Art. 1: Maria Pawłowska,
Russian language - for scientists, hobbyists, business people, the mafia? Or maybe... for librarians?

The article presents information concerning the possibility of perfecting the Russian knowledge and obtaining a certificate stating this knowledge. Attention was drawn to the potential usage of Russian in the every day library, scientific and information works. It was shown that it is worth being interested in the current affairs of Russian libraries, which activities are well organized, perfectly promoted in the Internet, and above all, very professional.

Art. 2: Jadwiga Wojtczak,
The method for language - review of methods, courses and CD programs for learning foreign languages.

This article discusses the question of unconventional methods of learning foreign languages. It widely introduces: SITA and Callan Method which is very fast and effective way to speak English. This article presents a lot of criteria for selection of an appropriate school of learning languages and requirements made on teachers. The author presents some kinds of self-study CD programs for the computer and the Internet. It describes types of certificates in English, French and the necessary conditions to get them.

Art. 3: Piotr Marcinkowski,
Does the librarian know the library user's language?

Communication between librarians and users is very important. The most vital part in communication is common language. Unfortunately, librarians use a jargon which is not understandable to users. This language should be friendlier and more universal. Also, librarians should know other jargons. A lawyers language, a technical language and a medical language need specific education. Librarians with double education - this is the future. Similarly speaking English is prerequisite in new network society. English has replaced Latin as a universal language and today it is language of science so a librarian has to speak English.

Art. 4: Małgorzata Serafin,
KABA and National Library subject heading vocabulary within the domain of librarianship. The analytic and comparative study.

The aim of this article is an analyse and comparison of KABA and National Library subject heading vocabulary within the domain of librarianship. This analyse presents a structure of subject articles in the subject heading languages and describes a manner of selecting vocabulary for themes and subdivisions in the authority headings.

Art. 5: Waldemar Tychek,
Autarky or... revolution?

The author focuses on the future of the profession of librarian. He is concerned with the fact that librarians are rarely seen as information professionals and often just as "books lender". Further in the article it is disputed what it means to be an active member of information society and whether information activities led by libraries are currently relevant. The author points to two models of informing (1) information about sources and (2) information in sources. Finally, conclusions are given that may be of great value to the status of a librarian in information society.

Art. 6: Maria Lamberti,
E.S. Burioni Ricerche Bibliografiche - web portal of an Italian company from Genoa as an important information source for librarians

The aim of the article is to describe the web portal of an Italian company E.S. Burioni Ricerche Bibliografiche. The main element of the website is a directory of databases and electronic publications that includes details on almost 1,400 databases offered by over 300 publishers. Moreover, information on document delivery system Services@INIST can also be found there. Burioni's portal hosts also a forum for librarians and an electronic bulletin ESB Notizie.

Art. 7: Henryk Hollender,
Digital libraries in Poland: conditions and threats

Digital libraries are a step towards the unavoidable shift to the common transmission of any textual content by the means of the Internet. Had they been built on the basis of traditional online catalogues, they would have not appealed to us as separate entities. Indeed, there is still time to force those catalogues to organize digital material. On the other hand, the coverage of the catalogues is inadequate as they fail to include some genres and formats, and it is urgent to widen access to sources in countries like Poland, where circulation of scholarly information tends to encounter several cultural and economic barriers. Without fundamental institutional changes digital libraries will not be perceived and used as resources for research. Despite the progress made, existing services are immature in terms of programmes, content and navigation, including the necessary linking to the original document (if it exists). Strict (centralized) coordination of digital projects and licencing is indispensable to ensure the completeness of digital libraries and to ad to them their adequate intellectual dimension.

Art. 8: Katarzyna Gmerek,
Celtic Resources Online

The aim of this article was to examine online resources for Celtic Studies, particularly literature and linguistics, from the point of view of a Polish information librarian. The most useful from the commercial sources available in the Poznan University Library appeared to be the MLA International database. The author then concentrated on free resources: online dictionaries, bibliographies, digitized collections of manuscripts and text anthologies. The links to most interesting and up-to-date resources were included. It was concluded that especially taking into consideration the very modest amount of printed and manuscript resources in Polish libraries, online resources may be useful.

Art. 9: Paweł Domino,
Acquisition database of the Acquisitions Department at the Wroclaw University Library

Wroclaw University Library has examined the possibilities of VIRTUA Acquisitions subsystem. The difference between Polish and American library (and book trade) reality caused, that such database needs some changes to be useful. This conclusion constrained the creation of a new database. Acquisition database is made of HTML pages. Its subunits make possible a documentation of the new documents receipt and distribution, searching, creating value and quantity reports and work with a journals unit. The article describes elements of this base and its workflow.