Professional paper
Magical bookcase : Collection of Rare and Old Books in Šibenik Public Library
Karmen Krnčević
orcid.org/0000-0002-1027-7463
Antonija Miše
orcid.org/0000-0002-0993-4753
Abstract
Collection of Rarities from Šibenik’s Public library “Juraj Šižgorić” is the part the Science department. In the collection are valuable and rare materials that can be used for study of history of Dalmatia and Šibenik. Collection of Rarities of Šibenik library contains about 170 titles of old and notable books and two titles of newspapers. The oldest specimen in the Collection of Rarities is from 1537. In Šibenik’s Collection of Rarities, the most important are those which by their meaning belong to the Sibenicensia collection and represent heritage of Šibenik’s area. That list of rarity isn’t definitive and constant. Library is very active in policy of completing its collections including the Collection of Rarities. Collection of Rarities of Šibenik’s Library is located in a special, for that purpose built bookcases. The conservation of the library material of the Collection is taken care of and the Collections is properly stored as well. In the intention of presentation its collection, Library have reprinted some important works of Šibenik native authors and some of the books from the Collection of rarities, especially the one which are important for the Homeland collection, would be digitized.
Keywords
Public library “Juraj Šižgorić”; Collection of Rarities; homeland writers; storage of notable materials
Hrčak ID:
115201
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Publication date:
3.9.2013.
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