowych z czterech polskich czasopism z zakresu bibliotekoznawstwa i informatologii. Koncepcja/metody badań: Wykorzystując krytyczną analizę piśmiennictwa naukowego zidentyfikowano grupy zagadnień szczegółowych będących przedmiotem zainteresowania badaczy. Wskazano również na metodologiczne aspekty badania tego zjawiska oraz nakreślono jego obraz w odniesieniu do poszczególnych dyscyplin naukowych. Przedmiotem badań empirycznych były artykuły naukoweopublikowane w czterech polskich czasopismach z zakresu bibliotekoznawstwa i informatologii w latach 2009–2015: Bibliotheca Nostra. Śląski Kwartalnik Naukowy, Biuletyn EBIB, Przegląd Biblioteczny, Zagadnienia Informacji Naukowej – Studia Informacyjne. Dostępność adresów URL w cytowaniachzbadano metodą automatyczną za pośrednictwem kodów odpowiedzi serwerów HTTP. Wyniki i wnioski: W czasopismach uwzględnionych w badaniu ok. 37% wszystkich pozycji w bibliografiach załącznikowych i przypisach zawierało łącza do zasobów internetowych. Wyniki badań nad dostępnością zasobów sieciowych cytowanych w korpusie analizowanych publikacji wskazują, że ponad 70% odwołań jest nadal aktywnych w momencie przeprowadzenia badania. Wartość tej zmiennej jest zróżnicowana dla poszczególnych tytułów. Wskaźnik połowicznej dezaktywacji łączy dla czterech zbadanych tytułów wynosi ok. siedmiu lat.Oryginalność/wartość poznawcza: Przedstawiony stan badań związanych z aktualnością odwołań dom zasobów sieciowych w aparacie pomocniczym publikacji naukowych może być punktem odniesienia dla badań szczegółowych związanych z tym zagadnieniem i być źródłem rozwiązań metodologicznych. Problem ten nie był według wiedzy autorów eksplorowany w odniesieniu do polskich czasopism z zakresu bibliotekoznawstwa i informatologii. Tym samym przedstawione wyniki są pierwszą próbą charakterystyki skali tego zjawiska.

„Bystro czytać w dziejach”, czyli o pewnym wystąpieniu Norwida w rocznicę Powstania Styczniowego

The paper is concerned with the legacy of the January Uprising in Cyprian Norwid’s social and political thought. It discusses in detail the poet’s address in the Polish Library in 1875. The author considers the issue of Norwid’s attitude towards the defeat and to the post-uprising mourning. She also precisely analyzes the meaning of Markos Botsaris’s song The Testament that the poet translated.

Managing Professional Competency Enhancement Among Polish Library Staff

In this article the author presents the concept of professional competencies. She describes the development of the notion of competencies in Polish librarians’ jobs in recent years and the possibility of competency management, both by the employer and the library worker. She also discusses recent laws, regulations, and standards related to qualifications for librarians’ jobs.

The Role of Legal Deposit of Books in the Polish Library Scheme: The Case of Poznań University Library

This article discusses the legal deposit system in Poland, outlining important issues, legal regulations, cooperation with publishers, and the importance of delivering books for academic environment. It emphasizes the significance of legal deposit for shaping collections and improving institutional quality. Poznań University Library is presented as an example of the Polish approach to the issue of book acquisition, including the library’s mission statement and elements of its collection development policy. The author also writes about tasks for the Legal Deposit Office and the library in the near future, including implementation of electronic legal deposit in Poland.

Teoria i praktyka windykacji we współczesnej bibliotece (wybrane problemy)

According to Polish library law, services provided by libraries are free of charge. However, there are cases when a library may demand payment from the reader. One of them is a delayed return of borrowed materials. In such a case the libraries are entitled to introduce procedures mentioned in civil procedure code, but due to economical reasons they seldom do this. More often they use self-developed informal methods or hire debt recovery agencies.

Dydaktyka w bibliotece akademickiej. Analiza potrzeb i możliwych zmian

Teza/cel artykułu – Celem artykułu jest próba analizy potrzeb oraz możliwości zmian w dydaktyce bibliotecznej w Polsce, a szczególnie na Uniwersytecie Warszawskim w kontekście rozwoju społeczeństwa informacyjnego oraz przemian zachodzących w szkolnictwie wyższym, związanych z wdrażaniem Procesu Bolońskiego. Edukacja informacyjna prowadzona w wybranych bibliotekach uczelni europejskich pokazuje, że polskie biblioteki akademickie nadal w niewystarczającym stopniu realizują zadania edukacyjne, szczególnie w dostosowaniu do trzech etapów kształcenia oraz programów edukacyjnych. Metody badań – Rozwiązania praktyczne i rozważania teoretyczne zaczerpnięte z literatury polskiej i obcej oraz z dokumentów opisujących sytuację edukacji informacyjnej w procesie edukacyjnym szkolnictwa wyższego stanowią tło dla wyników badań ankietowych dotyczących szkoleń bibliotecznych przeprowadzonych na UW, obserwacji własnych autorki podczas pracy w BUW oraz ze staży szkoleniowych w kilku bibliotekach europejskich. Wyniki i wnioski – Na polskich uczelniach współpraca między kadrą naukowo-dydaktyczną a bibliotekami w zakresie edukacji informacyjnej funkcjonuje niezadowalająco. Świadomość środowiska naukowego i administracyjnego uczelni w Polsce, co do znaczenia prawidłowo prowadzonej przez biblioteki edukacji informacyjnej, jest nadal niska. Edukację informacyjną należy rozwijać od najniższego stopnia edukacji, a na poziomie szkolnictwa wyższego powinna być wpisana w kontekst edukacyjny. W celu spełnienia tego warunku niezbędne są działania podejmowane przez bibliotekarzy oraz współpraca z kadrą naukową uczelni.

Sztuka rozumienia i sztuka widzenia. Dwie rozmowy – z Danutą Danek i Krzysztofem Hejkem

Two interviews: ”The art of understanding”, with the professor of literary history, Danuta Danek, and “The art of seeing”, with the professor of art photography, Krzysztof Hejke, are connected with the issue of the publication of the manuscript written in 1849 by an outstanding writer Stanislaw Morawski (1802–1853) preserved in the Polish Library in Paris, entitled “Memoires about Maria Szymanowska” (containing, among other things, a romantic treatise on music, unknown till now), as well as with the set of art photographs taken in Lithuania, in the land estate of the writer.

Z tradycji zarządzania polskimi bibliotekami akademickimi. Edward Kuntze (1880–1950)

The article refers to the tradition of the Polish library management which has been crucial to libraries and library technologies in contemporary Poland. The author presents concepts and achievements of Edward Kuntze (1880–1950), the director of the University Library in Poznań between 1919 and 1926 and of the Jagiellonian Library between 1926 and 1947. The permanence of Kuntze’s views, as well as their partial obsolescence, has been shown.

Polska Skala Niepokoju Związanego z Korzystaniem z Biblioteki: wyniki badań

W artykule zaprezentowano nowe narzędzie do badania poziomu tzw. lęku przed biblioteką (ang. library anxiety) nazwanego Polską Skalą Niepokoju Związanego z Korzystaniem z Biblioteki (P-LAS). Skala składa się z 46 stwierdzeń zgrupowanych w sześciu komponentach: bariery związane z personelem biblioteki, bariery afektywne, bariery związane z brakiem wiedzy o bibliotece, z brakiem komfortu w bibliotece, z brakiem źródeł w bibliotece oraz bariery technologiczne. Skala ta jest narzędziem bardziej odpowiednim do badań w polskich warunkach niż wzorce zagraniczne oraz bardziej dostosowanym do współczesnego środowiska bibliotecznego niż Library Anxiety Scale (LAS).

Library anxiety among Polish students: Development and validation of the Polish Library Anxiety Scale

The Polish Library Anxiety Scale (P-LAS) was developed and validated using as bases Bostick's Library Anxiety Scale (LAS) and three other scales: Multidimensional LAS (MLAS), Hebrew-LAS (H-LAS), and Kuwait-LAS (K-LAS). P-LAS consists of six components: barriers related to staff, personal affect, technology, library knowledge, library comfort, and resources. The research to develop this instrument took place in two empirical stages. Initial research using P-LAS concluded that about 40% of surveyed Polish students may be affected by some form of library anxiety. The general level of library anxiety among Polish respondents was relatively low.

Public library services and the Polish community in England: case study

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to review the needs of the Polish community (established and newly arrived Poles) and how those needs are met by the public library service.Design/methodology/approachA case study method was used in partnership with Sheffield City Libraries. The methodology included interviews with library professionals and interviews and questionnaires targeted at members of the Polish community.FindingsThe Polish community are generally satisfied with the service they receive from libraries. The needs of sections of the Polish community are different dependent on their time in the country. Main concerns were with regard to the collection and their desire for good quality Polish materials including works by Polish authors (not just translations into Polish).Research limitations/implicationsThis study is a single case study giving a snapshot of the library services to Polish users.Practical implicationsThis study highlighted the need for increased community engagement with this particular ethic group. There is a need for collection development for this group of users. This can be facilitated by co‐operation with other libraries that are engaging in best practice and also specialist services such as the Polish Library in London.Originality/valueThis study is of practical value to public libraries meeting the needs of the Polish Community that is a growing and transient user group. There is little other literature that considers the needs of Poles newly arrived in this country.

Library cooperation the Polish way: toward NUKAT and WorldCat in Poland

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the development of library catalogs and the national union catalog in Poland and the inclusion of the latter in OCLC's WorldCat, bringing Polish cultural life from authors to researchers and composers to a worldwide audience.Design/methodology/approachTwo Polish librarians deeply involved in the liaison with OCLC over WorldCat discuss the development of library automation and catalogs in the country, in particular NUKAT, the national union catalog for academic and research libraries in Poland. The article also covers the inclusion of Polish library data in Google Scholar.FindingsThere is a wealth of Polish content now available via WorldCat – currently around 900,000 items are available.Practical implicationsMakes researchers aware of data on Polish publications that can now be found via OCLC's WorldCat and Google Scholar. Poland is one of Europe's major publishing countries, with around five per cent of Europe's publications a year.Originality/valueProvides an overview of the cataloguing situation in one of Eastern Europe's more recent member states of the European Union.

E‐learning model for Polish libraries: BIBWEB

PurposeThis article aims to describe the important role of e‐learning in Poland and to cover experiences in transferring and localising the course, know‐how about how to find strategic partners and establishing a sound infrastructure for e‐learning, and guidelines as to how to get and use feedback from learners to continuously improve the quality of the course.Design/methodology/approachThe article describes the situation in the Polish library world and the process of implementation and conducting the BIBWEB online course for librarians. It also relates to how the course improves information literacy.FindingsLibraries in Poland can considerably strengthen their role as an element of the information and knowledge society by expanding their offers regarding internet access and e‐learning. The situation in Germany in 1999 was comparable with the current situation in Poland. As a reaction to this, the Bertelsmann Foundation initiated an online course offer comprising three modules: “BIBWEB – internet training for libraries” (see www.bibweb.de), which met with great acceptance in Germany. For this reason, it made sense to translate the existing successful course product and adapt it to the special requirements of libraries in Poland. The Bertelsmann Foundation and its two project partners, the Warsaw University Library and the “Elektroniczna Biblioteka” (EBIB) library information service, have jointly developed such a Polish‐language online course (see www.bibweb.pl) and have offered it on the internet to the specialist target group since 2003.Originality/valueThis paper shows the benefits of an international educational project. Polish experiences concerning e‐learning may be useful for other nations.

Education and Training on the Nature and Description of Documents: Polish University Studies and Professional Librarianship Schools

SUMMARY This article describes the education system for librarians and information professionals in Poland and includes a discussion of change agents. The international bibliographic standardization has brought considerable change to this education. Another change factor has been Poland's openness to broader international connections as a result of the country's political and social transformation beginning in 1989. Technological development (computer system applications in libraries and references services) is a third key factor for change in Polish library education. Additionally, the article includes a survey of recent events and the most important institutions. The quality of teaching is examined and suggestions made for future changes.

Bibliologist or Information Specialist? Library Education in Poland after 1989

The paper considers changes in Polish library education after the end of the Cold War. Special attention is given to organizational and curricular changes at library schools that are in the forefront of educational reform, namely the University of Warsaw library school, the Jagiellonian University library school in Cracow, and the University of Wroclaw library school. New curricula emphasize the importance of information science and new information tools such as the Internet and electronic databases. The role of bibliological studies, however, is still important, and many library schools try to combine traditional library science with modern information science. The exception is a newly created International Center for Information Management Services (ICIMSS) in Torun that reflects a radical departure from a traditional model of library studies practiced in Poland for the last fifty years. The ICIMSS' curriculum is discussed in detail as well as its future role in Polish library education.

From the Editor --- Environmental Communication on the Internet : Where is it going?

From the Editor Environmental Communication on the Internet-- Where is it going? Maria Jankowska Editor On sabbatical for the whole year!!! First reaction - it's great; second reaction - it's too long. What will I do with my time and life during these twelve months? My sabbatical project needs to be finished, but it is also time to experience something new, different, and exciting. I was asked to teach four library courses in one of the library and information science schools in Poland. One of the classes is a course on Green Information Sources. When I found out about the course, I asked myself, what should I present to Polish library students in this class? This question has been on my mind for more than a few months. Editing an electronic journal, which is mainly devoted to disseminating information about sources on environmental protection, conservation, education, and management of natural resources, is very helpful, but still it does not answer my question. Editing the journal is a far different task from teaching library school students about environmental information sources. Trying to find an answer, I started to browse the Internet. After a brief search, I found the amount of environmental information available on the Internet almost perplexing. The Environmental Guide to the Internet, published by the Government Institutes, alone lists nearly 200 listservs, Usenet groups, electronic journals and newsletters, bulletin boards, and other sources on the broad subject of the environment. And, to this long list, one has to add a multitude of home pages concentrating on environmental issues. One can quickly become overwhelmed by the plethora of electronic sources, combined with printed sources such as books, directories, magazines and newspapers, newsletters, bulletins, reports, brochures, pamphlets, fact sheets, and government documents. Even with all this wealth of information sources, however, it is still not uncommon to find people looking for specific information without success. Why? In many cases, using Internet search engines does not help to locate environmental resources (look at Czeslaw Grycz's editorial, EGJ issue 2, no. 2). For example, using the Open Text Index to search the Internet, I found 127,860 home pages containing the words : environment and information. The public needs and wants to learn more about the

Electronic information and Eastern Europe

No‐one doubts that the changes occurring in Eastern Europe will affect all forms of communication between the East and the West. The theme on which I was asked to speak is electronic communication. But the changes in availability of hard‐copy will be at least as important. I remember being in Warsaw in the early 1970s and spotting a copy of a German book that looked interesting in the Academy of Sciences bookshop. When I tried to buy it, I was referred to the bookshop manager, who explained that, although I was certainly entitled to do so, it was the only copy of the book that had been imported into Poland. We agreed that it was more important for it to go to a Polish library than into my collection. This underlined two points to me. The obvious one was that financial and other restrictions were limiting, in a major way, East European access to R & D information. Secondly, perhaps less obviously, it struck me that centralisation — in this case, of the purchase of books from abroad — could have some advantages. At least the bookshop manager seemed to have a clear grasp of the overall problems of book distribution in Poland. These same two aspects — problems of access and the role of central organisation — also seem to be basic to a discussion of electronic communication between East and West.

Seven Polish Canadian Poets: An Anthology. Edited and translated by Wacław Iwaniuk and Florian Śmieja. Foreword by Zbigniew Folejewski. Polish Library in Canada, no. 5. Toronto: Polish Canadian Publishing Fund, 1984. 223 pp. Photographs. Paper.

Seven Polish Canadian Poets: An Anthology. Edited and translated by Wacław Iwaniuk and Florian Śmieja. Foreword by <i>Zbigniew Folejewski</i>. Polish Library in Canada, no. 5. Toronto: Polish Canadian Publishing Fund, 1984. 223 pp. Photographs. Paper.

The Polish libraries in Paris and London

The origins, development, collections and activities of the Polish Library in Paris and the two main Polish libraries in London are described. They were founded to preserve important records of Polish cultural life, to build up a nucleus of books which could be used in Poland itself, to record émigré publications and to serve the cultural and national needs of the Polish community. Today, the libraries aim to serve the information and research needs of those interested in Polish affairs. The chief similarity between them is seen to be their moral significance, as repositories of books on all subjects and shades of opinion which have been banned or censored or for various reasons cannot be published in Poland.

Działalność bibliotekarska służby konsularnej Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej we Francji – zarys problematyki .

Teza/cel artykułu – Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie aktualnego stanu stosowania nawigacji fasetowej w polskich bibliotekach naukowych. Dokonano porównania zastosowania faset w OPAC tych bibliotek oraz w bibliotekach cyfrowych organizowanych lub współorganizowanych przez te biblioteki. Metody badań – Dokonano analizy zawartości stron internetowych bibliotek, głównie ich narzędzi wyszukiwawczych: OPAC i multiwyszukiwarek (discovery systems). Uwzględniono biblioteki największych, państwowych szkół wyższych oraz Bibliotekę Narodową. Po odnalezieniu narzędzia nawigacji fasetowej dokonywano analizy ilościowej i jakościowej stosowanych faset. Następnie podobna analiza prowadzona była w stosunku do bibliotek cyfrowych, organizowanych lub współorganizowanych przez analizowane biblioteki. Wyniki – Ponad 60% polskich bibliotek naukowych stosuje fasety w swoich narzędziach wyszukiwawczych. Wśród nich najwięcej jest bibliotek uniwersyteckich (78% przebadanych bibliotek), wychowania fizycznego (67%), ekonomicznych (60%) i technicznych (56%). Średnia liczba faset stosowanych w OPAC wynosi 8,7. Nieco mniej faset stosowanych jest w bibliotekach cyfrowych, średnio 8,66. Do najczęściej stosowanych faset należały takie, jak Forma/Typ, Język, Data wydania, Autor/Twórca. Wnioski – Fasety są rozpowszechnionym narzędziem wyszukiwawczym w bibliotekach polskich szkół wyższych. Stosowane są zarówno w ILS (Integrated Library System) zagranicznych, jak i w polskich. Pod względem liczby i rodzaju faset pomiędzy OPAC i bibliotekami cyfrowymi zachodzą bardzo niewielkie różnice, stąd wniosek, że stosowany schemat metadanych ma na to bardzo niewielki wpływ