History of Historical Bibliography of the Šumava Mountains and Problems of Regional Bibliography Today
Abstract
Efforts to the professional bibliographic monitoring of literature in the Šumava Mountains and its foothills (The Pošumaví Region) fall in the Czech environment into the second half of the 20th century and correspond with the foundation of Nature Reserve Šumava (established 1963). Previous attempts have been fragmented, in addition to attempts at centre, to writing titles dedicated to particular sites (museums activities), to the relevant administrative departments (Plzeň Region, České Budějovice Region, West Bohemia Region, South Bohemian Region), various periodicals (where, however, the Šumava Mountains played only a secondary role) and, where relevant, to individual scientific disciplines.
German environment expressed an increased interest in the bibliographic records based on demande of displaced people, who were interested in the history of their lost fatherland. What problems people may encounter when creating regional bibliography and how to proceed when databases of central institutions are not enough? Creation of historical bibliography for 2010–2012 will become a perfect example, where are the limits and possibilities of present regional bibliography in the Czech Republic.
In its creation we based it on the Internet database of great libraries and we relied on the knowledge of local publishers. During our database we were still asking for usability, purpose and practicality of our work which includes more than 500 records.