An article by Dr Stefan Rygiel, director of the Vilnius Library, entitled "The Library of Vilnius. "W Biblioteka Wileńska" published in the periodical "Świat", 1924, no. 37, pp. 6-8 (public domain, reprinted after KUL University Library) tells of the difficult history of the library and its collections due to the repressions it suffered after the outbreak of the November Uprising. He also talks about its reopening and subsequent also not easy fate after Poland regained its independence.