Metlib 2018, Belgrade city library Overview of public libraries in Serbia Dragana Milunovic PhD | Library Adviser National Library of Serbia | Department for Digital Library Skype: dragananbs|@dragananbs E:dragana.milunovic@nb.rs|dragananbs@gmail.com CC BY-NC-SA

Metlib 2018, Belgrade city library Overview of public libraries in Serbia SERBIA FACTS Balkans - Crossroad - East and West Population 7.057 million Religion Orthodox Capital Belgrade (the white town) Total area ~35 000 sq mi Climate Continental Land of forests, rivers, mountains and plains Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman heritage Tasty food and southern hospitality CC BY-NC-SA

Metlib 2018, Belgrade city library Overview of public libraries in Serbia HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Slavs settled the Balkans, 6th century Raška – the Medieval State, 11th century Kingdom, 1217 1540 – 1817, Ottoman Empire annexed Serbia - risings and battles for liberation 19th century – freedom from Turks Balkan Wars World War I and World War II (National Library of Serbia burnt to the ground) Period of Communism Names the world might know: Nikola Tesla Mihajlo Pupin Milutin Milankovic Ivo Andric Milos Crnjanski Josip Broz Tito CC BY-NC-SA

Metlib 2018, Belgrade city library Overview of public libraries in Serbia SERBIAN LIBRARY NETWORK Facts and Figures Library Type Number National 2 Academic 214 School 1553 Special 267 Public (branches included) 564 TOTAL 2600 548.079 members (233.475 children, 314.604 adults) 1994 library staff 13.934.530 books 61.509 serials 545.887 non-book material Associations Serbian Library Association Parent Library Community of Serbia CC BY-NC-SA

Metlib 2018, Belgrade city library Overview of public libraries in Serbia LEGISLATIVE Basic Laws Li­bra­ri­an­ship and In­for­ma­tion Ac­ti­vi­ti­es Law (2012) Legal Deposit of Publication Law (2012) Old and Rare Book Law (2012) Followed by 16 subordinate documents (2012) Side Laws Copyright Law Data Protection Law In­hi­bi­tion of Di­scri­mi­na­tion of Di­sa­bled Law … The most important provision: “Establishing the public library in each municipality is mandatory by the force of the Law”. CC BY-NC-SA

Metlib 2018, Belgrade city library Overview of public libraries in Serbia Parental Functions Development of the library network (statistics, instructions and trainings, inspection, analysis, central register of libraries, workplace learning and system improvement measures) Centralized activities of importance for the network Union Catalogue Coordinated Digitization State purchase of books CC BY-NC-SA

Metlib 2018, Belgrade city library Overview of public libraries in Serbia PROUD AND JOY! Čačak City Library – new building Metadata aggregator Bibliobuses Coins Project 65+ Project AgroLibJA Project Digitalization of local history collections Print Disabled Acessability projects International recognition Local self-government support Sustainability Influence to community CC BY-NC-SA

Metlib 2018, Belgrade city library Overview of public libraries in Serbia MAJOR CONCERNS CUTS IT professional OUTFLOW BORED user CC BY-NC-SA

To understand changes and to prepare for the services of the future Metlib 2018, Belgrade city library Overview of public libraries in Serbia VISION To understand changes and to prepare for the services of the future CC BY-NC-SA

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