A clear conception of what is digital library does not exist as yet. Different communities discuss digital libraries in terms of different perspectives, conceptions, models, and approaches.
Until electronic publishing appeared, scientific communication had been developing almost 400 years in the direction technologically defined by print on paper.
The article is a biographical description of Prof Božo Težak.
The postgraduate study, which Prof. Težak founded and was conducting longer than anyone else, is in many ways an exceptional educational institution.
Two elements are being discussed as to the meaning and role of Dr. Božo Težak.
Težak’s first more extensive article O resnici v naravoslovnih vedah (About the truth in natural sciences), published in the journal Nova Evropa after his graduation in 1931, reflects the characteristics of the university atmosphere in Zagreb (then under the influence of the Vienna circle), which also contributed to the then won two Nobel prizes (Prelog, Ružička).
