“Grey Literature” in Electronic Archives

Author(s): Elena Pavlovska / Language(s): English Issue: VIII/2018

The term „grey literature“ is used for documents disseminated through non-traditional channels. As a general rule, these documents are accessible outside the book publishing and distribution system. In recent years, this kind of literature is in high demand, in so far that the "grey documents" often contain most up-to-date information. They are stored in institutional electronic archives – repositories. In the report is introduced the most popular electronic archive - Open Grey and the repositories of the Balkan countries, incl. Bulgaria.

“Kriegsbericht und Memorial” – the first military work of Albrecht Hohenzollern

Author(s): Karol Łopatecki / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

Aim: The purpose of the article is to determine the authorship of the manuscript Kriegsbericht und Memorial, which was put up for auction in 2014 by Sotheby’s and the presentation of the manuscript. Research method: A formal analysis of the manuscript supplemented by a review of the literature of the subject matter. Results/Conclusions: As a result of the analysis, it is highly probable that the author of the Kriegsbericht und Memorial is Albrecht Hohenzollern and that it was the initial basis for the creation of the work Kriegsordnung donated to Sigismund August in 1555. This work after the death of the first Prussian duke found itself in the personal library of the wife of Albrecht Hohenzollern – Maria Eleonora Jülich-Kleve-Berg. This book is also recorded in the library registers of the Prussian-Brandenburg rulers from Konigsberg, which were made in the years 1700 and 1720. Probably, the book was owned by Wilhelm Christian Karl, the duke of Solms-Braunfels. The manuscript was known to historians in the first half of the 19th century. In 1845, Ernst Oswald Mentzel noted that the manuscript was in the possession of Hermann von Gansauge.

“Memoria neamului românesc”, hrană pentru gândacul de pâine

Author(s): Marina-Adelina Marian / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 1-2/2015

This article presents a few aspects concerning the obscure periods that the Iasi archives have witnessed, with severe consequences upon the preservation of documents. It claims that the cellulosic support is a powerful food chain representing the nutritional base for different microorganisms (bacteria, actinomyces, yeasts, fungi) and some xylophagous insects. In this regard the essential characteristics of the insects from the Coleoptera class, Anobiidae family, are presented, and information regarding their attack against documents as well as the need to find curative methods of active preservation with efficient application parameters.

„Alchemicy, medycy, uczeni. Medycyna na przestrzeni wieków”. Ze zbiorów Polskiej Akademii Nauk Biblioteki Gdańskiej

Author(s): Małgorzata Mirek / Language(s): English,Polish Issue: 1/2018

On 27. February 1613 Joachim Oelhaf, medicine and anatomy profesor of the Gdańsk Academic Gymnasium, preformed the first public autopsy in Poland. On the 400. anniversary of this historically important and developmental event, the Polish Academy of Science, Gdansk Library held an exhibition, “Alchemists, medics, scientists. Medicine over the centuries”. The article presents lavishly illustrated manuscripts and incunabula which were displayed during the exhibition as well as some old prints which bring the observer closer to the achievements of ancient medics and their medieval and modern followers, many of which practiced alchemy.

„Angels and Men’ assisted by this Art, May Sing together, though they Dwell apart”-Angielskie antologie świeckiej i religijnej muzyki wokalnej z drugiej połowy XVII wieku w kolekcji Biblioteki Jagiellońskiej

Author(s): Róża Zuzanna Różańska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 02 (29)/2016

The article describes the group of seventeen early English prints from the second half of the 17th century. The prints are part of the collection of the former Preußische Staatsbibliothek in Berlin kept in The Jagiellonian University and contain ayres and religious songs. Fourteen of them were published by John and Henry Playford. The first part of the paper shows the biographies of the publishers and brings the state of research on their work. The second part includes the detailed description of the seventeen of early English prints. The final part presents the content of the prints and biographies of its most important composers.

„Biblioteka Harcerskiej Służby Polsce Socjalistycznej” jako przykład serii wydawniczej z politycznym przesłaniem

Author(s): Bogumiła Staniów / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2017

The article describes the books of the series “Biblioteka Harcerskiej Służby Polsce Socjalistycznej”, which were edited by Młodzieżowa Agencja Wydawnicza i Horyzonty in the years 1976–1981. Aims of the series, subject of particular volumes, their information and sometimes ideological character are described. Stylistic effects and authors’ strategies to comprehensible young readers economic, political and social themes and to create their world-view were specified. It was also noticed that some of the series’ volumes included critical opinions directed at political authorities.

„Biblioteka Księgarza” – seria wydawnicza wspierająca kształcenie księgarzy w PRL

Author(s): Wanda A. Ciszewska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2017

Biblioteka Księgarza is the publishing series administered by the Association of Polish Booksellers, but published by various publishing houses such as Wiedza Powszechna and Państwowe Wydawnictwa Szkolnictwa Zawodowego. The series came out in the years 1960–1965 and included nine units useful in the education of future booksellers. The publications have a simple graphic layout. The series have been almost entirely forgotten, but the nine publications are now the source of information about how bookshops operated during the times of the Polish People’s Republic. The information, which may be used in discussions about various aspects connected with the sale of books in the communist times, concern the organizational composition of the Headquarters of Booksellers “Dom Książki”, the organization of mail order sales, and the calculation of the margin for distributors.

„Biblioteka wczoraj i… jutro. W setną rocznicę powstania Stowarzyszenia Bibliotekarzy Polskich (1917–2017)” (Łódź, 27 września 2017 r.)

Author(s): Dorota Tarnowska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2017

27 września 2017 r. w Łodzi, w nowoczesnym budynku Wydziału Filologicznego Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego przy ul. Pomorskiej 171/173, odbyła się ogólnopolska konferencja naukowa „Biblioteka wczoraj i… jutro. W setną rocznicę powstania Stowarzyszenia Bibliotekarzy Polskich (1917–2017)”, której organizatorem była Katedra Informatologii i Bibliologii Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego oraz Stowarzyszenie Bibliotekarzy Polskich Oddział w Łodzi. Konferencja miała charakter naukowy o zasięgu ogólnopolskim, wystąpiło na niej 19. wykładowców z jedenastu ośrodków naukowych z całej Polski, w gronie uczestników byli także dyrektorzy bibliotek Politechniki Łódzkiej oraz Akademii Muzycznej w Łodzi.

„Biblioteki w ogniu wojny” – wybrane aspekty działalności bibliotecznej w Islamskiej Republice Afganistanu

Author(s): Sergiusz Czarzasty / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2016

The aim of the article is to present the fate of libraries in Afghanistan and to discuss contemporary aspects of work at those libraries. The author analyzes the factors affecting librarian work after the fall of the Taliban regime and the activities of various international and Afghan organizations dealing with the rebuilding of library structures in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, with particular emphasis on the role of the Polish Armed Forces. Apart from the modern aspects of the work of librarians in Afghanistan, the specifics of using the collections by women is also presented. Collections and library activities in selected libraries in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, including Afghan Digital Library, are described.

„Carol I” Central University Library Continuous Training Program through Documentary Visits. A Documentary Visit to Cotroceni Museum

Author(s): Emanuela Florea-Paraipan / Language(s): English Issue: 20/2016

In this essay we aim to emphasize the role of documentary visits in continuous training programs of library professionals. As alternative form of continuous training, the "Carol I" Central University Library runs an annual program of documentary visits to Bucharest museums, in order to identify from the historical, biographical, literary, artistic and scientific perspective, the manner in which evolved Romanian spirituality nationally and beyond. As a form of initial training for national inheritance understanding, the professional visits to cultural institutions allows the discovery of the categories of collections, the structure and their pedagogical value in learning, teaching and training.

„Czy można być wielością naraz?” O Masce Stanisława Lema

Author(s): Agata Rosochacka / Language(s): Polish Issue: 04/2018

In the proposed interpretation, Lem's The Mask is a story of a pursuit of a coherent identity. On one hand, this aspiration is realised through attempts to isolate the “proper” body of the Mask from the prosthetic, one's “own” history from prosthetic memories, individual identity from its supplementary prosthetics, external names, finding relevance based on free will, getting free of influences. On the other hand - through attempts to create identity in a constructive gesture of storytelling, giving oneself a shape, definition in self-narrative. These parallel aspirations are not fulfilled, both one and the other fail – the narrator fails to gain a whole, integral form. Instead, the final scene of The Mask offers the discovery of a pleasurable but also soothing prosthetic identity and the narrator's consent to complete the tale, to be fitted within its frame.

„Dicționarul Universal al Limbii Române” de Lazăr Şăineanu la 120 de ani de la prima ediție

Author(s): Natalia Culicov / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 3-4/2015

The work with the highest popularity among readers and made him famous before posterity Lazar Șăineanu was the ,,The Universal Dictionary of Romanian Language (1896), which reaches 120 years after the publication of the first edition in 2016. Considered the most popular lexicographical work in the history of Romanian linguistics has about 30,000 words and 80,000 definitions. This is the first attempt at cataloging and defining the Romanian lexicon. Also it is mentioned all editions of this grater lexicographical work published up to the prezent with reference to editions that are in collections USARB Scientific Library

„Giuseppe Verdi - un maestru incontestabil al muzicii de operă”

Author(s): Ariadna Musteaţă / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 3-4/2013

The present paper provides a study of dramatic music of Wilhelm Richard Wagner (1813-1883) and his ideas about art and the interpretation,that have inspired generations of musicians and thinkers. He is considered one of the most important figures of the 19th century for his innovative works, as well as for his vigorous style and full of color, which marked a new period in the romantic music

„Infrastruktura bibliotek. Ewolucja przestrzeni bibliotecznej i jej wpływ na jakość usług i wizerunek placówki”, VI Lubelskie Forum Bibliologów, Informatologów i Bibliotekarzy (Lublin, 28 marca 2019 r.)

Author(s): Grażyna Piechota / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2019

„Książka w rogatywce” – najcenniejsze zbiory biblioteczne zgromadzone w wojskowych książnicach w Polsce i na świecie

Author(s): Sergiusz Czarzasty / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2016

The aim of the article is to discuss the most valuable military-related collections held in military libraries in Poland and in the world. The article will present the history of the Marshal Piłsudski Central Military Library in Warsaw (henceforth referred to as CBW) in the context of the most valuable collections associated with the Polish army and the broadly conceived military sciences that were gathered during the period of more than ninety years. The further part of the article provides a few examples to present the collections of military libraries (with particular reference to special collections), functioning all over the world. The final part of the article will discuss the activities of the digital military libraries.

„Książka zła” – edukacyjne funkcje czasopism katolickich w II Rzeczypospolitej na przykładzie periodyków diecezji katowickiej (prolegomena)

Author(s): Bogumiła Warząchowska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2018

In the inter-war period, the press constituted the most popular means of the formation of public opinion. The periodical-related tradition in Upper Silesia was deeply rooted in the culture of this region. A systematic habit of reading encouraged the bishops of Katowice to promote Catholic books and the press. Owing to the current press releases one familiarised the readers with the recently published material and with the means of purchasing and distributing the press, as well as one provided information about recommending reading. The diocesan press provided information about pernicious literature and warned against the reading of primitive sensational literature, love stories and pornographic materials, as well as the literature which radically opposed the Catholic faith, morality and mores.

„Książka, biblioteka, informacja – między podziałami a wspólnotą”. Piąta Ogólnopolska Konferencja Naukowa (Kielce, 25–26 kwietnia 2016 r.)

Author(s): Magdalena Kwiatkowska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1-2/2016

„Książki dla młodzieży […] powinny przedstawiać […] czuły mechanizm walki klasowej”. Szczecińskie Plenum Zarządu Głównego Związku Literatów Polskich, sierpień 1951 r.

Author(s): Marta Nadolna-Tłuczykont / Language(s): Polish Issue: 4/2016

The article is an attempt at showing the situation of literature for children and youth during the first years after the conclusion of World War II. Based on the materials from the Szczecin Plenum of the Principal Board of Polish Writers, which was held in August 1951, the views of the political leadership on the literature for youth were outlined. These tendencies, with certain changes and varying intensity, continued throughout the Polish People’s Republic period.

„Kultura czytelnicza młodego pokolenia” IV edycja: sprawozdanie (Łódź, 20–21 października 2016 r.)

Author(s): Mariola Antczak / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1-2/2016

„Lektura pokarmem wyobraźni, czyli którędy do czytelnika”. Konferencja dla nauczycieli bibliotekarzy (Bielsko-Biała, 29 listopada 2016 r.)

Author(s): Iwona Szymik / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2017