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  working days 7,30-19,30
  Saturdays 7,30-13,30
   
Main reading-room
Reading-room for periodicals and for research work
Reading-room for rarities
Reference Center reading-room
Reading-room for special library material
Reading-room for specialized library literature

+381 (021)
420 199
420 198
Main telephone
528 910
Director
6613 457
Secretary
528 747
Library Informations
525 859
Reference Center
420 271
The Acquisition and Exchange Department
529 749
Services for Libraries
528 574
525 859
420 271
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21000 Novi Sad
Matice srpske 1
Serbia
 
e-mail: bms@bms.ns.ac.rs
website: http://www.bms.rs/
on line catalogues:
http://bmsalf.ns.ac.rs/cobiss/
 
 
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The Matica Srpska Library today

The Matica Srpska Library in its funds has more than 3,000,000 books and other publications.

The Library receives the sample copy of all the publications of Serbia.

The Library has 671 old manuscript books, the greatest collection of Serbian books from the 15th to the 19th century and the richest collection of Serbian periodicals from the 18th and the first half of the 19th century.

The legacies and the donated libraries both of individuals and institutions are preserved as the special collections.

The Library exchanges publications with 350 foreign libraries and institutions.

Cataloguing and bibliography work are automated since 1989.

CIP cataloging is made for all Vojvodina publications.

In August 2007, the Library data base has had over 970.000 entries.

The Library gives services in research domestic as well as foreign data bases.

In its reading-rooms there are 200 seats.

The Library is constantly expanding its publishing and exhibit work.

Restoration and conservation is done in a modern well equipped laboratory.

As the central library for all University and public libraries in Vojvodina organizes expert exams for all Vojvodina libraries.

It has 150 workers.

Departments of the Matica Srpska Library
:
Department of Old and Rare Books and Legacies
Acquisition and Exchange Department
Department for Cataloguing and Bibliographic work
Department for Storage and Use of Publications
The Reference Center
Department for Preservation of Publications
The Research and Development Department
Administrative Department
Financial Department

 

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