EAN: 9783838216430

READING BETWEEN THE LINES REFLECTIONS ON DISCAR...

Every major socio-political change starts with some discarding. Suffice it to think about the
heaps of rubbish consisting of old furniture  cars  busts of famous communist leaders  badges 
and books on the streets of Eastern Europe in the fall winter of 1989 1990. Among the
institutions which have the greatest amount of experience with discarding are libraries:
Counterintuitive as it may seem  libraries (but also museums and archives) regularly discard
books as part of their job. In the wake of the collapse of communism in Europe  stock revision
was needed in libraries  but did it unfold in a 'business as usual' fashion or was it a
bibliocide (as it was labelled by some media in Croatia) or even the biggest destruction of
books in the post-war period (as it was characterized by a German journalist)? When does a
standard library practice start attracting public attention? What makes the Croatian case stand
out?

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