Library science versus bibliology: A contribution to the study of the impact of politics and ideology on the creation of names for book institutions in postwar Poland — the case of Wrocław

Abstract

Scientific aspects of devising names of academic institutions and disciplines. The influence of politics and ideology in the post-war period on the choice of names in the case of the Commission for Bibliography and Library Science of the Wrocław Scientific Society, the Department of Library Science for the Employed, and the Chair of Library Science of the Bolesław Bierut University in Wrocław. To analyse this problem, the documentation preserved in the Archives of the University of Wrocław as well as academic papers about the centres educating librarians were used.

Keywords

• nomenclature of scientific institutions
• `poland
• library science
• bibliology
• the commission for bibliography and library science of the wrocław scientific society
• the department of library science for the employed of the bolesław bierut university in wrocław
• the chair of library science of the bolesław bierut university in wrocław