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Gradska knjižnica „Don Mihovil Pavlinović“ nalazi se u posve obnovljenim prostorima najljepše gradske kuće. Stariji građani zgradu Knjižnice još nazivaju i Domljanova kuća, prema prvotnim vlasnicima, uglednoj gradskoj obitelji Domljan. Obitelj prvog predsjednika Sabora RH, dr. Žarka Domljana, odselivši se u Zagreb gradu Imotskom prodali su kuću, izgrađenu krajem 1932.god. Iako pisanih podataka o arhitektu i točnoj godini izgradnje kuće nema, pretpostavlja se kako je sagrađena 30-ih godina, a dr. Domljan preciznije pretpostavlja kako je upravo, 1932. točna godina. Od 2001.god. Ministarstvo kulture pod vodstvom tadašnjeg ministra kulture Bože Biškupića financira restauraciju Domljanove kuće za potrebe knjižnice i čitaonice. Do tada u zgradi je neorganizirano bilo smješteno nekoliko gradskih institucija te udruga. Glavni investitor bila je Gradska knjižnica Imotski. Projekt, danas objedinjuje kompletnu knjižničnu uslugu za građane. Od posudbe knjiga, čitaonice, internet usluga do boravka djece u prostorima predviđenim za njih na nekoliko sati. Obnovljena zgrada Knjižnice to značajnija je građevina i zbog toga, što Imotski do 2006. godine nije niti imao samostalnu ustanovu, Gradsku knjižnicu. Knjižnica je bila tek jedan odjel druge kulturne ustanove na području Grada.
Zalaganjem današnje ravnateljice dr. sc. Marije Jović, Knjižnica se osamostalila, te je osnovana moderna ustanova Gradska knjižnica „Don Mihovil Pavlinović“. Danas je, tako Knjižnica glavni nositelj svih kulturnih zbivanja na području Grada.
Gradska knjižnica i čitaonica „Don Mihovil Pavlinović“, naime kulturno je i informacijsko središte Imotske krajine, koja građanima osigurava pristup znanju, informacijama i kulturnim sadržajima za potrebe obrazovanja, stručnog i znanstvenog rada, cjeloživotnog učenja, informiranja, odlučivanja i razonode.
U fondu knjižnice nalazi se 20 531 knjiga. U Knjižnici, nadalje postoji predškolski odjel, odjel školske literature, srednja škola, odjel za odrasle, odjel stručne i znanstvene literature te arhiv knjiga. Na odjelu za odrasle, pored ostalih postoje dvije značajne zbirke; Zavičajna zbirka i Zbirka Domovinskog rata. Građa u Knjižnici klasificirana je prema formalnom i to abecednom katalogu te stvarnom i to stručnom katalogu. U odjelu arhive, koja se nalazi u potkrovlju nalaze se stare vrijedne knjige koje se danas gotovo i ne tiskaju. Nerijetko se nađu oni kojima baš takve knjige trebaju. Otvaramo im potom ta vrata Knjižnice i svesrdno im pomažemo.
Na odjelu čitaonice naši korisnici mogu pogledati zaštićenu građu, koja se ne iznosi van. Na odjelu čitaonice korisnici, potom mogu pročitati dnevni tisak, koristiti se enciklopedijama i stručnim štivom te internetom. Studenti i đaci imaju i prostor predviđen za učenje.
Kronologija
Najstariju i najvažniju vijest o knjigama u Imotskom donosi nam rukopisna samostanska kronika „Series guardianorum“ koju je pisao fra Šimun Gudelj iz Krstatica. On u svojoj kronici 1774. piše da je samostan te godine nabavio 53 knjige čiji nam popis donosi, a to su djela suvremenih i starijih teoloških pisaca. Istodobno skupno navodi i niz drugih manjih nabožno – pastoralnih djela. Fra Šimun Gudelj čijom su zaslugom i nabavljene te knjige upozorava buduće njihove čitatelje da ih čuvaju od vlage i drugog oštećenja, kao i od raznošenja i poziva ih da se mole Bogu za njegovu dušu. Fra Šimun Gudelj od 1765. do 1776. je gvardijan Franjevačkog samostana u Imotskom, gdje ostaje do svoje smrti 1804. Upravo za vrijeme gvardijanstva fra Šimuna Gudelja u Imotskom je osnovana knjižnica samostana 1774., pa ga imamo smatrati njezinim osnivačem.
„Narodna čitaonica Imotski“, kako se naziva u svom pravilniku utemeljena je u srpnju 1868., a 02. rujna 1868. namjesnik pokrajinske vlade u Zadru potvrdio je Statut i izdao odobrenje za rad čitaonice. Sastanak, na kojem je dogovoreno osnivanje Čitaonice održan je u kući načelnika Marka Marcochija, koji je bio načelnikom Imotskog u razdoblju od 1867.-1870. Imotski narodnjaci su odluku o osnivanju čitaonice donijeli u ogorčenoj borbi protiv autonomaša, koji su ovom čistom etnički hrvatskom kraju uzalud nastojali nametnuti neprirodnu, tuđinsku, talijansku fizionomiju.
Don Mihovil Pavlinović, 08. veljače 1870. godine potom je svečano otvorio Imotsku čitaonicu u Imotskom svojim prvim znamenitim govorom: „Besjeda na slavi Imotske čitaonice“, što je bio veliki kulturni i politički događaj.
Između ostalog tada je izgovorio Imoćani braćo…, Jezik kojim vi govorite to je dika hrvatskomu jeziku; odijelo kojim se odijevate to je ures hrvatskomu nosivu. Junačkim vašim ponašanjem, skladom imotskim u izborih, pravo ponosi se hrvatski narod.“
U Imotskom 1945. god. postojala tzv. partizanska čitaonica. Egzistirala je negdje do polovice 50.-ih godina. A u današnjoj općini Grubine 1938. godine tadašnji SKOJ osnovao je čitaonicu, koja je egzistirala do početka rata.
Knjižnica Centra za usmjereno obrazovanje, 1979. je jedina još uvijek javna biblioteka u Imotskom. Od 1970. god. (vjerojatne te godine je osnovana) na području od 48 000 stanovnika do 15 svibnja 1979. god. upisala je 170 građana u registar imena onih koji posuđuju knjige (podaci iz Imotske krajine od 15. svibnja 1979.god.)
Narodna knjižnica Imotski osnovana je 1982.god. U broju od 1. srpnja 1984. god. postoji tekst u kojem se navodi, kako je Knjižnica nakon relativno kratkog rada, 17 mjeseci, dobila priznanje
„Pavao Markovac“ koje se dodjeljuje Knjižnicama za postignute rezultate na širenju knjige i njenom približavanju radnicima kroz 1983.god. Knjižnica je 1982. god. izdala 750 knjiga na čitanje, a 1983. god. 12 000 knjiga uz 543 člana. Najaktivniji čitatelji u narodnoj knjižnici tada su bili mladi.
Gradska knjižnica i čitaonica Imotski, potom nakon temeljite obnove zgrade u kojoj je danas smještena, sredstvima Ministarstva kulture u iznosu većem od dva milijuna kuna osnovana je u studenom 2006. Za taj projekt ravnateljici GKI dr. sc. Marija Jović od Udruge Mare nostrum Croaticum dodijeljena je zlatna plaketa s kadenom, kako se na plaketi nalazi za izuzetan doprinos u unapređenju kulturnog života grada.
Gradska knjižnica don Mihovil Pavlinović
Ravnateljica: dr. sc. Marija Jović, dipl. novinarka, dipl. bibl. - viša knjižničarka
Ulica kralja Zvonimira 1, 21260 Imotski
Telefon: 021 / 670 – 572
gradska.knjiznica.imotski@st.t-com.hr
www.knjiznica-imotski.hr
"Don Mihovil Pavlinović" City Library is located in the completely restored premises of the most beautiful town house. The Library building is still referred to as the Domljan's house by some elderly citizens after its original owners – the prominent town family named Domljan. The family of Mr Žarko Domljan, PhD, the first president of the Parliament of the Republic of Croatia, moved to Zagreb and sold the house, which was built at the end of 1932, to the City of Imotski. Although there are no written records about the architect and the exact year of construction of the house, it is assumed that it was built in the 1930s, while Mr Domljan asserted that 1932 was the exact year of construction. Since 2001, the Ministry of Culture under the leadership of Božo Biškupić, the then Minister of Culture, funded the restoration of the Domljan's house for the purposes of transforming it into a library and a reading room. Until then, the building had unofficially housed several town institutions and associations. The main investor was the City Library of Imotski. Currently, the project provides a complete library service for citizens. This includes the lending of books, a reading room facility, internet services and areas specifically designated for children`s visits for a few hours. The restored Library building is a particularly significant building because Imotski did not have an independent institution designated for a city library until 2006. The library was merely a part of another cultural institution in the City.
Owing to the efforts of its current director Marija Jović, PhD, the Library became an independent institution followed by the establishment of "Don Mihovil Pavlinović" City Library. Today, the Library hosts main cultural events in the City.
"Don Mihovil Pavlinović" City Library and Reading Room is the cultural and information centre of the wider Imotski region, which provides citizens with access to knowledge, information and cultural programmes for the purposes of education, professional and scientific work, lifelong learning, information, decision-making and leisure.
The Library corpus consists of 20,531 bibliographic items. The Library contains a preschool department, a school literature department, a high school department, a department for adult readers, a professional and scientific literature department, and a book archive. The department for adult readers includes, among others, two significant collections: Heritage Collection and Homeland War Collection. The corpus is categorised according to the formal, i.e. alphabetical catalogue, and subject, i.e., classified catalogue. The archive department, which is located in the attic, includes old valuable books, some of which are seldom printed today. We commonly have readers who are specifically searching for such books. We gladly open the doors of the Library to such readers and cordially assist them.
In the reading room department, our users can review the protected corpus, which can only be used indoors. In said department, readers can read the daily press, use encyclopaedias and professional literature, as well as internet services. There is also a designated studying area for students and pupils.
Chronology
The oldest and the most important information about books in Imotski is provided by the monastery manuscript chronicle "Series guardianorum" written by Friar Šimun Gudelj from Krstatice. According to his chronicle from 1774, that year the monastery acquired 53 books written by contemporary and older theological writers, which are also listed in the chronicle. He also collectively listed a number of other minor religious-pastoral works. Friar Šimun Gudelj, who is credited for the acquisition of these books, urged their future readers to protect them from moisture and other damage, as well as from dispersion, and invited them to pray to God for his soul.[1] Friar Šimun Gudelj was the abbot of the Franciscan Monastery in Imotski from 1765 to 1776, where he remained until his death in 1804. The Monastery library was founded in 1774 during his service, hence he is considered its founder.
"Public Reading Room of Imotski", as referred to in its ordinance, was founded in July 1868, and on 2 September 1868, the Governor of the provincial government in Zadar confirmed its Statute and issued the licence for the operation of the Reading Room.[2] The meeting, where they agreed on the establishment of the Reading Room, was held in the house of Marko Marcochi, who was the mayor of Imotski in the 1867-1870 period. The members of the People`s Party of Imotski agreed on the establishment of the reading room in a bitter struggle against the members of the Autonomist Party, who fruitlessly tried to impose an unnatural, alien, Italian physiognomy upon this ethnically homogenous Croatian region.
On 8 February 1870, Don Mihovil Pavlinović officially opened the Reading Room of Imotski with his first famous speech: "Speech in honour of the Reading Room of Imotski", which was a great cultural and political event.
His speech included the following quote: “My fellow citizens of Imotski... the language you are speaking is a blessing to the Croatian language; the attire you are wearing is an adornment to the traditional Croatian attire. The Croatian people are genuinely proud of your heroic behaviour and the unison harmony of Imotski in the elections.”
In 1945, Imotski had a so-called partisan reading room. It existed until the mid-1950s. In the present-day municipality of Grubine, the former SKOJ (League of Communist Youth of Yugoslavia) established a reading room in 1938, which existed until the beginning of the war.
The library of the Centre for Vocational Education was the only public library in Imotski in 1979. From 1970 (likely the year of its establishment) until 15 May 1979, the library had only 170 registered members in an area of 48,000 inhabitants (according to Imotska krajina of 15 May 1979).
The Public Library of Imotski was founded in 1982. According to a text published in the issue of 1 July 1984, the Library received a formal recognition after only 17 months of operation (which is a relatively short period of operation) - "Pavao Markovac" which is awarded to libraries for their results in popularising reading among the workers during 1983. In 1982, the Library loaned 750 books, and in 1983 it loaned as many as 12,000 books with 543 registered members. Young people were the most active readers in the Public Library at that time.
The City Library and Reading Room of Imotski was founded in November 2006, after a thorough restoration of the building in which it is located today, with the funding of more than two million kunas by the Ministry of Culture. Marija Jović, the director of the City Library of Imotski, was awarded a gold medal with a chain from the association Mare nostrum Croaticum for her outstanding contribution to the improvement of the cultural life of the city.
“Don Mihovil Pavlinović” City Library
Director: Marija Jović, PhD, graduate journalist, graduate librarian
Ulica Kralja Zvonimira 1, 21260 Imotski
Telephone: 021 / 670 – 572
gradska.knjiznica.imotski@st.t-com.hr
[1] Jurić, Šime, Značenje knjižnice Franjevačkog samostana u Imotskom, Čuvari baštine. Zbornik radova simpozija u prigodi 250. Obljetnice prijenosa Franjevačkog samostana u grad Imotski, Imotski: Franjevački samostan Imotski i „služba Božja“ Makarska, 1989., str. 386 (Eng. The significance of the library of the Franciscan Monastery in Imotski, Guardians of heritage. Proceedings of the symposium on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the assignment of the Franciscan Monastery to the City of Imotski, Imotski: Franciscan Monastery in Imotski and the "ministerial service" in Makarska, 1989, p. 386).
[2] Pravilnik društva narodne čitaonice Imotski, Zadar, 1868., str.,15 (Eng. Ordinance of the Public Reading Room of Imotski, Zadar, 1868, p. 15).