1. Polish national node Maria Sliwinska Vienna 22 June 2001

2. Polish national node  A part of CULTIVATE-CEE project  Starting date – April 1st, 2001  Organization:  The only node consisting of three institutions representing archives, libraries and museums

3. Polish national node structure  The International Center for Information Management, Systems and Services (ICIMSS), of Nicholas Copernicus University,Torun  The Head Archive Office, Warsaw  Museum of Modern Art, Lodz

4. Polish national node Idea behind the organization  To have experts from all respective institutions in the project  To learn from each other about specific needs of different institutions type  To get credit from the society  To have an easy access to potential clients from all institutions

5. National node consisting of three partners Positives Knowledge specific needs of all target groups Virtual communication allows to get agreements and discuss all topics Decisions can be evaluated better Negatives All actions require agreement between partners Possible difficulties in communication because of different locations Taking decision requires more time

6. Polish national node Area of close cooperation  CULTIVATE home page (editorial Board)  Information Days (co-organization)  Workshops (co-organization)  Individual advise (searching for partners help if required)

7. Polish national node Division of work  „Branch” Conferences  Customized „branch” workshops  Individual advise

8. Polish national node Events planned for 2001  June 18-19,2001- Conference „State of art in computerisation of Polish archives, libraries, museums (Archive)  September 27-30, 2001- International conference for archives (Archive)  Information Day after opening a new Call 2001 (ICIMSS)  Workshops in writing proposals (ICIMSS)

9. Polish national node Events planned for 2002  Spring 2002: Conference about standards (ICIMSS)  Conference for museums (Museum)  Workshops in writing proposals (ICIMSS) – when Call is opened

10. Polish national node Contractual activities  CULTIVATE brochure  List of target institutions  Discussion list for administrators  National discussion list  Support for other CEE partners if/where required  Dissemination  Impact on national policy

11. Polish national node Other activities  Workshops in technical issues for CULTIVATE partners (if necessary)  ICIMSS Professional Development Programme offer for CULTIVATE partners  Workshops in technical issues for Polish target institutions

12. Polish national node Cooperation with:  Governmental bodies:  Ministry of Culture and Cultural Heritage  Ministry of Education  Committee for Scientific Research (KBN)  Ministry of Telecommunication (Information Society Department)

13. Polish national node Cooperation with:  Archival Council  Library Council  Museum Council  Information Society  Professional Associations:  The Polish Archivists' Association  The Polish Librarians’ Association  Museum Association  Polish Society of Scientific Information

14. Polish national node Cooperation with:  Professional archival journals  Archeion  Archiwista Polski  Professional library and information journals  Bibliotekarz  Przegląd Biblioteczny  Zagadnienia Informacji Naukowej

15. Polish national node Cooperation with:  Professional museum sector journals  Muzealnictwo  Professional cross-sector journal  Archiwa, Biblioteki Muzea Kościelne

16. Polish national node Cooperation with:  National Contact Point for the V Framework Program  IDEAL-IST  CELIP (Central and Eastern European Licensing Information Platform)  Others interested in cooperation with us

17. Polish national node Cooperation with:  Newspaper „Gazeta Wyborcza”