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HincOmnia-theIdeaoftheConference
representativesofthelibrarycommunity(theNationalLibraryofPoland,the
GdańskLibraryofthePolishAcademyofSciences,theScientificLibraryofPAU
andPANinKraków,theKórnikLibrary,theUniversityLibraryoftheCatholic
UniversityofLublin,theUniversityLibraryinPoznań,thePolishLibraryin
Paris),museums(NationalMuseumsinGdańsk,Kraków,Poznań,andWarsaw,
theNationalOssolińskiInstitute-MuseumoftheLubomirskiPrinces),anduni-
versities(theAcademyofFineArtsinWarsaw,theAdamMickiewiczUniversity
inPoznań,theUniversityofWarsaw).
HincOmniawasthefirstscientificconferenceonthissubjectinPoland
addressedtovariousprofessionalgroups,researchers,theoreticiansandpracti-
tionersdealingwithlibrary,archival,andmuseumcollections,aswellasthose
fromuniversitiesandconservationcentresatacademiesoffinearts.Tecon-
ferencescopewasdefinedverybroadlytoseewhichofthetopicswouldbeof
mostinteresttovariouscircles.Discussionsandtheexchangeofexperienceare
conducivebothtofurtherin-depthstudiesandintroducingnew,moreefcient
solutionsinthefieldoforganisation,storage,conservation,andcirculationof
thecollections.Inlinewithourassumptions,theconferencebecameanoppor-
tunityfordiscussion,presentationofresearchresults,exchangeoftheoretical
ideasormethodologicalreflection,aswellasobservationsonthepracticalside
ofdealingwithsuchcollectionsfromthepointofviewoflibrarians,curators,art
historians,museumprofessionals,paperartrestorers(Fig.7),butalsoresearch-
ersusingthesecollectionsintheirwork.Teinterdisciplinarityofresearchis
oneoftheelementsofreliabledescription,scientificstudy,andunderstanding
ofthecomplexissuesofsuchcollections,influencingalsothequalityofinfor-
mationprovidedtoourusers.
Tecarefullydevelopedconceptofthenewconferenceundertheauspicesof
theUniversityofWarsawLibrarywascompletelychangedinthefollowingedition
in2019.ApartfromthenameHincOmnia,
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ithadlittleincommonwithour
clearly-definedassumptions.Wehadconsciouslymovedthetopicsofdigiti-
sationanddatabases(dominantatvariouslibraryconferences)totheback-
groundinfavourofrealandneededscientificresearchandconservation
problemsrelatedtocollections,promotingabovealltheideaofstimulating
interdisciplinaryresearchintheareaofso-calledspecialcollections.
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Tecon-
ferencein2019,ontheotherhand,wasatypicalworkshopmeetingbuilt
aroundtheproblemsofcataloguingandindexinginNUKAT(TeUnionCatalog
3TisuniversalandeasytoremembernamewasproposedbyAgnieszkaKościelniak-Osiakfrom
thePromotion,ExhibitionsandCooperationDepartment.
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Ihavediscussedtheterminologyconcerningartisticandhistoricalcollectionswithinlibraries’and
culturalinstitutions’structuresmanytimes,alsoatconferencesandsymposiums;seemypaperin
thisvolume,Nineteenth-CenturyCollections.Defnition,Organisation,andResearchMethodology.