Serbian Academic Library Association

Beginnings

In 1992, the Serbian Academic Library Association was established at the University Library “Svetozar Markovic”. Libraries from all six state universities and from research institutes joined the Association. At the time of establishment, the Association had about fifty members and today it has 157 members.

Vision

In the future, the Serbian Academic Library Association will be a meeting place and a source of knowledge, information and skills necessary for all member libraries to efficiently meet the requirements of their customers and communities. The Association will be the central hub of a network that connects the member libraries through which all the information necessary for successful work will circulate. The Serbian Academic Library Association will connect the member libraries with their users. It will represent the interests and needs of member libraries and it will articulate the demands that individuals – customers, and the society as a whole, have set for libraries.

Objectives

The mission of the Serbian Academic Library Association is accomplished by reaching the following goals:

  • Continuous improvement of the quality of service in member libraries.
  • Identification and pursuit of common objectives, policies and strategies of member libraries related to the development of library and information activity in Serbia.
  • Approval of recommendations for standardization of the quality of library service, preservation of collections, construction of joint deposits, permanent education of librarians and development of international cooperation.
  • Development of cooperation with all relevant stakeholders from central institutions in order to build a digital repository that will include scientific and technical works of all academic staff and selected educational materials.
  • Cooperation between the experts employed in the member libraries and other relevant agents in order to prepare materials and implement programs for improving public knowledge which is in accordance with the objectives, policies and strategies of the Association.
  • Organization of conferences, publishing and promoting activities in order to inform the experts and the general public about the performance of the Association.
  • Promotion of  values of the information society and activities that contribute to its development.