Financial and personnel problems of research libraries in Poland
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1995
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Explains how managers of Polish research libraries face
many problems provoked by the changes which have taken
place both in these institutions and in their surroundings
on the one hand, and by the obsolete rules which their
operations regulate. Among the most serious financial
obstacles are the following: a prolonged delay in the
confirmation of a library's budget; too many financial
sources; financial dependence of the majority of the
libraries; restrictions on self-governing, profit-oriented
activities; and criteria for the allocation of funds. Among
the problems connected with the personnel the following
are at the top of the list: disproportional employment in
the various types of libraries; inappropriate educational
background; lack of certain types of qualified professional
(e.g. information scientists, computer technicians); very
low earnings; and the degraded status of the librarian,
which discourages candidates from this profession. The
management and the structure of the organization of the
library are also outdated and there are too few competent
professionals to make the necessary transformations
efficiently. This article will introduce the reader to the
main problems affecting the financial and
personnel management of Polish research
libraries at the academic level. In the complex
arrangement of Polish libraries, the academic
libraries form a significant part of the research
libraries, and their book collections are
unquestionably an essential component of the
latter [1] in quantity as well as in quality.
This is why these libraries cope with a
variety of problems pertaining to the subject
under discussion, which outnumber those
faced by the smaller libraries at the professional
research institutions.
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Library Management, 1995, vol.16, nr 8, s. 37-41.