PRILOG POZNAVANJU NJEMAČKOG KNJIŽNIČARSTVA I DOPRINOS IVANA KOSTRENČIĆA RAZVOJU HRVATSKOG KNJIŽNIČARSTVA U 19. STOLJEĆU I POČETKOM 20

The subject of this research was the history of librarianship and the development of library science in the nineteenth century and at the beginning of the twentieth century on the territory of Central Europe, particularly in Austria, Prussia and Croatia. Apart from giving a wider context of librarianship (achievements in building libraries, in establishing techniques for constructing and creating library collections and catalogs, in developing and establishing institutions for the librarian educations, as well as in the organization of the library management). The Austrian and German librarianship and library science began at the beginning of the twentieth century applying a multidimensional approach to knowledge and showing a tendency towards re-estimation of the cultural heritage of the past. Thus, a way to an interdisciplinary approach to the development of librarianship, both as a science and a practical activity, was set. Modern trends affirm increasingly the need for such an approach to everything that surrounds us.