The Establishment and Development of Libraries of Požega- Slavonia County

Namjera ovog rada je opisati razvoj Zlatne Doline te istaknuti važnu ulogu knjižnice, knjige i knjižničnih fondova koji su uvelike obilježili napredak Požeštine u svakom smislu. U radu će se ograničiti te detaljno opisati postanak i razvoj narodnih knjižnica i čitaonica u Požegi, Pleternici i Kutjevu, a potom Knjižnica Požeške gimnazije te naposljetku Knjižnica Franjevačkog samostana u Požegi. Cilj ovog rada je predstaviti knjižnice Požeštine, istražiti do koje mjere su se knjižnice ovog dijela Hrvatske razvile te mogu li iste ponuditi svojim korisnicima odgovor na zadani upit.This paper's intentions is to describe the development of the Vallis Aurea while emphasizing an important role of the library, book and library collections, which has significantly marked the progress of the Požega region in any sense. The paper is focused and describes the establishment and development of public libraries in Požega in detail, as well as of those in Pleternica and Kutjevo. Eventually, described are also the Library of the Požega Gymnasium and the Library of the Požega Franciscan Monastery. This paper's objective is to present the libraries of the Požega region, investigate to which extent the libraries is this part of Croatia here been developed and whether they can offer a response to an user's inquiry