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Croatian Librarian Ivan Kostrenčić: From Vienna to Zagreb

The article analyses the life and work of Ivan Kostrenčić (1844–1924). He was the first independent and professional librarian in Croatia with the necessary professional qualifications. Kostrenčić first graduated in theology in Budapest in 1866, then in history and Slavonic studies in Vienna in 1868. From 1868 until 1875 he worked as a librarian at the Imperial Library in Vienna (today the Austrian National Library), where he learned the librarian’s “craft”. Kostrenčić was the director of the Royal University Library of Franz Joseph I in Zagreb (today the National and University Library) from 1875 until 1911. During his 35 years of work in Zagreb he tried to implement his knowledge and the system of work that he had learned in Vienna (e. g., in the making of catalogues, positioning the role of the library and librarian in society, staff policy). With his arrival in Zagreb and the foundation of the Royal University Library, Croatia became more actively included in the general trends of development of modern librarianship and library science in Europe. In accordance with the existing possibilities, Kostrenčić especially aspired to follow the example of the most famous libraries of German-speaking areas in theory and practice. In summary, Kostrenčić was a highly rated professional librarian, a capable organiser and a good manager. Through his work we get to know some of the most famous people of Croatian scholarly, ecclesiastical, political, and cultural life in the last quarter of the 19th and in the early 20th centuries.

Ivan Kostrenčić, librarianship, cultural history, Imperial Library in Vienna, Royal University Library in Zagreb

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