We invite you to participate in the events of the Book Week from May 6th to 12th,2024. The Book Week is one of the 50 Weeks in the City of Science, which is a programme stream with regard to Katowice being awarded the title of City of Science 2024!
Programme of events organised by the SUM Library in the course of the Book Week
May 7th., 2024 (Tuesday)
11.30-15.30
A visit to the library - Student in an academic library
A tour of the SUM Branch Library in Katowice-Ligota and a presentation of its book collection, special collections and electronic resources.
no registration
Localisation:
SUM Branch Library in Katowice-Ligota
17.00-18.00
Guided tour of the exhibition A picture is worth a thousand words - history of medical illustration
Guided tour with commentary by one of the authors Justyna Seiffert.
no registration
Localisation:
SUM Main Library, 14 Warszawska Str., Katowice, ground floor
May 8th, 2024 (Wednesday)
14.00-15.00
Reading limericks - Nonprescription epigrams, For illnesses there are ways
Reading by librarians of short poetic works on caring for health (mental and physical) and various aspects of the work of medical staff - often in humorous form.
no registration
Localisation:
SUM Main Library, 14 Warszawska Str., Katowice, ground floor, room behind the lift
15.00-17.00
Meeting with the author of the exhibition Small is beautiful.
Meeting and discussion with librarian Natalia Garasinska on her passion for collecting miniature books.
no registration
Localisation:
SUM Main Library, 14 Warszawska Str., Katowice, 1st floor
9 maja 2024 r. (czwartek)
12.00-14.00
Workshop Online anatomical atlases
The workshop includes the presentation of three virtual atlases: Neurosurgical Atlas (surgical techniques in neurosurgery, films, graphics and 3D imaging of the brain), Visible Body (3D models, diagnostic images, animations and interactive simulations of human biological processes) and Complete Anatomy (3D images, films and animations).
no registration
Localisation:
SUM Main Library, 14 Warszawska Str., Katowice, 1st floor
13.00-16.00
The origins of printing - meeting with a board game Gutenberg
Playing the Gutenberg game with a presentation of the boards on the history of printing and the characters who appear in the game. A climatic strategy game of medium difficulty in which players expand a printing house and carry out orders. The game is dedicated to 4 people over 10 years old. Two sets of games will be available (possibility to play for 8 people).
registration form
Localisation:
Printing House of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Katowice, 19 Koszarowa Str., Katowice, at the typesetting and binding shop of the Academy
17.00-19.00
Meeting with the author of the book Doktórka od familoków Magdalena Majcher
Meeting with Magdalena Majcher, author of widely read novels with an extensive social background. The meeting will focus on the book Doktórka od familoków (Doctress of worker's tenement house), about the indomitable doctor Jolanta Wadowska-Król, who risked her career in the 1970s to investigate lead poisoning in children from Szopienice.
no registration
Localisation:
Kato Science Corner, 1 Młyńska Str., Katowice
10 maja 2024 r. (piątek)
17.00-18.00
Guided tour of the exhibition A picture is worth a thousand words - history of medical illustration
Guided tour with commentary by one of the authors Justyna Seiffert.
no registration
Localisation:
SUM Main Library, 14 Warszawska Str., Katowice, ground floor
Exhibitions in the building the SUM Main Library, 14 Warszawska Str., Katowice.
The exhibitions are open from May 6th to 10th, 2024 (Monday-Friday), 8.00 am - 7.00 pm
A picture is worth a thousand words - history of medical illustration
Exhibition dedicated to the history of the relationship between the art of illustration and medicine almost from its very beginnings. The exhibition shows how medical illustration over the centuries has played a key role in conveying complex knowledge of anatomy, pathology and disease processes.
Authors: Aleksandra Guziałek, Justyna Kopiec, Justyna Seiffert
Exhibition format: 10 text and graphics boards in Polish.
Localisation: SUM Main Library, ground floor, lobby
A time machine - anatomical atlases of yesterday and today
It presents illustrations from various anatomical atlases, ranging from those printed in 1963 to contemporary publications. The exhibition illustrates the evolution of the techniques and tools used to create anatomical atlases over the last few decades.
Author: Ms Joanna Sowa
Exhibition format: graphics presented in the display case.
Localisation: SUM Main Library, 1st floor, reading room
Exhibition of anatomical models
It presents 16 detailed, three-dimensional anatomical models of various parts of the human body, most of them life-size.
Authors: the team of the SUM Branch Library in Zabrze-Rokitnica
Exhibition format: models displayed on tables, possibility of manipulation
Localisation: SUM Main Library, ground floor, room behind the lift
Miniature book exhibition: Small is beautiful
Presents miniature books (under 10 cm) from the private collection of librarian Natalia Garasinska. The collection ranges in subject matter from frivolous epigrams to religious texts and includes both published items and books created by the owner.
Author: Natalia Garasińska
Exhibition format: books presented in the display case.
Localisation: SUM Main Library, 1st floor, reading room
Program wydarzeń we wszystkich instytucjach biorących udział w Tygodniu Książki.