Art.1: Wiktor Gawarecki
The students of library science versus libraries

Art.2: Wiktor Gawarecki
The matter of money for libraries - an encore

Art.3: Beata Laszewska-Radwanska
The cooperation of school with public libraries

The analysis of cooperation of school and pedagogical libraries in Poland and abroad. The article, in its first part, presents rules and regulations of the above-mentioned cooperation, as well as its forms. The second part presents the results of research conducted in foreign,(mostly American) libraries.

Art.4: Anna Osiewalska, Jacek Osiewalski
The attempt at cost analysis of Polish academic libraries

A short-run cost function is applied to 1997 data for 18 academic libraries in Poland. The stochastic frontier model is employed, which decomposes the error term into a symmetric around zero random variable for statistical noise, and a positive random component measuring economic inefficiency. Using Bayesian techniques, cost efficincy is estimated to be around 71%.

Art.5: Anna Osiewalska, Krzysztof Dradra, Szymon Matuszewski
Scientific libraries according to the Central Statistical Bureau

Art.6: Jolanta Sobielga
A few remarks on economic aspects of research regarding the life and functioning of a library

Art.7: Anna Sokolowska - Gogut
Is comparative research really necessary?

The arguments supporting comparative research - a large academic library's manager's point of view:
- the library' staff abroad finds it useful; such research allows to define guidelines for sponsors
- they seem to be indispensable during various transitional periods
- are a good alternative to, sometimes faulty, data of the Central Statistical Bureau.