Scientific Information Department

General information

Address
Wroclaw University Library
Scientific Information Department
Fryderyka Joliot-Curie 12 St.
50-383 Wroclaw
phone: +48 71 37 57 598

Opening hours of Informatory and Library's Information Point

Department duties

Main duty of the Department is providing information services to users, in particular:

• creating and making available information workshop,

• accomplishing information queries (including ones regarding Silesia-Lusatian topics),

• co-creating Library’s web page,

• maintaining the Polish Standards database,

• subscribing electronic periodicals and databases services (in cooperation with the Serials Department),

• duties in the Information Centre and in free access areas,

• training of users and coordinating library practices,

• bibliographical and documentary activities.

• organizing own information workshop (reference collection, access to databases, access to internet for users),

• catalog, bibliographic and subject information service,

• fulfilling queries on basis of Library’s general collections,

• localizing hard to find materials in domestic and foreign libraries,

• fulfilling orders for xerography copies and microfilms,

• co-creating Library’s web page,

• creating electronic News Bulletin of foreign acquisitions,

• organizing thematic and occasional exhibitions,

• hosting tour groups and foreign guests,

• training of information users,

• coordinating library’s practices for students and librarians,

• gathering and processing data for University of Wrocław’s bibliography,

• maintaining Main Library’s alphabetical catalog,

• maintaining Central Catalogs for Departmental Libraries.

• gathering and processing data for Bibliography of Academic Staff Publications of University of Wrocław,

• maintaining authority files register for employees of UoW,

• preparing statistical analysis of academic staff publications of UoW for Rector and Direction of Library,

• participation in catalog duties.

Employees