Professional paper
We have created and promoted the treasure of Čepin's past and present – for the future!
Marija Čačić
; Library of Cultural Centre Čepin
Abstract
The native collection in the Library of the Čepin Cultural Center began to be collected in 1996, when the Library promoted the book by prof. dr. Ivan Erceg Ivan Kapistran Adamović. Until then, there was only one book in the Library about Čepin 200 years of schooling in Čepin: 1787 - 1987. The development of the collection was contributed to by the native projects of students of the section of historians of the Vladimir Nazor Čepin Elementary School, which were conducted by history teacher Slavica Ćosić until her retirement. Over the years, they have dealt with important topics for Čepin. Zlatko Krilić and Borivoj Dovniković-Bordo stand out among the living natives, Branko Kuna and Josip Horvat among the deceased, but we are also proud of the monographs on Čepin, the Collection of Mathematical Manuals of Čepin authors by the late Mladen Pačar and Maja Katalinić, picture books written and / or illustrated by Čepin children, articles in magazines on the history of Čepin, Čepin associations or prominent people. The native collection was enriched by the late Franjo Kopecki, the initiator of the Meeting of Poets in Čepin. A special feature of the Homeland Collection is the legacy of the Croatian National Reading Room „Matija Gubec“, the first Čepin reading room founded in 1895 (bookcase).
The library promoted the Homeland Collection every year on teh occasion of the Čepin Municipality Day. Advertising through exhibitions, book presentations and media annoucements has contributed to the visibility of the Collection, which today contains 113 volumes, a couple of magazines, brochures, small print, and the fund is growing every year. The aim and purpose of the paper is to present an example of good practice and the possibility of creating a native collection in a small community and preserving its own cultural heritage, identity and history with special emphasis on the synergistic action of the library and educational institution as well as with associations and prominent individuals. The work was created on the basis of many years of collecting and processing copies belonging to the Collection, as wel as continuous monitoring of media coverage and preservation of media texts in the Memorials and research of the archives of the institution.
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Publication date:
20.10.2022.
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