Summer season. Theatres, walks in Saska Kępa, rides, horse and car races, and regattas. Hustle and bustle, impatient anticipation of departure, attractions in and out of the city. Sometimes silence, the sound of the sea, unhurried hikes in the mountains and a well-deserved rest at the waters. Summer. A little lazy, a little sleepy, yet always hot and always too short… Based on information taken from maps and magazines…

Ahead of us is another meeting in the BUG S.A. series of author meetings at the UG Main Library. This is an attempt to create a space for authors beginning their adventure with books, hiding their poems in a drawer and saying they should stay there. We say NO and invite you to the UG Main Library, where you can meet in an intimate group and try your hand at it. On May 23, at 4 pm, in room 1.22, there will be a meeting…

The University of Gdańsk's Career Service invites you to participate in a stationary workshop on preparing to go abroad to work. Find out where to look for verified offers and what to look out for in order to ensure your security. During the workshop, EURES advisors from the Voivodeship Labour Office in Gdańsk will share their knowledge on: how to…

The University of Gdańsk Library has prepared a new service called 'Ordering Books to Faculties'. It is aimed at the academic staff of the University of Gdańsk who have an active library account, unencumbered by overdue items. Under this service, books can be ordered from the book collection available for lending from both the Main Library and specialist libraries (except for the Oceanographic Reading Room in Gdynia).…

Roman Tabisz, photo by Alan Stocki/UG As of September this year, the position of Director of the UG Main Library has been taken over by Roman Tabisz, whom we asked what will change at BUG and what will remain the same?  Marcel Jakubowski: - What role should library space play in our university? Roman Tabisz: - In addition to its primary role of providing…

Roman Tabisz received his appointment as Director of the University of Gdańsk Library today from the Rector of the University of Gdańsk, prof. Piotr Stepnowski. photo by Alan Stocki - 'It was with joy and great satisfaction that I accepted the appointment as Director of the BUG. I recognise the many challenges…

Erasmus+ InnHUB Gdańsk, the EuroSkills 2023 Poland competition and the Welcome Centre UG - as many as three projects were inaugurated at a single event. They will benefit regional as well as international ventures, poles as well as visitors from abroad, entrepreneurs and their employees. On September 5th, representatives of Pomeranian higher education institutions, the city of Gdańsk and the Foundation for the…

The Mobile Education Centre, demonstrations of experiments presented by the Association of Fahrenheit Universities, tasting of dishes prepared by the medallist of the EuroSkills 2021 European Championships in cooking, animations and workshops for children - are just some of the attractions planned for the Family Picnic | Erasmus+ Innovation Day, which will take place on September 4 at the Coal Market in Gdańsk.…

Plenty of attractions will be waiting for all children, big and small, at the University of Gdańsk Library. This Wednesday there will be colourful inflatables, a stand for face painting, balloon twisting and dance lessons. There will be instrumental workshops, an outdoor laboratory and field games. These and other attractions have been organised on the occasion of Children's…

80 prints and illustrations by Daniel Chodowiecki from the collection of the National Museum in Gdańsk and over 30 works from Jerzy Limon's private collection will be on display from 25.05.2022 in the Main Library of the University of Gdańsk. The day before, on the anniversary of prof. Jerzy Limon's birthday, the opening of the exhibition will take place. The bilingual (Polish and English) exhibition will consist of 80…

On the eighth of April, the speakers on the sale of Lotos Group to companies from Saudi Arabia and Hungary included Mieczysław Struk, Marshall of Pomorskie Voivodeship and former president of Lotos - Paweł Olechnowicz. The conference 'Risks and Consequences of Division and Sale of the Lotos Group. Economic and Social Perspective' took place at the University of Gdańsk. One of the transactions that have been stirring up…

Fot. Tomasz Nowicki If you have not yet seen the Andrzej Wajda exhibition presented in the Main Library of the University of Gdańsk, the Christmas break is a perfect opportunity to do so. This is the first exhibition of the artist's works in northern Poland. The exhibition is available in the exhibition hall (drawings and watercolours) and the BUG open…

We borrow fewer books and use the reading room less frequently. Instead, we make more use of the new electronic possibilities - such is the noticeable result of the pandemic among the readers of the Main Library of the University of Gdańsk. Traditional contact with volumes has taken on new forms. Book-O-Mats and digitised collections will remain in use forever. The BUG…

Now you can borrow not only books from the University of Gdańsk Library (BUG). Employees, students and doctoral students can borrow e-book readers, choosing from twenty Kindle Paperwhite devices and twenty Kindle Oasis devices. Lending e-book readers is one of the new services offered to readers by the University of Gdańsk Library. - This…