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TO BE REMEMBERED …

The Local Studies collection houses material on the history, work and life of the people from the local area as well as features about our
community. It covers collecting, processing and storing of the library material which is catalogued by theme or authors connected to
our community. The Local Studies collection of the Brežice library focuses on the Brežice Community area. Access to it is available every
working day.

Local Studies are the heart of every library by maintaining creativity of generations. We ensure that items are always easily available to
people not only as hardcopies but as digital and internet material.

A significant way of collecting the Local Studies is cooperation with individuals and organisations, i.e. schools, institutions, societies,
printer’s, newspaper and other companies which operate in our area.

On 20 April 2016, we opened renovated premises of the Local Studies collection of the Brežice library in which the first librarian in Brežice
Savica Zorko deserves special mention. On the celebratory event we paid tribute to her life and work. Visitors can learn about the role of
this unique woman from the permanent showcase.

The library also holds the works of two nationally recognized men: the linguist and lexicographer Maks Pleteršnik who died in 1923
and academician Jože Toporišič, PhD who died in 2014. They linked not only by a commitment for the Slovenian language and Brežice
community, where they were born, but also by the Gabernica brook. Pleteršnik was born at its source, Toporišič at its entrance into the
Sava River.

Cultural Society of Pišece – The Pleteršnik’s Home – enriched the Local Studies of the Brežice library in 2016 by donating two original
volumes of Pleteršnik’s Slovene-German Dictionary. The Brežice Community donated the third album of Styrian vedutas entitled The
Images of Slovenian Styria of Carl Reichert, among them the images of Bizeljsko, Brežice and Pišece Castles.

An important addition is the TV display of local material, stories and news inviting people to visit the heart of the library.

Here at the library, we are proud of those who shape our culture. The Local Studies collection is the focus of the library; every new item
brings excitement. Excellent cooperation between the library and local authors is similar to the harmony between a book and a reader.
And such connections lead to a better understanding of our local culture.