The Library of the Karol Adamiecki University of Economics in Katowice
Library general
information
The Library of
Karol Adamiecki University of Economics in Katowice was founded in 1939. It is
the biggest library housing books and periodicals on economics in the Upper
Silesia. It performs scientific and didactic functions for the local academic
community. Futhermore, it also acts as a scientific library open for the public
who may consult its material without the possibility of lending. There are approximately
12 000 holders of permanent library cards.
The Library consists of the Main Library and of
8 department libraries including Marketing, Accounting, Computer Science,
Econometrics, Finance, Corporate Management and Logistics, Management Methods
and Systems, International Economic Relations. The collection includes material
first of all related to four faculties of the University - i.e. Faculty of
Economics, Faculty of Management and Faculty of Finance and Insurance, Faculty of Informatics and Communication, e.g.
economics, accounting, finance, management, insurance, marketing, social
policy, computer science, mathematics, statistics, econometrics, ecology.
Library
services
The Main Library offers the possibility of lending books and
using the collection in three reading rooms with 169 seats.
All students may use on-line library catalogue which registers
the Library collection (books, serial publications since1990 and journals since
1994). It is accessible through terminals in the Library and through the home
page http://www.bg.ae.katowice.pl. [enter in turn:
KATALOGI - KATALOG ELEKTRONICZNY- OK]
The
Main Library offers the following
on-line databases in English:
Foreign students are welcome to the Scientific
Information Department, where they can get information about all Library
services in English. The Department also makes available full-text databases in
English as well as encyclopedias and lexicons in foreign languages. Members of
the staff help students from aboard to use the Library catalogue and find
foreign books, first of all in English.
2. Lending
Foreign students registered on the list delivered to the
Library by the International Relations Office are entitled to get a library
card, which is essential to lend books. It
can be obtained in the Loan Department, after presenting a passport or
identity card.
The rules of lending are as follows:
students can lend books marked
in the catalogue with the letter ,,W" and with the status ,,Dostępna"
(Available).
the limit of books to be
lended: 10
the lending period: 2,5 months
students are not eligible for
lending books marked in the catalogue
with letters ,,G" and ,,C" (available only in the Reading Room)
3. Using the Main Reading Room.
The library card is not necessary; readers are
obliged to present a passport or an
identity card at the Service Desk and fill in the presence card.
There is free access to Polish books on shelves. Readers who are
interested in books in English or other foreign languages should first find
them in the catalogue (if needed - with help of the Scientific Information
Department staff) and then submit the order at the Service Desk and wait a few
minutes for delivery.
The Main Reading Room is not equipped with a photocopier, but there
is a possibility to make photocopies in the Xerox Room. The necessary condition
is to inform the Service Desk about the need of carrying the book out.
4. Using the Foreign Periodicals
Reading Room.
The library card is not necessary.
Readers are only asked to enter their name into the presence register. They can
use all journals and newspapers on the spot and - when needed - make
photocopies in the Xerox Room after reporting such need to the Service Desk and
filling in a lending form. Annuals of foreign periodicals from previous years
are available in the Main Reading Room (rules of ordering as above). There is no
possibility to lend periodical materials.
If
students have any questions, they can
contact the Scientific Information
Department or send inquiries by email:
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