Library determinants of dr. Danica Pinterović

The long and devoted work of an exceptional scientist, mostly determined by archaeological work, reveals an interest in other areas as well, owing to the museum surroundings, her education, and a stimulating family atmosphere. The link between dr. Danica Pinterović and books is significant: books as a permanent source of knowledge, but also books as units of organised, expert clusters that brought her to the Museum as an estimated librarian. She established one of the largest museum libraries, professionally organised and chose the material, recognized the importance of professional and scientific resources for museum work, and became the Museum director and a distinguished scientist with the highest level of professional and scientific experience. The permanent link of dr. Danica Pinterović with the Museum, science, and books is her private library stored as a legacy and formed as a separate collection in the Museum of Slavonia Library. Dr. Danica Pinterović left the library in her will to her distant relatives, together with handwritten material, fine print, documents. During her life, she gifted items from the fund of her family library to the City and University Library Osijek and the Museum of Slavonia Library. After her death, her heirs decided to give the library to the Museum of Slavonia, together with the printed and handwritten materials and documentation. The library materials are today a separate monumental collection of the Museum Library as Pinterović Library, while the rest of the materials were stored at the History Department and the Arts and Crafts Department. Danica Pinterović’s library is one of the monumental collections of the Library Department of the Museum of Slavonia with almost 1000 bibliographic units. Most of the materials have been copied from the handwritten database to the computer database for library materials organisation