The article provides the state-of-the-art of the research on the phenomenon of meme and of the Internet meme in the field of culture and religion, as well as history, linguistics, literary studies and cultural studies. The authors of the article have analysed the publications in order to show the way Polish researchers perceive the notion of the meme and the Internet meme, as well as the characteristics and functions they have been scribed to them. The authors took into account the research studies published in 2000–2019 based on the data from the NUKAT catalogues, National Library in Warsaw, and Google Scholar.

The article shows selected ways of shaping learners’ educational competencies by means of visual literature and provides suggestion on how to use visual literature by librarians in the process of shaping learners’ competencies. Special attention has been paid to advantages that are pertinent to the use of such literature in teaching. To provide the descriptions of particular visual books the author has applied the literature analysis criticism and exemplification method. Comparative analysis of texts of culture has been applied.

The article presents the results of the diagnostic survey carried out in 2019 and presents the conclusions. The subject of the study was the behavior of users of selected public e-administration services. The study, carried out in 2019, was attended by students of the University of Silesia of three degrees of education. The aim of the study was to check the extent to which the surveyed people use public administration e-services and to outline solutions that can increase the use of these services.

As we might think that we know everything of dogs, for dog domestication took place tens of thousands years ago and dogs have accompanied the humans since then, both at work and at home – kynology has developed greatly over the years. The article aims to answer the questions of the thematic scope that is of interest to kynologists, where they retrieve information from and what omissions have been disclosed in the selected sources. Along with theoretical considerations the article presents the results of the questionnaire on the sources of kynological information. As predicted, the most popular medium was the Internet. The respondents have also provided a list of reservations concerning the contents of the selected literature and are willing to further extend knowledge on dogs.

The article discusses the Old Scandinavian literature, especially Scandinavian sagas (the Polish translations published in traditional form and studies of old Scandinavian literature, with the exception of electronic translations and fragments of works) and analyses the works with regard to their publishers. The main objective of the article is to present the history of Scandinavian literature in Poland. Applying bibliographic method and literature analysis criticism as well as statistical analysis, the authors have examined and analysed the offer of Polish publishing houses offering Old Scandinavian literature since the 19th century, including publishing series on sagas such as “Seria Dzieł Pisarzy Skandynawskich” [Series of Works by Scandinavian Writers] of Poznań Publishing House or “Materiały o Islandii” [Materials on Iceland] of Towarzystwo Przyjaźni Polsko-Islandzkiej [Society of Polish-Icelandic Friendship]. As it has been established, more than one hundred years have passes since the first publishing records from the beginning of the 19th century to subsequent publishing initiatives.

The article defines and discusses history of professional press with special attention paid to publications for librarians and for people close to this environment. The article presents the origin of periodicals Bibliotekarz and Biuletyn Biblioteki Publicznej m.st. Warszawy published in 1919, 1929–1939. On the basis of the said periodicals, the authors provided content analysis (regular columns) and content evaluation, which proved their librarian character.

Biblioteczny marketing wewnętrzny w teorii i praktyce. Na przykładzie bibliotek województwa łódzkiego [Library internal marketing in theory and practice on the example of libraries of the Łódź Voivodeship] Mariola Antczak, Magdalena Kalińska--Kula. – Łódź : Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019. – 264 pp. : il. ; 25 cm. – ISBN 978-83-8142-334-2. – ISBN 978-83-8142-335-9

Łapacz snów: studia o twórczości Neila Gaimana [Catcher of dreams: On the writings of Neil Gaiman] / edited by Weronika Kotecka, Anna Mik and Maciej Skowera; Stowarzyszenie Bibliotekarzy Polskich. – Warszawa : Wydawnictwo Naukowe i Edukacyjne Stowarzyszenia Bibliotekarzy Polskich, 2018. – 307 pp., [1] p. ; 22 cm. – (Literatura dla Dzieci i Młodzieży : Studia ; 13) [Children and Youth Literature: Studies; 13] – ISBN 978-83-65741-20-2

15th National Forum for Scientific and Technical Information (Kraków, September 23–24, 2019)

National Conference “Cultural guide, or how to develop cultural competencies of children and youth. Potential activities and cooperation between libraries and cultural institutions” (Bielsko- -Biała, November 29, 2019)

Conference “Personal patterns and patterns of contemporary workers of the librarian and information profession” (Katowice, December 4, 2019)

13th National Conference of Academic Circles of Students and Doctoral Students “Special library – special user –special services” (Katowice, December 5, 2019)