A new role for reference librarians in Polish academic libraries in the new age of democracy.

Wrobel, Jolanta

IFLA Council and General Conference / .
(ReLIS:jul:juljin:6672)

Abstract:

The author details new technological changes, especially automation of libraries, which were made possible by grants received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The major changes in reference departments involved in modernizing services: collaboration with peers, access to e-journals, Internet access to on-line catalogues, databases and the creation of the first Polish on-line journal for librarians-EBIB, Electronic Information Bulletin for Librarians. A new initiative of a Distributed Catalogue of Polish Libraries KARO is also introduced.

Creation: 2002
Keywords: Polonia ; Países del Este ; Bibliotecas universitarias ; Bibliotecarios de referencia ; Servicios de información bibliográfica

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