Reading and Libraries in Poland Today: Between Romantic Traditionalism and the Free Market.

Kolodziejska, Jadwiga

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Publication Date: 1995

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Reading and Libraries in Poland Today: Between Romantic Traditionalism and the Free Market.

Kolodziejska, Jadwiga

International Information and Library Review, v27 n1 p47-57 Mar 1995

Discusses the transformation of reading and libraries in Poland due to shifts in its political and economic life since 1989. Changes include transition of publishing from a monopoly state enterprise to a market economy, and development of mass media which is threatening the disappearance of traditionalism held in public libraries. (Author/JMV)

Descriptors: Economic Factors, Economic Progress, Foreign Countries, Free Enterprise System, Mass Media Effects, Political Issues, Public Libraries, Publishing Industry, Recreational Reading, Traditionalism

Publication Type: Historical Materials; Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Poland

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