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Ossolineum Library » Research Information Division

Research Information Division

Opening hours

Monday-Friday: 9.00 am - 6.45 pm
Saturday: 9.00 a.m. - 2.00 p.m.

Contact

Questions about the Ossolineum collections and the rules for making them available can be directed to the Research Information Division:

  • via the Ask a Librarian form,
  • by telephone: +48 71 335 64 57 - studio, +48 71 335 64 62 - main catalogue,
  • by e-mail: informacja@ossolineum.pl or
  • by post to: Research Information Division, ul. Szewska 37, 50-139 Wroclaw, Poland.

Basic tasks of the Research Information Division

Scope of activities of the Research Information Division

General information concerning

  • General principles of operation of the National Ossolinski Institute
  • Formal requirements for readers
  • Principles of access to the main and special collections

Cataloguing information

  • Searching for requested materials in the collections of the National Ossolinski Institute
  • Assistance in the use of card and electronic catalogues maintained by the Ossolineum
  • Preparing bibliographic descriptions
  • Searching for materials in catalogues of Polish and foreign libraries, on-line databases and digital libraries
  • Identification of information sources

Other work

  • Maintaining a database of publications by the staff of the National Ossolineum
  • Maintaining a database of publications about the National Ossolinski Institute

Main Catalogue Terms and Conditions

  1. The Main Catalogue is open
    a) During the academic year: Monday - Friday 9.00 - 18.45, Saturday 9.00 - 14.00.
    b) During the summer holidays (August - September): reduced opening hours.
  2. Before entering the Main Catalogue, readers are requested to leave their outer clothing and bags in the cloakroom.
  3. For information on how to use the catalogues and databases available on the Ossolineum website, please contact the librarian on duty.
  4. Eating, drinking or placing food near the computer keyboards is not allowed.
  5. Silence is compulsory in the catalogue room. Loud conversations and the use of mobile phones are forbidden.
  6. The computers are used for searching catalogue and bibliographic information.
  7. It is forbidden to use websites that violate ethical and moral standards, to install one's own files and programs on the computers, and to use one's own electronic media.
  8. In case of violation of any of the rules, the librarian on duty has the right to expel the reader from the catalogue room.