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Library

About the Library

Since our establishment in 1991, we have been running a specialist library at the MCK with the status of a scientific library, where we collect Polish and foreign scientific literature in the area of ​​cultural heritage.
The MCK Library is part of the Institute of European Heritage of the International Cultural Centre.
Opening hours
Monday
10:00–16:00
Tuesday
10:00–19:00
Wednesday
10:00–19:00
Thursday
10:00–19:00
Friday
10:00–16:00
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The ICC Library collects Polish and international academic publications from a variety of fields, including cultural heritage and a new philosophy of its management – particularly history and cultural studies, Central European identity, art and architecture, urban planning, management of historic cities, monument protection and preservation, economic dimension of cultural heritage, ethnography, historical regions of Europe, national minorities, as well as intercultural dialogue. An important part of the Library’s holdings comprises the so-called “galiciana” (items concerned with the region of Galicia), 18th– and 19th-century prints, cartographic collections, including rare editions of several hundred Nazi German topographic maps of Poland.

Many of the publications are unique, hard-to-find editions obtained through cooperation with foreign partner institutions, such as the Library of Congress in Washington or the Deutsche National Bibliothek. Our collections are available to you on-site at the ICC headquarters and digitally as part of the free lending of books and scientific journals Academica. Thanks to cooperation with the National Library, we are also gradually making our collection available in the publicly available digital library Polona.

 

 

History of the Library
ICC Library Advisory Board

Online Catalogue

Online Catalogue

We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the library catalogue.

The collection is available to all interested parties only on a presentation basis – in our reading room.
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For Readers

Anyone with a valid library card can use the Library. The card is valid for 12 months, and the fee for issuing it is PLN 5. To receive it, you must submit a declaration of entry to the Library.
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Library rules and regulations
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Library rules and regulations
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Declaration of entry
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Databases

In the ICC Library we offer access to subscription databases, consortium databases and databases under national academic licenses. We provide databases to the ICC Library users only in the reading room, in the ICC computer network.
  • Consortium databases
    The JSTOR collections feature the back issues of around 2,000 journals (mostly arts and the humanities) by more than 800 publishers grouped in 36 collections.
    The LCC Library subscribed to three JSTOR collections:
    Arts & Sciences II     – archaeology, history, political sciences, classical studies
    Arts & Sciences III     – art history, language and literature, music
    Arts & Sciences VII     – archaeology, art history, classical studies, history, language and literature, political sciences
  • Nationally licensed academic databases
    Databases: Elsevier, Springer, Nature, Science, Web of Science, Ebsco, Scopus, Wiley Online Library
  • Central and Eastern European Online Library
    The database includes articles, journals, e-books and documents on issues related to Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. It is a source of academic knowledge in the field of humanities and social sciences. It currently provides access to 2,839 journals and 8,705 e-books in full-text versions in pdf format, but its resources are still growing.
    More information about CEEOL database:
  • Academica
    At the ICC Library you can use a loan system of books and scientific publications Academica. It gives free of charge access to almost 4 mln publications from different fields, including the newest ones that are under copyright law.


    Detailed regulations available in Polish at:
    Academica’s User Regulations
    Reader’s Guide (available in Polish):

Doublets

The ICC Library offers extra copies and redundant publications for free interlibrary exchange. Items that have been ordered from the current multiple copies lists (on display at “On offer” site) are shipped on a first come first served basis. In case of bigger orders, the requested items need to be collected personally or the costs of their shipping covered. Complete orders containing the inventory and identification numbers of selected publications should be sent electronically to biblioteka@mck.krakow.pl.
Lists of doubles:
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Electronic sources

ICC Publications
Collection of online publications of the International Cultural Centre on POLONA
ICC Publications
Online journals
List of open access scientific journals
Online journals
Digital Libraries
Polish and foreign digital libraries
Digital Libraries
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