Commencing from a rich bibliographic and documentary basis which is far from being completely exhaustes yet and whicj contains more information about initila stages and the epriod between the wars, our aim is to draw a portrait of the "Lucian Blaga" Central University Library. The closer it is viewed, the more difficult it is to sketch; such is a human portrait.
This study attempts to "span" in a few pages more than a hundred years of history of the Central University Library Cluj, from its foundation linked to the foundation of the University (1872) to other important events: the Union of Transylvania with Romania (1918), World War II and the Library taking refuge in Sibiu, the Library moving back to Cluj and all that followed after 1947.
The evolution of the Library is also displayed by the succinct presentation of its collections of books, engravings, maps, manuscripts, art albums, etc.
