Dynamika systematycznego wzrostu, nowoczesna przestrzeń intelektu, labirynt znaków, magia zaangażowanych w swoją pracę ludzi z pasją – to tylko kilka haseł, które przychodzą na myśl, kiedy chcemy przywołać nazwę Biblioteki Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego i 70 lat jej historii. Łódź przed dwoma wiekami powstawała z tradycji niejednorodnych, i podobnie powstawał – jako mozaika różnych treści intelektualnych – Uniwersytet Łódzki.The Collections Preparation Department has changed since its beginnings, similarly to the whole Library of Łódź University. The changes were of the organizational and substantive nature.
The organizational changes covered the formations of some sections, the liquidations of others, and the fusions of departments. All these transformations are discussed in the article in the chronological order.
The organizational changes were connected with substantive ones. The former system of work was revolutionized by computerization. The collections were being prepared according to the changing rules. The changes mainly concerned the process of cataloging, which is presented at the end of the article
