Earthquake Appeal.
The evacuation of the
library of the Petrinja Teacher Training College
In the catastrophic earthquake
that hit the city of Petrinja and its surroundings on December 28
and 29 in 2020, the building of the Faculty of Teacher Education of
the University of Zagreb, the location department in Petrinja, was
among the severely damaged objects. The library of the Petrinja
Teacher Training College was founded in the 1870s and annexed to the
Faculty of Teacher Education in 2007. Today, the library has a fund
of approximately 28,000 volumes, including 400 protected cultural
property items. The archival material created at the Department
includes personal files, student files, secretary and accounting
files and other material. Due to the necessary reconstruction of the
building, it is urgent to evacuate and store the library collection
and archival material. Evacuation requires material for cleaning,
packing, transport and storage.
Activities related to
procuration and evacuation are voluntarily coordinated and organized
by the
IIC – Croatian Group. The association is one of the
eight regional groups of the International Institute for
Conservation (IIC) based in London. It has been operating in Croatia
since 2009 as an association that brings together experts dealing
with the protection of cultural heritage.
Following the unfortunate
earthquakes beginning with the one hitting Zagreb in March 2000, the
association is continuously focused on professional help and support
for colleagues in Zagreb and damaged cultural heritage. Last year,
a volunteer project was started at the Volunteers'
Centre Zagreb with the aim of better organization and inclusion of
experts and students who are not members of the association. After
the earthquake that affected the Banovina area, the association
expressed its readiness for professional volunteer assistance to the
Conservation Department in Sisak.
The new project was launched on February 10, 2021,
the first major activity being the evacuation of the library in
Petrinja led by the member Dragica Krstić, head of the Department
for Preservation and Storage of the National and University Library
in Zagreb.
As part of the initiative of
the IIC – Croatian Group and the IIC headquarters, a fundraiser was
started within the international professional community to gather
funds for the necessary material. Payments will be made directly to
the library through a temporary account opened for that purpose.
Since the IIC – Croatian Group is a non-profit association, focused
on professional activities, in this way the assistance of the
association excludes the financial intermediation in the service of
the best implementation.
Preparatory work is already
finished and the cost estimates are prepared in collaboration with
the senior librarian Andreja Tominac.
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Cost estimate
For the library it would be
good to get:
1. Archive boxes – 2500 pcs
2. Stickers for boxes - 2000
pcs
3. Felt-tip pens (thick) - 20
pcs
4. Self-adhesive packing tapes
- 100 rolls
5. Small self-adhesive liners
(10 cm) for boxes - 2000 pcs
6. Cotton gloves - 50 pcs
7. Book cleaning brushes
(wider) - 10 pcs
8. Disposable face masks - 300
pcs
9. Visors or goggles against
dust - 10 pcs
10. Lightweight disposable
suits for the protection of employees during the cleaning of
materials - 150 pcs
11. Protective foils with air
bubbles - 1.5 x 200 m - 3 pcs
12. Stretchable packaging foil
- 2 large rolls - to cover tables when cleaning materials
13. Packaging for magazines -
A4 format - 50 pcs; B5 format - 500 pcs
14. Boxes for binders - load
capacity up to 20 kg - for approx. 100 binders in which magazine
volumes are unbound
15. Storage metal cases - 3 pcs
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Payment details:
Recipient: Faculty of Teacher
Education, University of Zagreb, Savska cesta 77,
10 000 Zagreb,
IBAN: HR9124020061500080595
Model: HR00
Call number: 010321
Purpose of payment: Pomoć -
knjižnica UFZG
