Open AccessThe Library of the Ethnographic Museum in Zagreb
Author(s) -
Irena Kolbas
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
etnološka istraživanja
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1847-6198
pISSN - 0351-4323
DOI - 10.32458/ei.24.12
Subject(s) - ethnography , museology , museum informatics , visual arts , library science , special collections , national museum , art , history , archaeology , computer science
The Library of the Ethnographic Museum is a special museum library. It is of a semi-closed type, which is the case with most special and museum libraries. It is primarily intended for the museum staff: curators, conservators and preparators. It was founded not long after the museum had been established and it grew simultaneously with themuseum collection. The paper provides an overview of its history, some of its moreimportant collections and the processing of the publications. Nevertheless, it alsopresents some of the problems faced