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National Library Warsaw 2001 National ISSN 0867-6976 Joanna Pasztaleniec-Jarzyƒska Halina Tchórzewska-Kabata Library THE NATIONAL LIBRARY IN WARSAW TRADITION AND THE PRESENT DAY Warsaw This is an entirely new publication devoted to the 2001 POLISH National Library in Warsaw, one which is both a guide-book to the Library’s present-day services and activity, as well as a concise chronicle of the 80 years of its history, and also of the many centu- ries of Polish librarianship. The National Library is presented in many aspects: as an “idea and insti- LIBRARIES tution”, as a “national bibliographic agency”, as a “research institution”, as a “library open to readers”, as a “publishing office”, and finally as Vol. 5 “an institution of national culture”. The text is accompanied by rich and attractive photographic material. Up-to-date information on the services and collections of the National Library are TODAY provided, as well as selected literature. The publication was issued both in Polish and in an English language version. MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD Treasures of the Polish National Library Ed. by H. Tchórzewska-Kabata, M. Dàbrowski The album presents 105 of the most beautiful and unique treasures housed in the collections of the National Library in Warsaw. All categories of collections are represented, including manuscripts, incunables, old prints, handwritten maps and atlases, printed and re- corded music as well as sound-recording equipment, drawings, early photographs, documents of social life, and much more. Among the most precious treasures we find e.g. the oldest known relic of Polish prose The Holy Cross Sermons, a priceless manu- script in Latin, Polish and German The Florian Psalter, one of the world’s earliest Old Church Slavonic manuscripts The SupraÊl Codex, the richly decorated Revelationes sanctae Birgittae, Giovanni Simonetta’s incunable La Sforziada, Ptolemy’s Geography, or Fryderyk Chopin’s Preludes. The presentation of these monuments of European letters is preceded by introductions which set the items presented against a historical and cultural background. The whole volume is a poignant testimony both to the losses and the wealth of Polish culture. The publication was issued both in Polish and in an English language version. THE NATIONAL LIBRARY – TRADITION AND CONTEMPORANEITY The main complex where most of the National Library’s collections and services are available is In the Palace of the Commonwealth at 3/5 Krasiƒski Sq. special collections are kept and made situated at 213 Niepodleg∏oÊci Ave. All 19th and 20th century books and documents are stored available, including manuscripts, old prints, drawings, graphics, and photographs. here, as well as some special collections. Also, nearly all reading rooms and conservation labo- ratories, as well as various services for readers relevant to the character of collections, are to be found in the main complex. Address Collections National Library Monographs since 1801 2 077 483 vol. Address al. Niepodleg∏oÊci 213 Serials since 1801 722 366 vol. National Library 02-086 Warszawa Documents of social life 1 795 941 items Pl. Krasiƒskich 3/5 skr. poczt. 36 Cartography 80 226 items Warszawa Printed music – notes 106 481 items Telephone numbers Sound and audiovisual documents 52 757 items Telephone numbers (48 22) 608 + extension number tel. exchange (48 22) 831 32 41 to 45 Microforms 213 760 items information about telephone numbers tel./fax (48 22) 635 55 67 Electronic documents 1 535 items (48 22) 608 29 99 e-mail: [email protected] director of the National Library tel./fax (48 22) 825 52 51 Reading Rooms Information The Reference Center (The “Informatorium”) Information on special collections tel. (48 22) 825 91 53 The Main Reading Room tel. (48 22) 635 62 09 e-mail: [email protected] (general) The Humanities Reading Room after 4.00. p.m. [email protected] (director) The Periodicals Reading Room tel. (48 22) 831 32 44 Information The Bibliological Reading Room Alphabetical catalog of books The Documents of Social Life Reading Room Collections Manuscripts 25 304 items tel. (48 22) 608 24 91 (-92) The Cartographic Reading Room Old prints 160 871 vol. Subject catalog of books tel. (48 22) 608 24 94 The Microform Reading Room Iconography 383 329 items Catalog of periodicals tel. (48 22) 608 24 93 The Music Reading Room Union catalogs tel. (48 22) 608 23 48 The Sound and Audiovisual Documents Reading Reading Rooms tel./fax (48 22) 608 26 95 Room The Special Collections Reading Room POLISH LIBRARIES TODAY Vol. 5 THE NATIONAL LIBRARY TRADITION AND CONTEMPORANEITY Biblioteka Narodowa Warszawa 2001 2 Contents From the Editors The National Library as a Parlor (Micha³ Jagie³³o) 3 Chronicle Major Events at the National Library 1918-2000 (Joanna Pasztaleniec-Jarzyñska) 4 History of the National Collections Paulina Buchwald-Pelcowa The National Librarys Historical Collections 13 Halina Tchórzewska-Kabata The Fortunes of National Librarianship in Poland 24 Hanna £askarzewska The Library of Stanis³aw August Poniatowski, the Last King of Poland 30 Zofia Stefanowska The Polish Library in Paris 35 Bibliography Tradition and the Present Day Andrzej Borowski The Estreichers Polish Bibliography from the Perspective of the Century Coming to a Close 41 Krystyna Ramlau-Klekowska The Bibliographic Institute from the Perspective of Time 47 Jadwiga Sadowska The Bibliographic Institute Today 51 Research and Services Maciej D¹browski The Research and Scientific Activity of the National Librarys Division of Special Collections 55 Jadwiga Ko³odziejska The National Librarys Institute of Book and Readership 63 Miros³awa Kociêcka Users of the National Librarys Reading Rooms 67 New Library Legal Regulations Stanis³aw Czajka The New Library Law in Poland 72 Krystyna Ramlau-Klekowska Polish Legal Deposit Regulations in the Past and Today 78 Hanna Zieliñska Legal Deposit from the National Librarys Perspective 83 Reviews The National Librarys Publications (Halina Tchórzewska-Kabata) 86 More Precious Than Gold. Treasures of the Polish National Library (Karin Friedrich) 90 Catalog of Portraits of Polish and Foreign Public Figures... (Irena Tessaro-Kosimowa) 92 The National Librarys Publications on the History of Cartography (Lucyna Szaniawska) 96 A Directory to the Union Catalog of Old Prints in Poland (Paulina Buchwald-Pelcowa) 101 Catalog of the Manuscripts of the Polish Library in Paris (Maria Wrede) 103 Directory to Libraries and Information Centers in Poland (El¿bieta Stefañczyk) 108 Conservation Notebook Serial Publication of Polish Conservation Specialists (Ewa Stachowska-Musia³) 111 Institutions the Public Reading Matter. Studies into the History of Reading (Janusz Kostecki) 115 A Study on Robotnik (The Worker), the Daily Paper of the Polish Socialist Party (Stanis³aw Siekierski) 118 Libraries in the Congress Kingdom of Poland Institutions, Books, and People (Krzysztof Dmitruk) 121 Contributors 3 The National Library From as a Parlor the Editors Each national library acts as a special cultural in- all, mention is due to the fundamental and essen- stitution, due to the fact of its national status. tial duties traditionally linked with national libra- This is also the case with the National Library in ries. Secondly, ours is a great public library visited Warsaw. Its tasks are defined in the Library Law mainly by students. Thirdly, it should be a cultural and the Statute of the National Library. However, center that organizes meetings, exhibitions, and for understandable reasons these are only gene- conferences linked mainly with the problems of ral frameworks to be filled in with subject con- the societal circulation of books, as well as one tents. that publishes serials and monographs extending The role and scope of the duties of a national beyond bibliographic and statistical publications, library in the contemporary world have been ear- that is those related to cooperation with the public nestly discussed of late within library circles. Our library network. These three groups of tasks are Polish discussions on this topic are therefore clo- of a differentiated caliber and I mention them sely linked with what has been debated for seve- here in what I consider their proper order of im- ral years in many countries. The general question portance. at hand is: what is the role of symbolic culture in In the current special volume of Polish Li- the civilizational processes of the contemporary braries Today, one devoted entirely to the past world? And more precisely: what is the role of and present of the National Library in Warsaw those works of culture based in metaphor, sym- now on the threshold of a new century, the reader bols, and code referring to the heritage of the past will find papers dealing with various forms of the within popular culture as dominated by new infor- Librarys activity. The volume commences with mation and communication technologies? Certain articles discussing the history and collections of methodological questions have also arisen. What the Library, as well as those of other Polish libra- does it mean that a given institution bears the sta- ries that contributed to the present shape of the tus of a national institution? What should its rela- National Library in Warsaw. The sections devo- tions be like with other high rank institutions acti- ted to bibliography, research, and user services, ve in the same field, though without national status? contain papers presenting both the historical back- This is also the background of our discussions ground and the current activities of various divi- about the National Library in Warsaw. For more sions within the Library. The subsequent section than 70 years now the National Library has been gives an overview of the most recent changes in fulfilling its duties as the central library of the Sta- Polish library law, as per their impact on the ser- te. Over this period of time new tasks have emer- vices of the Library. Finally, in the reviews sec- ged, apart from those traditionally ascribed to the tion the most important and noteworthy publica- National Library by its users.
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