Belgrade University Library
Façade of the library
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| Country | Serbia |
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| Type | Academic library |
| Established | 1844 |
| Location | Belgrade |
| Coordinates | 44°48′22.13″N 20°28′29.24″E / 44.8061472°N 20.4747889°ECoordinates: 44°48′22.13″N 20°28′29.24″E / 44.8061472°N 20.4747889°E |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | Books, journals, newspapers, magazines, maps, prints and manuscripts |
| Size | 1.5 million items (approx.) |
| Access and use | |
| Population served | University of Belgrade and worldwide |
| Members | University of Belgrade and other groups on application |
| Other information | |
| Director | prof. dr Aleksandar Jerkov |
| Website | www.unilib.bg.ac.rs |
The Svetozar Marković University Library (Serbian: Универзитетска библиотека Светозар Марковић) is the central library within the system of the University of Belgrade's libraries, named after Svetozar Marković, Serbian political activist in the 19th century. It is located on King Alexander Boulevard, close to the Faculty of Law and adjacent to the Faculties of Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Architecture. Serves the educational and scientific needs of students, academics and scientists. Library Day is 24 May, the day of Sloven educators St. Cyril and Methodius.] After the founding of the Library, the collection contained 57,254 publications consisting of monographs and serials, and today there are about 1 700 000 publications.
In the holdings of the library are kept capital works from all scientific fields, a large collection of local and foreign (encyclopedias, bibliographies, dictionaries), professional and scientific journals, local and foreign university publications, rich textbooks and significant collection of local and foreign doctoral dissertations. The library has a fund of rarities where are housed manuscripts, old and rare printed books, old magazines and newspapers, archival collection, and a collection of maps, doctoral, master's and specialist works. The collection of manuscripts, Cyrillic and oriental books are invaluable.
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