LIBRARY OF THE SOCIAL WORK STUDY CENTRE: LIBRARY’S DEVELOPMENT AND INFORMATISATION

Rad prikazuje povijesni razvoj knjižnice današnjeg Studijskog centra socijalnog rada Pravnog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu do procesa informatizacije. Metodom polustrukturiranog intervjua te deskriptivnom i analitičko-sintetičkom metodom rekonstruira se razvoj knjižnice i njena uloga u podizanju kvalitete edukacije studenata socijalnog rada te razvoju znanstvenog područja socijalnih djelatnosti. Rad nadalje istražuje i valorizira ulogu knjižničarki u tim procesima.The paper presents historical development and informatisation of the library within the present Department of Social Work of the Faculty of Law at the University of Zagreb. The historical development of the library, its role in improving quality of social work students’ education as well as the development of research dimension of social services is reconstructed in the traditional library environment using the method of half-structured interview as well as the descriptive and analytic– synthetic method. Furthermore, the paper explores and estimates the role of female librarians in the named processes