Two Beginnings of Professional Librarians Union of Toruń. Part I: The Poznań-Pomorze Branch of Polish Librarians Union 1928–1939

• Main Author: Katarzyna Joanna Tomkowiak
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika 2018-02-01
• Series: Toruńskie Studia Bibliologiczne
• Subjects: koło poznańsko-pomorskie związku bibliotekarzy polskich, miejska im. m. kopernika w toruniu, zygmunt mocarski książnica.
• Online Access: https://apcz.umk.pl/czasopisma/index.php/TSB/article/view/13631

This article aims to present the beginning of the professional union activity of Toruń’s librarians in their professional organization from 1928 until 1939. Right after WW1 none of independent librarians union was active neither in city nor in province (Pomerania). Toruń librarians participated in the works of the Circle of Poznań-Pomeranian Union of Polish Librarians. The headquarters of the Union was situated<strong> </strong>at the University Library of the Poznań University. The Circle was originated in 1928 by members of The Poznań Branch of Polish Librarians Union and director of The Copernicus Municipal Library in Toruń, Zygmunt Mocarski. He was a very strong personality among Toruń librarians. The paper describes his activity during the years 1919–1939 (i.e. also before his arrival in Toruń in 1923). The list of the Circle members from Toruń (and Pomearnia) is presented with some characteristics of librarians added. The same concerns institutions. The list contains librarians from the Municipal Library in Toruń but also army librarians and those from the Pedagogical Library as well as the institutions: the Library of the Corps District Command number VIII and the District Pedagogical Library for the School Superintendent's Office of the Pomeranian District in Toruń.