These matters are dealt with by the Automation Commission of the Main Board of the Polish Librarians Association. The most important part of the commission's job is the registration of the availability of computer databases in the Polish libraries and information centres and the registration of cartographic and geodetic databases. The computerization of church libraries, which contain valuable modern and ancient collections, is also a matter of great importance. The staff of cartographic departments of these libraries represent the interests of cartographic collections in all possible library meetings at administrative and university level. The leading role of these departments includes the running of professional training for the staff of cartographic collections and the organizing of exhibitions.
Staff often become involved in work on cartographic collections of other libraries.
For example this year Jadwiga Bzinkowska of the Jagellonian library worked on the collection of plans and maps of the Historical Museum of Krakow and the Papal library of the Theological Academy of Krakow. The documentary description of the old maps also occupies a vital part of our work. This important publication contains descriptions of seventeenth century Polish maps, both atlases and individual sheets, published mainly in Western Europe. In respect of this publication I want to emphasize the standard method of detailed map description used in Poland. The description also pays attention to technical aspects, format, watermark, signature, glossary, bibliography.