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THE SOURCES OF MODERN BOOK HISTORIOGRAPHY: KAZIMIERZ PIEKARSKI AND HIS BOOK 'THE BOOK IN THE 15TH AND 16TH CENTURY POLAND' (KSIAZKA W POLSCE XV I XVI WIEKU) (Polish title - below)

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Migon K.

Roczniki Biblioteczne

2009

vol. 53

23-37

(Title in Polish - 'U zródel wspólczesnej historiografii ksiazki: Kazimierz Piekarski i jego 'Ksiazka w Polsce XV i XVI wieku'). Book history as a research specialty began to develop in Europe at least as early as the 17th century, but it was not until the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries that it gradually acquired, and only in some countries, the status of a relatively autonomous discipline. The problems it tackled, the concepts and methods it used came mainly from the history of printing, bibliography and history of literature. An important role in the development of book historiography in Poland was played by Kazimierz Piekarski with his work on bibliography, cataloguing and book studies, and, especially, his 1930 programme publication 'Books in 15th and 16th century Poland' (published in 1932). Piekarski deserves the credit for establishing a precise scope of printed book studies and for drawing attention to the printer and his production as a research subject specific to book history. In addition, a full study of early printed books should include the issue of circulation (intermediaries) and consumption of books. In many cases Kazimierz Piekarski's proposals were ahead of foreign concepts and programmes of research into the history of books, research that today is dominated - globally - by two schools: French and Anglo-American. Piekarski's work, virtually unknown outside Poland, should be given its deservedly important place in international historiography.

ON CURRENT STATE OF RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF BOOK STUDIES AND LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE (O wspolczesnej sytuacji badawczej w naukach o ksiazce, bibliotece i informacji)

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Migon K.

Przegląd Biblioteczny

2008

vol. 76

issue 1

14-21

Facts and processes related to the world of books, libraries, librarianship, information and written communication gradually became the object of scientific interest in a number of separate study fields. The multitude and variability of these fields, their continuous evolution and varying, depending on a country, nature and scope are a serious impediment to the creation of consistent and uniform report on the object of the study. Constant processes of integration, separation and specialization in the field of study on books, libraries and information alter the status quo and lead to the development of new constructions in theory, methodology and research practice. The description of the current situation is further hindered by the chaos in the nomenclature of study fields, specializations and branches, even more increased by semantic nuances of the multilingual literature and negligent use of concepts and definitions. The current research situation in the field of book studies and library and information science is defined by the following phenomena: (1) The multitude and diversity of study issues makes their inclusion in one broad field (book studies, library science or information science) virtually impossible. The study fields mentioned above have become separate disciplines, although some relation and cooperation remains possible; (2) Each discipline formed in the field within last few decades is perceived independent in the science because of its specific object of study, specific set of concepts and study methods, nature of its relations with other study fields and cognitive and practical objectives; (3) Issues of book studies, library and information science interest other study fields, in particular the humanities and sociology, become an important constituent of their research processes and considerably influence the theory and practice of studies on books, libraries and information. Special attention should be paid here to (heterogeneous and „multiform”) studies of culture, (social) communication and media; (4) Studies of books, libraries and information are clearly divided into those dealing with historical issues and those focused on the present. One of most prominent branches is historical book studies, researching books as the product and tool of human civilization, product of material and spiritual culture and tool for communication over the ages; (5) The increase in the amount of factual knowledge in the field of book studies and library and information science has not been so far accompanied by appropriately developed theoretical and methodological reflections which would enable the intensification of the research and increase in the quality of the studies in question.

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THE SOURCES OF MODERN BOOK HISTORIOGRAPHY: KAZIMIERZ PIEKARSKI AND HIS BOOK 'THE BOOK IN THE 15TH AND 16TH CENTURY POLAND' (KSIAZKA W POLSCE XV I XVI WIEKU) (Polish title - below)

ON CURRENT STATE OF RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF BOOK STUDIES AND LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE (O wspolczesnej sytuacji badawczej w naukach o ksiazce, bibliotece i informacji)