Pomeranian Library


The Pomeranian Library, in full Stanisław Staszic Pomeranian Library is a Regional Library based in Szczecin, Poland. It is the largest humanities oriented library in West Pomerania, with a focus on social sciences, Pomeranian, Scandinavian and German subjects and Seamanship. The library possesses also general scientific reading room with books from other fields of science, including mathematics, natural and medical sciences.
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History

The library was founded as the City Library of Szczecin in 1905, and housed in a 1868 building originally designed to serve as a secondary school.
During World War II part of the library building was destroyed due to air raid bombing. Upon World War II ending, the library reopened on the 12th of July, 1945. It was the first Polish library in the city to reopen post-war.
Ownership was transferred from central to local government in 1990.
On the 3rd of October 1994 the library was renamed to become the Pomeranian Library.
In 2009 the library opened a digital collection, allowing for online access of records and collections.

Literature

  • Bernhard Fabian, Marzena Zacharska, Todorka Nikolova: Handbuch deutscher historischer Buchbestände in Europa. Polen und Bulgarien. Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim 1999,, S. 165f.
  • Książnica Pomorska im. Stanisława Staszica w Szczecinie : Schätze der Pommerschen Bibliothek Szczezin, 4. veränderte Auflage, Szczecin, Poland,
  • Stephanie Funk: Östlich der Oder: Polen und sein Bibliothekswesen. In: LIBREAS. Library Ideas 04/2006.