Książka szkolna w lwowskich szkołach i gimnazjach w latach dwudziestych i trzydziestych XX wieku
The School Book in Schools and Gymnasiums of Lviv in the 1920s and 1930s

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the results of the analysis of reports on the state of school libraries in Lviv in the years 1921-1939. The library catalogues were analysed in terms of quality and quantity to show the collection structure in public schools and gymnasiums in Lviv. A particular attention was drawn to the presence of belles-lettres, school and religious books. In the 1920s and 1930s school libraries, founded according to school profile, became the important element in organization of educational process. The vast majority of collections were educational books. Occasionally school libraries were endowed with textbooks according to the Ministry of Education and Upbringing instruction from 1925. The establishment of school libraries intended to limit youth access to public libraries and to strengthen surveillance over reading materials. The authors list and book titles give only an overall outline of youth reading interests. It can be claimed that the authorities tried to influence the reading tastes through an appropriate selection of Polish and foreign literature.

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