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HincOmnia-theIdeaoftheConference
TepublicationoftheHincOmniaConferenceproceedingswasplanned
fortheyear2018/2019,especiallysincewehadfundsraisedforthispurpose.
Unfortunately,duetocircumstancesbeyondourcontrol,thiswasnotpossible,
andasaresult,someoftheinterestingpresentationswerewithdrawnandpub-
lishedelsewhere.Tus,IwouldliketothankallthemoretheotherAuthorsfor
goingbacktopreviously-writtentextsandupdatingthem,andmostofallfortheir
understandingandpatience-Ihopetheywillberewardedbythispublication,
whichmeetshighrequirementsnotonlyintermsofcontentbutalsoaesthet-
ics.Tearticles(exceptmyIntroductionandtheopeningtext)aredivided,like
theconferencepresentations,intothreegroups,concerningproblemsrelatedto
historicalbookcollections,artisticcollections,andtheconservationofspecial
collections.TismaterialiscomplementedbyanindexandanAppendixcon-
tainingthefullprogrammeoftheconferenceandalistofthemembersofthe
ProgrammeBoard.
Inthepursuitofasatisfactorysolution,itbecamemostimportanttousto
keepourearlierdeclarationsconcerningtheplannedpublicationwithcolour
illustrations,printedinarenownedpublishinghouse.Itwastoappearnotonly
inPolishandRussianbutalsobetranslatedinitsentiretyintoEnglish,which
wewereveryanxiousabout,primarilyinordertopromoteourcollectionsand
researchresults,aswellasreachtheinternationalcommunity,thusinitiating
thepossibilityoffurtherdiscussionsandin-depthresearch.
TegeneroussupportandfundsgrantedbyH.M.RectoroftheUniversity
ofWarsaw,Prof.AlojzyZ.Nowak,madeitpossibletofinallyrealisethisgoal
intheUniversityofWarsawPress,forwhichonbehalfofmyselfandthe
Authors,Iwouldliketoexpressourwarmthanks.IalsothankZbigniewOlczak
andViktoryiaBartsevichforalltranslationsandcorrectionsofRussiantexts,
andMartaM.Kacprzak,PhD,forsubstantivecooperation,editing,andsupport,
alsoinorganisationalmatters.
Prof.JolantaTalbierska
HeadofthePrintRoom
oftheUniversityofWarsawLibrary
DirectoroftheUniversityofWarsawLibrary
inthe2013-2018term