Habilitacja Adama Łysakowskiego w świetle źrodeł

• Authors: Małgorzata Korczyńska-Derkacz

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ADAM LYSAKOWSKI’S POST-DOCTORAL DEGREE IN THE LIGHT OF SOURCE DOCUMENTS

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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Adam Lysakowski’s scholarly interest in book classification was boosted when he began to work at the Library of the Stefan Batory University in Vilna in 1925, where he was entrusted with organising the subject catalogue. His book Katalog przedmiotowy Cz. I. Teoria (Subject catalogue. P. I. Theory, Wilno 1928) is highly regarded by scholars from the past and those working today. In 1937 Lysakowski decided to present it as the basis of his post-doctoral degree in bibliology. However, due to the shortage of university chairs specialising in this field and the fact that the status of book studies had not been firmly established yet, the granting of the degree was postponed. In the end, the process was stopped by the outbreak of the war. After the war Lysakowski published part two of his work, entitled Katalog przedmiotowy. Podręcznik (Subject catalogue. A course book, Warszawa 1946), and submitted both books to the Board of the Faculty of the Humanities of the Lodz University as his post-doctoral bibliology thesis. The article examines the original documents dealing with his post-doctoral degree kept in the Lodz University Archives. These include reviews by Jan Muszkowski, Tadeusz Kotarbinski and Helena Radlinska, as well as minutes of (extracts from) meetings of the Board of the Faculty of the Humanities. The author also discusses the problems associated with the confirmation of the degree, which did not take place until 1951.

Keywords

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LYSAKOWSKI ADAM; BIBLIOLOGY; ACADEMIC DEGREE

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wroclawskiego
• Journal: Roczniki Biblioteczne
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 55
• Pages: 193-216

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Małgorzata Korczyńska-Derkacz

• Instytut Informacji Naukowej i Bibliotekoznawstwa, Uniwersytet Wroclawski, pl. Uniwersytecki 9/13, 50-137 Wroclaw