BIBLIOTECA PUBLICĂ DIN ALBA IULIA - INIłIATIVĂ A MUZEULUI NAłIONAL AL UNIRII
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY FROM ALBA IULIA: INITIATIVE OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF UNIFICATION

Summary/Abstract: This study presents the ties between two important cultural institutions from Alba Iulia: the National Museum of Unification and the Public Library (1938-1944). It emphasizes the exceptional role played by the Museum and its director, Ion Berciu, in the creation of the library. The Public Library was created in 1942, based initially on a book donation made by Nicolae Iorga, in 1938. The National Museum of Unification donated the furniture, books and the first fund that allowed the purchase of registers and the payments of the auxiliaries helping out the inventorying activity. Between 1942 and 1944, Ion Berciu, the director of the museum, took care of this new institution (correspondence, acquisitions, donations, regulations, and staff). The Public Library was considered a branch of the museum until 1944, when the museum withdrew the scholarly books and created a separate library of its own.

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