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Purpose: The establishment of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Maribor (MF UM) has had an influence on changes in the library activity at the University of Maribor (UM). In the beginning the library activity for the newly established faculty was implemented by the University Library of Maribor (UML), later the faculty has established its own central library MF UM. The purpose of this research is primarily to determine the formation, the role, the meaning and evaluation of the newly introduced special library collections at the UML and the MF UM library such as A collection of models of the organs and bones of the human body. The two collections were formed due to the needs of the study process in the field of medicine at the University of Maribor. We present and analyse the usage of collections in a specific period, with indicators "library collection turnover rate" and "loan to a potential user", to enable overwiew of usage of the Dr. Zora Janžekovič Room in the UML and the loan of A collection of models of the organs and bones of the human body at the MF UM. With acquired results we wish to confirm the usability of both collections, the justification of investment in management and the need for their further formation. Methodology/approach: For the evaluation of usefulness of library collections we collected statistical data on the usage of A collection of models of the organs and bones of the human body in the UML and in the MF UM library through various periods. Data on the usage of the collection in the UML was collected on the basis of annual reports on the work of the UML for the years 2004 to 2006, documentation Records of usage of anatomy study room between the years 2006 and 2011 and from data collection of software C3 -Loan where the usage of inventory and chairs has been recorded in the Dr. Zora Janžekovič Room since 2018 onwards. We also gathered the data on loan of the collection at the MF UM library from reccords of C3-Loan module, since already from the establishment of the mentioned collection the loan of models has been recorded in this way. We calculated two indicators: Library collection turnover rate and Loan of a potential user, with which we facilitated the comparability of results. Results: We found out that both collections reach high values of use or loan, which justifies purchase, processing and further development, and that collections have no essential fluctuations in usage. We also found out that in temporal distribution of users or loan of the collection two peaks stand out: the first in spring and the second in autumn months. Research limitation: Limitation of our research is a fact that both libraries collect different data for the usage of special collections. Originality/practical implications: We wanted to examine the justification of the establishment of both library collections of anatomical models which were introduced on the basis of medical study needs. With the obtained results we wish to complete and improve library services in the future. Thus we conducted the first research which deals with the justification, usability and historical development of special collections in Slovenia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article deals with Karol Jan Stadtmüller and his son, Karol Ludwik Tytus Stadtmüller. The authors present brief synopses of the life and professional/scholarly work of the father and son, who together also authored the book "Słownik Techniczny" (1936). The authors then focus upon the collection of documents and resource materials the two had collected/compiled while writing this dictionary--their acknowledged magnum opus--of over 120,000 technical terms. They also analyze the quality and quantity (1,558) of those documents and materials, which had been presented by the Stadtmüller family to the AGH University of Science and Technology Library in Krakow, Poland. The authors studied the extant collection to determine its usefulness to future researchers and to detail and discern the methodology the Stadtmüllers utilized in their research and work.