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International audience; The coronavirus crisis had a critical impact on supply chains and production worldwide. In particular, closed borders often prevented companies from obtaining the components required for their production. Such disruptions are the results of globalization, with suppliers spreading all over the world. The circular economy is an opportunity to overcome this challenge since components from end-of-life items may substitute supplies from afar. However, many barriers exist in the implementation of circular processes, as manufacturers perceive it as a radical change to their procedures. Therefore, we propose not to use completely new lines for the circular economy, but to use already existing systems. This paper presents the definition of circular integrated production systems (CIPS) and suggests a research roadmap for such to investigate what challenges and potentials arise, and what future research will be needed.

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the methodological issues around developing a quantitative research instrument of the social impact of Polish public libraries. The results of the use of this instrument to survey users of Mazovian Province, Poland, are summarized as an example of its use. Design/methodology/approach The research focused on informational, educational and participatory aspects of social impact on the sidelines leaving cultural heritage issues. “Impact” and “social impact” were defined according to ISO 16439:2014. Information and documentation – methods and procedures for assessing the impact of libraries. The research instrument included questions both about the activities taken in libraries by its users and the benefits they gained. The questionnaire also contained questions which allowed to control the variables such as frequency of using libraries, socioeconomic factors and cultural practices. To describe dependencies, various statistical tests were applied. The study was conducted on the group of 1,098 users of 38 public libraries between February and June 2017. Findings Younger and people from smaller towns felt more benefits from using libraries. There are significant differences between types of benefits people of various age, financial status and household size experienced. People who went to libraries and other cultural institutions often experienced more benefits. The more a person performs activities in libraries, the more benefits he or she has. Some added value of particular activities is also visible. Research limitations/implications Despite the efforts and the size of the sample, it is not representative of the population of library users in the Mazovian Province (mainly due to the data collection method – auditory survey). Originality/value Studying the social impact of the libraries in Poland is still at its beginning. The presented research is, therefore, exploratory in terms of cognitive and methodological value.

Tezy/cel artykułu – Celem artykułu było pogłębienie refleksji na temat zastosowania triangulacji na przykładzie badania wpływu społecznego bibliotek publicznych w województwie mazowieckim. Metody badań – W części jakościowej zastosowano procedury konstruktywistycznej teorii ugruntowanej, a dane zebrano za pomocą IDI. W ramach modułu ilościowego przeprowadzono sondaż na próbie losowej. Wyniki – Korzystanie z bibliotek można opisać poprzez relację łączącą bibliotekarzy i użytkowników. Przebiega ona na różnych poziomach, które mogą się przecinać. Z perspektywy użytkownika największe znaczenie dla relacji ma podaż czasu wolnego, alternatywne źródła korzyści oraz odwzajemnienie zaangażowania. Biorąc pod uwagę większą zbiorowość dla sposobów i intensywności korzystania z bibliotek kluczowe znaczenie mają zmienne społeczno-demograficzne. Wnioski – Zbieżność obu rodzajów danych umożliwiła lepsze zrozumienie problemu badawczego i pogłębienie wniosków.

International audience; Reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS) emerged in literature during the last two decades with the aim to respond to the rapid increase in product demand and variations. The implementation of such solutions in the industry is very recent and remains difficult. In this article, an analysis of the industrial requirements and challenges involving four key aspects of RDSS (reconfigurability, digitalization, servitization and sustainability) is based on semi-structured interviews conducted with representatives from the industry. Further, the identified requirements and challenges are compared to those extracted from an extensive literature review. The findings of the comparison are divided into technology and organization oriented issues and show a strong interconnection of the four key aspects: Digitalization offers possibilities for the implementation of sustainable systems, servitization creates the possibility for companies to achieve more flexibility through reconfigurable systems and the further development of RMS offers more possibilities for digitalization and thus a better adaptation to current requirements.

The study focuses on the issue of how much information competencies are universal in the globalized, internet-connected world, and/or to what extent their perception depends on local conditions and individual needs. The aim of the project is threefold. First, it offers a comparative analysis of the information literacy skills of Polish and Spanish students, regarding both their self-assessment and belief in the importance of information literacy. Second, it focuses on differences and unique IL needs of students of courses rooted in social sciences and/or humanities. And third, due to these differences, it discusses the role of academic librarians in profiled IL training, integrated with the specific courses. Quantitative methodology was applied. The comparative study covered subgroups of humanities and social science students from Poland and Spain. Competencies in information searching, processing, evaluation, and communication/dissemination were taken into account. The results indicate some common ways of perception of valuing information competencies and major differences in assessment of IL self-efficacy. Students’ reluctance to visit libraries is another argument to enhance profiled IL training being realized in close cooperation of academic librarians and the faculty.

PURPOSE/THESIS: The aim was to study information competencies of Polish students of library and information science (LIS), history and journalism with two aspects taken into consideration: students' belief regarding the importance (BIM) of a set of core information competencies, and their self-efficacy (SE) in this field. APPROACH/METHODS: The IL-HUMASS questionnaire, slightly modified, was used. It consists of 26 information literacy aspects divided into four areas: information retrieval, evaluation and processing, and communication skills. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: The results reveal, on one hand, some common attitudes apparently associated with students' current life phase. On the other hand, some differences emerged that can be connected with the field and character of the study. ORIGINALITY/VALUE: The results enable a preliminary evaluation of information literacy of the students in different study fields, as well as the comparison of their attitudes and skills to those of the respondents of similar foreign projects.

Artykuł jest omówieniem monografii pt. Komunikacja naukowa w humanistyce pod redakcją Emanuela Kulczyckiego. Zawiera ona trzynaście artykułów koncentrujących się wokół zagadnień takich jak: cechy nauki i cechy humanistyki, otwartość w nauce, komunikacja naukowców oraz ocena dorobku naukowców.

The following text presents the detailed research carried out with the semantic field analysis method to find out how the respondents understand the word “reading” and related terms. The main objective of the research project “Changes in Reading Culture in Poland in the Context of Dissemination of E-texts and Devices Allowing to Use Them’’ was not to perform a quantitative analysis of the reading behaviors of the Poles, but to explore the qualitative impact of the widespread presence and availability of texts (varying in terms of size, nature or length) based on the choices and preferences of the respondents. The results were discussed in the context of the definitions of reading in the area of library and Information Science and Social Sciences.

Part 3: Sustainability and Reconfigurability of Manufacturing Systems; International audience; This paper introduces a Unity3D-based simulation of reconfigurable assembly cells. A systematic approach defining flexibility ranges and comparing product requirements and cell capabilities allows the automated proposal of reconfigurations in the assembly cell. With this approach, the suitability of an existing cell can be examined for different variants of products while taking reconfiguration aspects into account. The simulation simplifies the process of introducing a new product to an assembly line. Through the virtual approach, designing of the product and line planning can be executed simultaneously, thereby decreasing cost and time-to-market for new variants in an existing production system.

Part 1: Lean Production; International audience; Based on an analysis of research and industrial trends, the paper introduces the basis of a conceptual research framework for an innovative methodology dedicated to design, implement and manage Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (RMS). The authors present key challenges extracted from the literature and key industrial needs for RMS, drawn from expert interviews via an industry study. A conceptual framework for reconfigurability management is proposed, which opens several avenues for future research.

Reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS) are designed to be able to be reconfigured to produce new items. Nevertheless, reconfigurations of a RMS may be time consuming and costly if they are not considered since early steps of new item design. This work describes a decision support system to automatically generate and test configurations for such RMSs based on a computer-aided design (CAD) model of a new product. The proposed methodology consists of two main steps. First, a matrix of possible assembly plans (taking into account resource/tool compatibility, geometric constraints, …) is generated with a skill-based comparison between the new item and the production resources. Second, the assembly plan with minimum reconfiguration cost is found through mathematical optimization. The solution is analyzed by a simulation model in the end. Experiments performed on small use case validate the proposed methodology.

This article examines publications of the Polish scientists which are indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index. All the articles and reviews from the 2009 2015 period (N = 6109) published in 1,799 journals were analyzed into the study. An impact factor quartile has been assigned to each journal on the basis of the the Journal Citation Reports. The present study has revealed that Polish scientists publish more articles in journals that are indexed on the A list of the Polish Journal Ranking and, at the same time, the share of articles from the first and second impact factors quartiles has been significantly growing.

Artykuł dotyczy zagadnienia związanego z procedurą mierzenia jakości usług bibliotecznych w szkolnictwie wyższym, celem utrzymania wysokiego standardu usług i zainteresowania czytelników. Autorki przeprowadziły badanie metodą SERVQUAL wśród studentów Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego dotyczące oceny jakości usług biblioteki ich uczelni. Ankieta została przeprowadzona online za pośrednictwem portalu moje-ankiety.pl. Udostępnienie publikacji Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego finansowane w ramach projektu „Doskonałość naukowa kluczem do doskonałości kształcenia”. Projekt realizowany jest ze środków Europejskiego Funduszu Społecznego w ramach Programu Operacyjnego Wiedza Edukacja Rozwój; nr umowy: POWER.03.05.00-00-Z092/17-00. Publikacja wydana dzięki wsparciu finansowemu Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego.