Józef Grycz’s Contribution to the Periodical Przegląd Biblioteczny (1927–1939)

Abstract

Przegląd Biblioteczny is the oldest Polish scientific periodical devoted to library science. The article recounts the activities of Józef Grycz with relation to the establishing of the journal in 1927, and next his professional engagement in the editorial works (through 1928). The author discusses Grycz’s undertakings chiefly on the basis of his articles published in Przegląd Biblioteczny, and the fragments of his correspondence with Adam Łysakowski published by Maria Dembowska. The matters which concerned Grycz the most were related to the organization and functioning of libraries in Poland.