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The aim of the article is to present communication conditions and relations in the information society taking into account the role of a university library. The starting point is to understand the communication process on the one hand as the manner to transmit information, and on the other hand as the way to create sending-receiving relations. The author analyzes the functioning of the library in the Internet society and the influence of electronic devices on its activity. The aim of the article is to show the relations between traditional and virtual manners of communication and to underline the role of communication in the future development of the library. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The level of knowledge about foreign travels of inhabitants of the Polish-Lithuania Commonwealth has risen owing to historical sources published both in the form of critical source editions and scientific studies. One of the most interesting documents which allows us to learn about the role of the book and the development of reading culture among Early Modern travellers is the catalogue of books which Seweryn Rzewuski, a Polish politician and magnate, took with him during his journey in 1778. The article presents the politician not as one of the leaders of the Targowica Confederation, but from a slightly different angle. The archival inventory of the travel library of Rzewuski constitutes the unique source of its kind; that is why, it is worth examining only to show the variety of interests of this traveller. Presenting his political views and the conscious selection of books to read, he seems to have a complex personality standing on the border between the mentality of a Sarmatian pilgrim and an enlightened traveller. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Church History Department Library of the Pontifical Academy of Theology (PAT) has been active since 1987. It is based on a collection of books maintained since the inception of the Church History Department.