The first public reading room in Poland was open in 1791 in Krakow by Jan Maj. Around 600 books, Polish and foreign magazines were available there.
Another person who opened a reading room was Jan Jerzy Friedlein, the owner of a bookbinding workshop and a book store.
In 1812 Jerzy Samuel Bandtkie made the reading room in Jagiellonian Library available for publicity.
At this moment public reading rooms are available in each public library.