Hrvatski

Abstract

Goal: Gifts are part of University of Rijela Library's collections. Since 2019 Library has Library collections policy that includes gifts policies. Based on dana on quantity and types of gifted material included in library collections, data on givers, collections these materials are stored in and data on usage, the goal to this paper is to estimate how succsesful library is in gifts treatment. Approach: Based on data from inventory books and usage reports from library software in five-year period (2017-2021), the analysis has been carried out on quantity, types, givers, collections and usage of gifted materials. Results: Results show that only smaller part of recived gifted materials is later used by library users. Results also show that used material are in correspondance to the most important user group needs. Originality/Value: In domestic and foreign literature there is a small number of papers about gifted materials in libraries. These papers mostly talk about formal procedures in gifts handling up to their inclusion in libray fund. This paper focuses on what happends with gifted materials once they are a part of library collections.