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Rebuilding Libraries in Time of Overlapping Crises

This paper gives an overview of the processes of rebuilding the valuable library collection at the Institute of Art History in Zagreb due to overlapping crises it was impacted by during 2020 (earthquake, epidemic, flood). Since the overall Library collection has completely collapsed due to the massive earthquake in March, it needed to be resystematized according to the UDC system from scratch. This process overlapped with the primary care and conservation procedure for the personal archival paper collection of Grgo Gamulin, art historian and art critic, and the unexpected urgent need of establishing a personal archive and ex libris of our honoured colleague Academician Tonko Maroević. These simultaneous processes sincerely and truly expanded all of our capacities, led us to create new models of collaboration between colleagues, especially with our valuable students and volunteers, and had a significant long-term impact on rethinking our working practices and workforce development. The subject of this paper gives an extraordinary opportunity to gain an insight on how to deal with special types of cultural heritage under extraordinary circumstances.

archival collections ; crises ; earthquake ; Institute of Art History ; Library ; Zagreb ; volunteering ; solidarity ; cultural heritage

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