Universities in nine Polish cities run partner centres in association with us. Lending and information services are offered in all of these centres and they are open to the general public. The main areas covered in the stock and services include English for teachers and learners, study in the UK, British literature, life and culture.
Please be informed that the British Council Library in Warsaw is now run in co-operation with Biblioteka Publiczna w Dzielnicy Praga Południe m.st. Warszawy at Meissnera 5. All our library resources were transferred to our partner in 2008. As a result, our members have access to wider range of services and resources, including resources in other languages, such as French, German, Russian, Spanish and Italian.
For further information about our work with partner libraries in Poland, please contact Monika Knapkiewicz at the British Council Warsaw.
Dear Customers
We would like to inform you that from 1 January 2009 the British Council no longer offers access to e-resources provided via Athens interface. We have made this very difficult decision for several key reasons:
- a very large increase in the cost of subscriptions which the British Council has until now paid
- the relatively low usage of these databases offered by the British Council
- the growing number of resources available on the Internet free of charge
We are very sorry for this change.
We would like to assure you that we continue to be committed to offering our customers a quality service and our Partner Centres’ Staff will provide information on free websites where you can access a lot of the information previously available through Athens.
Samples of free resources on the Internet:
1. Wikipedia - a free encyclopedia with millions of articles contributed collaboratively using Wiki software, in dozens of languages.
2. Polish-English English Polish dictionary online www.getionary.pl
3. English-English dictionaries online:
4. Multilingual dictionary online ling.pl
5. British Council Global products for English language learners:
6. British Council Global products for teachers of English:
| For information on the British Council partner centres in other countries in Europe please visit the British Centres website. |
| British Library of the University of Gdansk |
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| Contact Person |
Anna Stasiewicz-Jakubik |
| Address |
ul. Ogarna 27 80-826 Gdansk Poland |
| Telephone |
+48 (58) 5233296 |
| e-mail |
gdansk@librarynet.pl |
| website |
www.librarynet.pl/gdansk |
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British Library of the Silesian University in Katowice |
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| Contact Person |
Krystyna Grudzien |
| Address |
Pl. Sejmu Slaskiego 1 40-032 Katowice Poland |
| Telephone |
+48 (32) 2009239 |
| Fax |
+48 (32) 2562370 |
| e-mail |
katowice@librarynet.pl |
| website |
www.librarynet.pl/katowice |
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British Centre of the University of Lodz |
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| Contact Person |
Kamila Jedrychowska |
| Address |
ul. Jana Matejki 32/38 90-237 Lodz Poland |
| Telephone |
+48 (42) 6356025 |
| Fax |
+48 (42) 6356031 |
| e-mail |
lodz@librarynet.pl |
| website |
www.librarynet.pl/lodz |
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British Centre of the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin |
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| Contact Person |
Elżbieta Stelmach-Misztal |
| Address |
ul. Zuchów 2 20-047 Lublin Poland |
| Telephone |
+48 (81) 7418624 |
| Fax |
+48 (81) 7418624 |
| e-mail |
lublin@librarynet.pl |
| website |
www.librarynet.pl/lublin |
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British Library of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan |
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| Contact Person |
Joanna Kopel |
| Address |
ul. Ratajczaka 39 61-813 Poznan Poland |
| Telephone |
+48 (61) 8531790 |
| Fax |
+48 (61) 8531790 |
| e-mail |
poznan@librarynet.pl |
| website |
www.librarynet.pl/poznan |
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British Centre of the University of Szczecin |
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| Contact Person |
Joanna Galewska |
| Address |
ul. Wawrzyniaka 15 70-392 Szczecin Poland |
| Telephone |
+48 (91) 423 20 74 |
| Fax |
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| e-mail |
British Centre |
| website |
www.librarynet.pl/szczecin |
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British Centre at the Nicolas Copernicus University in Torun |
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| Contact Person |
Magda Olecka |
| Address |
ul. Moniuszki 16/20 87-100 Torun Poland |
| Telephone |
+48 (56) 6114750 |
| Fax |
+48 (56) 6114750 |
| e-mail |
torun@librarynet.pl |
| website |
www.librarynet.pl/torun |
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| Foreign Languages Reading Room at Biblioteka Publiczna w Dzielnicy Praga Południe m.st. Warszawy |
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| Contact Person |
Alicja Chańska |
| Address |
ul. Meissnera 5, 03-982 Warszawa |
| Telephone |
+48 (22) 671-04-51 |
| Fax |
+48 (22) 671-04-51 |
| e-mail |
obcojezyczna@gmail.com |
| website |
www.bp-pragapd.waw.pl |
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British Centre of the University of Wroclaw |
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| Contact Person |
Joanna Ładzińska |
| Address |
ul. Kuznicza 22 50-138 Wroclaw Poland |
| Telephone |
+48 (71) 3752858 |
| e-mail |
wroclaw@librarynet.pl |
| website |
www.librarynet.pl/wroclaw |
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