The future of our past

Abstract

The Public Library Kruševac has used the opportunities offered by current moment and the development of modern technologies to share the wealth of physical collections from the bookshelves with a wider audience in the virtual space 24/7. In this way library introduces new readers to old newspapers and evants importan for the history of the City, writers whose work has almost disappeared from the bookshelves over time – Collection of the literary work of Jelena J. Dimitrijević (1862-1945). Library made available local knowledge to be a part of the national corpus and contributed to the creation of new content and the social future. In order to make knowledge accessible, part of the material is available in digital thematic collections at www.nbks.org.rs. Archival Materials from Kuzman Nikolić (1923-2009) relates to evants during World War II in Kruševac - the materials are indispensable for history research. The newspapers published by city’s factories are the document of the City’s Industrial Heritage on the bookshelves – important for further development of the industry. The Library has been cooperating with the factories, especially with the TRAYAL CORPORATION founded in 1889. year as “Obilićevo”. Keywords: public libraries, digital collections, industrial heritage