Directions in research of the oldest Polish press (1501–1729)

This article contains a brief overview of the research on Polish press from the years 1501–1729, and discusses its directions and results conducted by historians and press experts after 1945. A citation analysis is widely used in the evaluation of the research output. The interest in the oldest Polish press is relatively high. A total of 55 scholars worked in the field, publishing 102 works (including 16 books), cited 524 times (including 267 times below the half-life period). Eight authors had the largest contribution: Konrad Zawadzki, Kazimierz Maliszewski, Jan Lankau, Władysław Myk, Adam Przyboś, Jan Pirożyński, Janusz A. Drob and Urszula Augustyniak. The most frequent subjects of research were ephemeral and serial newspapers, Merkuriusz Polski and handwritten newspapers, as well as other periodic newspapers and press from Gdańs

Kierunki badań nad prasą mniejszości narodowych 1918-1939

The article contains a brief description of the press of national minorities published in the Second Polish Republic and it discusses directions and results of research conducted by historians after 1945. A citation analysis was used to evaluate the research achievements in wider terms. Media activity of the national minorities in the years 1918-1939 was quite high. According to the latest data, more than 3500 newspapers and magazines published in languages of individual nations were published in these years. The largest number of the magazines was printed in Yiddish (1715), Ukrainian (1132) and German (683); the Belarusian (188), Lithuanian (190) and Russian (98) magazines were less numerous. However, the ranking was different when we take into account the impact of the press: what stood out was the German press (7.60 of copies for 100 people), then the Jewish press (3.18), with the almost insignificant Ukrainian (0.2) and Belarusian press (0.36). Interest of historians in the press of the minorities was quite high in the entire postwar period. A total of 78 scholars worked in this area. They published 172 works which were cited 316 times in the scope of the native discourse (press history). After 1945, the three biggest press systems were the favourite research subjects: the Jewish one (92 publications) [220 citations], the Ukrainian one (32) [49] and the German one (21) [28]; in comparison to them, interest in press of other minorities was insignificant (25) [16]. The general reflection was even less important (2) [3]. Therefore the only source of knowledge concerning this issue were fragments of well-known monographs, in particular the text of Andrzej Paczkowski included in the synthesis ''Prasa polska w latach 1918-1939'' [''Polish press in the years 1918-1939''] (Warsaw 1980, pages 343-362) [154 citations]. This research was carried out in 1971 for the needs of a model and - according to the statistics - it played an important role in inspiring further research (158 papers), but despite its provisional and concise form, a newer or more competitive version has never been created

Prasa komputerowa w Polsce – historia i statystyka

[Computer Periodicals i n Poland (History and Statistical Data)]. The Polish computer periodicals have a record of over forty years of history. Their beginning was marked by the publication of "Archiwum Automatyki i Telemechaniki" (1956), and first of all the periodical "Maszyny Matematyczne" (1965) known as "Informatyk" by its contemporaries. Until the end of 1982 there came into being 15 more periodicals (mainly professional and scientific journals). The year 1985, in which "Bajtek", the first generalreadership computer magazine was published, was a breakthrough in computer periodicals, which have started flourishing continually since then. The estimates indicate that until 1998 there appeared 151 computer periodicals in Poland, whose growth was stable. Since 1956 until mid-1989, 27 new titles emerged (on average one or two titles a year). The remaining 124 came into being only during the transformation period. In 1990 their number enlarged with other 14, and subsequently in 1991 - 7 new titles were created, 1992 - 13, 1993 - 17, 1994 - 11, 1995 - 12, 1996 - 13, 1997 - as many as 19, with the same number in the year 1998. Over 61% of all periodicals (93) are published in Warsaw, which can be attributed to the fact that major publishing houses in this professional area have their headquarters there; namely Lupus, LDG, CGS, Software and AVT, and previously Bajtek. The Polish capital is also the seat of all major scientific institutions, which publish up to 28 journals in the computer field. The subsequent positions in terms of the number of publications are taken by Wroclaw (20), Poznań (7), Cracow (6) and Bydgoszcz (4). The private sector has the highest publishing status with the production of approximately 73%, universities - 20%, PAN (Polish Academy of Sciences) - 5%, NOT (Chief Technical Organisation) - 2%. A tendency towards accumulation of titles by one institution is observable, which led to the emergence of genuine concerns: Lupus (10 periodicals), CGS (8), LDG and Bajtek (no longer existent) (6 each), Vogel and Software together with AVT (4 each), Angel and Silver Dark (3 each), ZPR, Recon, ProScript and Alfin ((2 each). These periodicals are grouped into two categories: popular magazines (56% of all titles), and specialised (44%). Among the latter, the scientific category (36) is most strongly represented, then the professional one (19), and the professional- promotional one (9). Popular magazines may be further subdivided into the categories of general-readership (39), specialised (13), information and advertising (11), and computer games (as many as 24). The most popular periodicals include such titles as "Chip" and "PC World Computer" (editions of 150 thousand issues), "Enter" (60), "PC Magazine" in Polish (40), "PC Shareware" (30), "//WWW" (43), "Internet" (25), or a dozen magazines for players. The leading scientific journals published by PAN are "Archives of Control Sciences" and "Archiwum Informatyki Teoretycznej i Stosowanej", as well as a dozen periodicals from other research centres. The professional magazine that should be mentioned is "Informatyka" and Polish editions of international journals like "Computerworld", "Software", "NetWorld", and a number of periodicals by big computer companies

Biblioteki cyfrowe na świecie – powstanie i rozwój

The article contains a brief overview of the history of digital libraries in the world. It includes 5 parts: 1 Introduction; 2 The first trials and experiments; 3 Research, development and evolution of digital libraries 1994-2001; 4 Digital libraries after 2002. Present; 5. Future developmen

Prasa polska na początku doby zaborów (1795–1815) jako obiekt refleksji historycznej

This article describes briefly the Polish press from the years 1795-1815 and discusses the trends and results of research undertaken in this field by historians after 1945. The citation analysis was widely used to evaluate the research achievements. Researchers showed little interest in the press of that time. Only 49 scholars in total worked in this area and they published 61 works cited 118 times within the parent discourse (history of the press) [including 42 times below the half-life period]. Kazimierz Ossowski (5 works) [8 citations] and Marian Kallas (6 works) [7 citations] could boast the greatest achievements in this field. The works published by Tadeusz Łepkowski [10] and Jerzy Łojek [3] also deserve attention. The greatest achievement in the analyzed area is a monograph by K. Ossowski "Prasa Księstwa Warszawskiego" (Warsaw, 2004). Other topics received much less attention. One also lacks synthetic analyses for the period 1796-1806 and monographs of the then leading newspapers, especially "Gazeta Warszawska" and "Gazeta Korespondenta Warszawskiego i Zagranicznego

Zmiany na rynku systemów dla małych i średnich bibliotek publicznych

[Changes in market systems for small and medium-sized public libraries]. This report discusses the library systems used in the Polish public libraries in 2004

Krakowskie pisma społeczno–kulturalne "małych ojczyzn" w latach 1989–1998

[Cracow's socio-cultural magazine "small homelands" in the years 1989-1998]. Discussed are issued in the journal Environmental Cracow

Directions in research of the oldest Polish press (1501–1729)

This article contains a brief overview of the research on Polish press from the years 1501–1729, and discusses its directions and results conducted by historians and press experts after 1945. A citation analysis is widely used in the evaluation of the research output. The interest in the oldest Polish press is relatively high. A total of 55 scholars worked in the field, publishing 102 works (including 16 books), cited 524 times (including 267 times below the half-life period). Eight authors had the largest contribution: Konrad Zawadzki, Kazimierz Maliszewski, Jan Lankau, Władysław Myk, Adam Przyboś, Jan Pirożyński, Janusz A. Drob and Urszula Augustyniak. The most frequent subjects of research were ephemeral and serial newspapers, Merkuriusz Polski and handwritten newspapers, as well as other periodic newspapers and press from Gdańs

Czasopisma prasoznawcze i prasoznawstwo w czasopismach

[Periodicals Devoted to Press Studies and Press Studies in Periodicals (1989-2000)]. The article discusses the development of Polish periodicals devoted to the press and journalism studies in the years 1989-2000 and includes a scientometrical (bibliometrical) analysis of the distribution of publications in Polish periodicals devoted to press studies

Systemy dla bibliotek szkolnych i kryteria ich oceny

This report discusses the use library systems in the Polish school librarie