Gordana Stokić Simončić
Univerzitet u Beogradu
Filološki fakultet – Katedra za bibliotekarstvo i informatiku, Beograd
gordana.stokic.simoncic@gmail.com

doi: 10.19090/cit.2017.31.56-61
No. 31 (November 2017), p. 56-61

Yugoslav Library Association and Serbian Library Association:
Continuity of Professional Associations

Summary

The Yugoslav Library Association, i.e. its Belgrade Section, operated in Belgrade from the end of November 1929 to the beginning of 1941. The important goals set by the Association have not been achieved, and due to the changing political, social and economic circumstances after the Second World War, its work remained little known to the later generations of librarians.
The author of this paper starts from the hypothesis that the period between the two world wars was – judging by professional actions initiated in complex political and modest economic conditions – the time of ascent of Serbian librarianship, and that the visions of the former librarians were embedded in the foundations of the postwar development of this profession in our country. As we approach the anniversary, seven decades of work of the Serbian Library Association, we find it necessary to draw attention of the professional public to the existence of the professional association that preceded it, as well as to the possibility of moving the date of foundation of the association for the entire two decades backwards.

Keywords:

librarians, associations, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Yugoslavia, Yugoslav Library Association, Belgrade Section, Serbian Library Association

Submitted: 2nd July 2017
Correction to the manuscript: 15th August 2017
Accepted for publication: 3rd September 2017

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