Tomasz Artur Makowski

Place: Warsaw

Born: 1970

Biography:

Tomasz Artur Makowski is a Polish historian and bibliothecaire. He was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1970. He is the Director General of the National Library of Poland, head of the National Council for Libraries, head of the National Reserve of Library Collections Committee and head of the Digitization Committee at the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. He has worked in the National Library since 1994 and has been the Director General since 2007. He is also a board member of a number of organizations and institutions in Poland and abroad, including The European Library, UNESCO Memory of the World National Committee, the Archives Board under General Director of State Archives, the Book Institute Programme Board, The Fryderyk Chopin Institute Programme Board, 'Polish Libraries Today' Editorial Committee, the National Museum in Kraków Board, the Museum of Literature Board and the Łazienki Królewskie Museum Board. He is assistant professor at Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw. He is the author of three books and a number of articles and specializes in the history of libraries and manuscript studies.