{"id":2957,"date":"2023-01-31T15:27:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T15:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/posk.org.uk\/?page_id=2957"},"modified":"2026-02-02T18:48:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T18:48:21","slug":"polish-library-posk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/posk.org\/en\/polish-library-posk\/","title":{"rendered":"Polish Library POSK"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column icons_position=&#8221;left&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1942, the POSK library is one of the largest Polish libraries outside Poland.<\/p>\n<p>We are a member of the Permanent Conference of Polish Museums, Archives and Libraries in the West \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/mabpz.org\/\"><strong>MAB<\/strong><\/a> and the Council for Slavonic and East European Library and Information Services \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/coseelis.wordpress.com\/\"><strong>COSEELIS<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About the Library<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"329\" class=\"wp-image-2333 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/posk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Logo-biblioteki-orzel.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/posk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Logo-biblioteki-orzel.png 400w, https:\/\/posk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Logo-biblioteki-orzel-300x247.png 300w, https:\/\/posk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Logo-biblioteki-orzel-370x304.png 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>\n\n<strong>The Library specialises in collecting community publications. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The book collection consists of community and national publications with a humanistic profile, polonica, diverse Joseph Conrad memorabilia and artifacts, manuscripts, archives of private persons and community institutions and organizations, community and national magazines, bulletins and announcements of community organizations, &#8220;underground&#8221; publications, maps, sheet music, photographs, paintings and drawings.<\/p>\n<p>The library also collects documents from the social life of emigrants (invitations, one-day newsletters, event programmes, exhibition catalogues, posters, etc).<\/p>\n<p>In short, we have an incredibly rich and diverse collection of Polish heritage materials which we are proud to be able to share with the public.<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">POSK Library also serves as the headquarters of the<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.josephconradsociety.org\/\">Joseph Conrad Society<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/posk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/posk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/posk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/posk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/posk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/posk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-370x493.jpg 370w, https:\/\/posk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-760x1013.jpg 760w, https:\/\/posk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-700x933.jpg 700w, https:\/\/posk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div 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