title: Nicolaus Copernicus University Library
text: # Nicolaus Copernicus University Library
  
  The Nicolaus Copernicus University Library was established on August 24, 1945, alongside the Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland. The Library is the coordinator of Kujawsko-Pomorska Digital Library.
  
  ## Ranking of the State Committee for Scientific Research (KBN)
  
  Based on the results of the evaluation of scientific achievements, the State Committee for Scientific Research granted the NCU Library category 3, which places it in the company of other university libraries in Kraków, Poznań and Warsaw.
  
  ## Awards and recognitions
  
  In 2002, the NCU Library was honoured with the medal of "Bibliotheca Magna Perennisque" for its "contribution to Polish librarianship."
  
  In December 2002, the NCU Library webpage won third place in a competition for the best Polish library websites, in a research libraries category, organised under the auspices of the Polish Librarians Association.
  
  