Book Review. Győrfi Dénes’s Bibliotheca Universitatis Claudiopolitanae. Evoluția instituțională și practici ale lecturii în Clujul Universitar

Artúr Lóránd Lakatos

doi:10.52885/pah.v1i2.77

Abstract

This book review is presenting a published PhD thesis concerning the history of the library of the university of Cluj, from its foundation until 1945. The book is dealing with three distiguishable periods, the 1872–1918 period, during the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy; the period of 1918-1940, the era of the Great Romania, and the third period is represented by the years of World War II. Based on a rich bibliography, the author is following the major processes concerning the institutional management of the library.

Highlights

It is rare to meet books that are relevant both in the field of library history and library management
Evoluția instituțională și practici ale lecturii în Clujul Universitar
Following the end of World War II, in 1945 the ethnic aspect of the issue of continuity was solved in a seemingly Solomonic decision: the Romanian university returned from Sibiu, and a state university for the Hungarian minority from Romania was founded by a Royal Decree, the Bolyai János University

Summary

Introduction

It is rare to meet books that are relevant both in the field of library history and library management. A librarian and researcher in history, Dénes Győrfi took this challenge by trying to give a comprehensive image to the development of the University Library of Cluj.

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Conclusion