Mariola Antczak, associate professor, is head of Department of Information, Library and Book Science at the University of Łódź in Poland. Areas of interest: reading culture, library marketing and management, information culture. The author of many articles published in scientific and professional journals, for example: Relevance of Jean Twenge’s publications to research on teenage reading culture Polish Libraries, 2021, 9: 222-247; Deregulation of the librarian profession in Poland: the course and the consequences (co-author Z. Gruszka). In: Information and technology transforming lives: connection, interaction, innovation: Proceedings of International Symposium Bobcatsss, Osijek 2019.

• school libraries
• reading culture of children and youth
• the role of librarians in education of the information society
• library marketing (promotion and advertising of the library, media relations, etc.)
• organization and management of the library
• information culture in the perspective of changes in education
• information and communication technologies in the work of librarians
• drama
• the role of school librarians in computer science
• methods that activate caregivers at work
• didactics at the university level in the field of book and information science in Poland and abroad
• development of research and academic libraries in Poland and abroad

Current research topics

• the reading culture of the young generation
• global trends in research on academic libraries
• library marketing
• scientific conferences
• presentations at scientific conferences