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In today’s information environment, characterized by the availability of information and information overload, navigating successfully both in everyday life and in an educational setting poses a challenge. Given this, one can assume that postgraduate students, within such an environment, face various difficulties in seeking and using relevant information for scientific research, as well as throughout their postgraduate studies in general, requiring assistance in this prolonged process. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of existing knowledge on the traditional and evolving role of academic librarians in the research process of postgraduate students. Additionally, this paper will clarify the concept of zones of intervention by Carol Kuhlthau, which can serve as a framework for instructing this user group. The purpose of this paper is to prompt librarians to reflect on how academic libraries currently contribute to the educational experience and research work of postgraduate students and to emphasize the importance of adapting and enhancing information and library services, the significance of collaboration between academic librarians and supervisors (and/or other postgraduate faculty members), and the active involvement of academic librarians in the information literacy of postgraduate students.

Citizen science is based on research conducted by amateur scientists. The concept of citizen science has existed for several centuries but was defined only in the 1990s. Wider implementation of the concept among different categories of citizens was enabled by making a clear definition, formulating the principles of citizen science, as well as by development of the internet and information technology. Libraries bring together citizens who share different interests, so they are suitable places to spread the concept of citizen science. Academic libraries are highly positioned in this process ‒ on the one hand, they enable connection with the scientific community, projects, and research, and on the other, the education of librarians and citizens about the concept of citizen science. University Library “Svetozar Marković” has gained experience and knowledge in the domain of open science through its own citizen science projects. Therefore, by participating in the CeOS SE Project, the University Library has become a hub for the education of librarians from the Western Balkans, also giving them support in the implementation of activities and knowledge in the domain of citizen science. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

For the first time, the paper provides a complete professional biography of Milica Vojinović (1895–1990), a librarian at the Belgrade University Library. Her contributions are evident in founding the Association of Yugoslav Librarians (1931– 1940); being a secretary of the Association and attempting to organize librarianship during the Second World War by preparing drafts for the Librarian’s Course and Instructions for the Work of High School Libraries (1943); teaching young librarians during and after the Second World War; managing the Department for Libraries at the Ministry of Education (1946–1947); participating in the establishment of the Association of Librarians of the People’s Republic of Serbia; editing the journal Bibliotekar (Librarian) (1948–1960), and managing the Section for Mass Libraries of the Association of Librarians of the People’s Republic of Serbia and the District Library Center in Belgrade (1955–1959). She authored over 40 papers in the journal Bibliotekar. This paper is based on rich archival material and more modest published sources, and it concludes that Milica Vojinović played an extremely important role in building librarianship as a profession in Serbia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the history of Serbian culture, the period between the two world wars was marked by the increasingly widespread engagement of women as writers, artists, creators of the social environment, but also as clerks in the cultural institutions. Libraries in Belgrade - the National, the University, and the Public - were among the first to open the door for female employees. In a relatively short time, they paved the way to the gender-balanced structure within the library profession. This paper analyzes the professional contribution of Ljubica Marković (1895-1947), a professor of Yugoslav literature and librarian at the University Library in Belgrade. Ljubica Marković was among the first university-educated women employed in the libraries of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. For the whole 20 years, she was managing the complete processing of Yugoslav and other Slavic books in the University Library. She was one of the founders and a board member of the Yugoslav Library Association (1931-1939). Her contribution to the completion and publication of the first Bibliography of Books by Female Writers Printed in Vojvodina, Serbia, Southern Serbia, and Montenegro by the End of 1935 was significant. She was an active member of the Association of University-Educated Women, particularly interested in the development of the feminist movement in our country. Ljubica Marković was certainly a person whose work has connected the developmental paths of librariаnship and feminism in our region. The bibliography of her works consists of almost 80 units - seven separately printed papers, two edited books, and 70 articles published in periodicals, dealing primarily with women's literary work, but also with literature in general, librarianship, and the development of feminism. Like most of the professionals who were founding the Serbian librarianship throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Ljubica Marković as well did not get the deserved place among the builders. Moreover, her contribution to the development of the library profession has never been researched or critically considered. Therefore, the authors of this paper endeavored to make at least an initial step in this direction. The main sources for this research were the documents from the Archive of the University Library Svetozar Marković in Belgrade, the published works by Ljubica Marković herself, as well as the memories of her colleagues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Covid-19 pandemic remarkably changed the ways of working in almost every field and libraries were not an exception. However, librarians found the way to adapt quickly and successfully while trying to help their members and readers not to be influenced by new bad conditions. Librarians of Novi Sad City Library organized various and rich online programs. This paper is focused on the actions realized by the Department for cultural programs: „WRITERS AT YOUR PLACE“ – with online recordings of famous Serbian authors reading from their works. „MAYBE YOU DID (NOT) KNOW“ – publishing of little known data from biographies of remarkable writers. „BOOKS, AGAIN“ – platform for the critics to recommend the books along with the short review. In conclusion, I propose the idea that Covid-19 pandemic opened some new questions, along with the previously existing ones, about the place of libraries in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper analyzes the structure of employees in libraries attached to higher education institutions of the Republic of Serbia. Data on the level and profile of employee education for 2018 and 2013 were obtained from the Library Network of Serbia database. They show that in university libraries, highly educated employees make up 63% of the total number of employees. In the rest of the libraries that belong to the higher education institutions, which are mostly libraries with one employee, there are more of them (77%). Based on the data for 2018, considering the higher education institution in which they work, and the faculty they graduated from, the librarians of the libraries that belong to the higher education institutions are classified into three groups: the first group consists of LIS graduates (7.23%), the second group includes librarians working in libraries of higher education units whose funds refer to scientific fields that they themselves studied (40%), while the third group includes librarians who are neither LIS graduates nor educated in the field for which the library is intended (53%). University libraries submit data on the educational profile of their employees irregularly, which has made the research of the professional structure of librarians in these institutions impossible. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper provides a brief introduction to mobile technology applications and their use in library services. The paper also examines the types of mobile applications for librarians and highlights the specific applications available to librarians. Some prominent features of the applications are briefly described, as well as the advantages and the potential disadvantages. The author attempts to consider important issues such as security, reliability, availability, and cost, that library professionals must be aware of before using mobile applications. Library mobile applications, in addition to providing access to library collections, have some advanced features, such as lending books, searching archives, and others. It is also said that library mobile applications are “libraries that fit in your pocket”. Unlike the libraries around the world, there are just a few libraries in Serbia that have developed a mobile application. This paper presents the expectations and possibilities of using library mobile applications in this country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]