Original scientific paper
Through on-line catalogs to imaginary collections : the ULS cultural heritage collections
Mihaela Kovačić
Abstract
Through a brief historical overview of the Collection of Old Books and Manuscripts belonging to the University Library of Split (ULS), which was registered as Croatian cultural heritage in 2010, we would also like to mention several other valuable library memorial collections. For example, the decades-long library management policy of the ULS in the Book Collection Department to extract a part of the library materials that were printed before 1830 and in the period from 1830 to 1850 into a separate collection, has consequently led to undermining of the integrity of ome memorial library collections, both public and private. Recording information about the history of individual copies (taken from manuscripts and ex-libris stamps) during cataloging and processing the materials printed after 1830-1850 according to the ISBD (A) would enable access to the wealth of social and cultural content of private and public libraries, created since the second half of 19th century. The analysis of the activities and cataloging of two public libraries collections: library of the Gabinetto di lettura Society and the National Slavic Library corroborate this thesis. The example of a good practice is the cataloging and processing the ULS collection of rare and old books in the Science Library in Zadar, whose records contain a note saying that an item comes from the library of Julio Bajamonti. From these examples we may conclude that by applying the group 7 ISBD (A), with the on-line catalogs features, we can help in reconstructing the complete library holdings history and also in creating virtual collections, regardless of their exact storage location, in or outside the institution.
Keywords
Collection of Old Books and Manuscripts of the University Library in Split (ULS); Book Collection Department of the ULS, memorial collections; ISBD(A), history of library items; Gabinetto di lettura, history; National Slavic Library
Hrčak ID:
115114
URI
Publication date:
3.7.2013.
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