CENTRAL LIBRARY FOR PHYSICS

The Central Library for Physics was founded in 1876 and reorganised in 1991.
It is a highschool library. Users are students, professors, scientists and
other people with interests in physics.

Library holdings include publications in the field of:
- general physics
- theoretical and experimental physics
- physics education
- mathematical methods in physics
- astronomy and astrophysics
- history, philosophy and sociology of science.
Publications was published since the 18th century.

Working hours
Mondays to Fridays from 10 a.m. to 18 p.m.

Address
Central Library for Physics (Library of Physics Department)
Bijenicka cesta 32 - P.O.Box 162
41000 Zagreb, Croatia
Telephone number: (385)(01) 4555-730/106
Fax: (385)(01) 432-525

Library holdings
- cca 12000 book volumes
- cca     490 periodicals (total)
- cca       68 current periodicals
- cca      770 theses
- cca     1300 preprints per year
- cca       300 annals, reports, proceedings of various institutiones

Collections
- "Rara" (publications from the 18th to 19th century)
- publications of education
- textbooks
- reference material: handbooks, dictionaries, bibliographic works

Using of library services
- giving informations on library material
- partially open access shelving
- lending service
- copying service
- interlibrary loan service

Task of the library
- acquisition, cataloguing, circulation, and archiving of publications
- information services

Information sources
- alphabetical card catalogue (older publications)
- classified card catalogue (older publications)
- auxiliary card catalogues
- automated data-bases of books and theses

Equipment
- 52 seats in the reading rooms
- telephone
- photo-copier
- printer

Standards
- International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD)
- Physics and Astronomy Classification Sheme (PACS)
- Universal Decimal Classification (UDC)

Software
- Micro ISIS - Version 2.3

Computer hardware
- 2 PC ( 1PC 386 computer; 1 PC 486 computer conected to local area network)