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This document is based on transcripts of recorded informal interviews with: (1) selected senior professors in the library schools at Warsaw, Krakow, and Wroclaw (Poland); (2) the director and a member of the Books and Readers Institute of the National Polish Libraries; and (3) a group of Polish librarians and students in the field. The report incorporates feedback and suggestions from the participants themselves. It provides background on the history of libraries and librarianship in Poland and summarizes interviewees' opinions topics such as the development of a philosophy of librarianship; the educational and cultural role of libraries; impacts of the social and political climate on libraries; government interference in communications; library research methodology; and various aspects of library work. Appendices include a list of Polish translations of selected library science terms, some Polish excerpts from the author's research correspondence, and some addenda. (Contains 49 references.) (BEW)

The resettlement guide, in Polish, describes the initial stage of resettlement and the processes that refugees undergo as new arrivals. The information is intended to prepare refugees for the first few weeks in an American community and to explain fundamental aspects of American life. An initial chapter outlines issues and procedures in pre-arrival arrangements, resettlement, and legal status and explains some common refugee misconceptions about their reception and status in the United States. Subsequent chapters describe aspects of employment in the United States (employment and benefit types, pay, getting a job, and job mobility), income and expenditures (budgeting, shopping, and banking services), education systems for children and adults, the American social, political, and religious system (including social services, the health care system, government and law, religion in American life, and church sponsorship), and daily living (personal communication, papers to carry, cars, alcohol, privacy, punctuality, personal habits, social conventions, money matters, and weights and measures). Notes on American holidays and special days and a list of voluntary agencies are contained in final chapters. (MSE)