Publishing Activities of the Bjelovar State Archives in the Context of Other Croatian Archives : Bibliography of the Bjelovar State Archives

U uvodnom dijelu prikazuju se zakonski i podzakonski akti na temelju kojih djeluju hrvatski arhivi. Slijedi kratak pregled njihove izdavačke djelatnosti iskazan približnim brojčanim podacima o izdanjima. Time je stvoren okvir unutar kojega se proučava bjelovarski arhiv, a posebno njegova izdavačka djelatnost. Najprije se donosi povijesni pregled rada arhiva i objašnjava organizacijski ustroj. Bibliografija publikacija bjelovarskog arhiva od početka svog djelovanja 1961. godine navodi osnovne bibliografske podatke, sadržaj preuzet iz publikacija te fotografije omota.In the introduction, the authors analyse regulations and legislation that relate to, or have an impact on, all of the 18 Croatian archives. An overview of their publishing activities is given. Numbers of published items for all the archives are based on the archives\u27 websites (for those that have one), the data found in some archives’ catalogues and the search of the online catalogue of the National and University Library in Zagreb. There are three groups of publications: serial publications, exhibition catalogues and other publications (mostly books). The overview of publishing activities of all Croatian archives gives the framework for the analysis of the Bjelovar State Archives and its publishing activities. The authors give history of the Archives as well as the explanation of its organisation. Bibliography of all publications published by the Bjelovar State Archives is divided into two periods. The first one starts in the year 1961 when the Archives was founded and lasts until the year 1982. Five books were published in that period. The second period starts in 2002. Until the year 2012, in the second period, eight publications were published. Between the two periods (20 years) there were no publishing activities of the Archives. The bibliography gives the bibliographic data − titles, authors, editors, publication dates, co-publishers and publication years. A short overview of the contents of all publications is given, as well as the photographs of all the covers. In conclusion the authors say that according to the number of publications and comparing to all other Croatian archives, the Bjelovar State Archives is right in the middle. The publication activities of the Archives increased during the last ten years and it is expected that the increase will continue in the future