Biblioteki związków zawodowych w latach 50. XX wieku

Trade union libraries were supervised by the Trade Unions’ Central Council, defining areas of their activity, together with management boards of the unions of particular economic sectors. Regional councils of trade unions and management boards mentioned above were responsible for tasks’ realisation. Direct supervision belonged to a trade union council and management of particular work places. Trade union libraries did not belong to the official library network. They fulfilled educational and community functions. Referring to the documents from the Archives of Modern Recordings, in 50s particular the acts of the Central Office for Publishing, Printing Industry and Bookselling, the Central Library Management, and the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers’ Party, the author discussed briefly selected issues of the trade union libraries in the 50s of the 20th century.