ČITALIŠTE: the scientific journal on theory and practice of librarianship, is dedicated to development and fostering scientific researches in the areas such as library history, cultural, communicational and educational functions of librarianship, sociology of the book and reading, information literacy, knowledge organization, bibliography, library management, management of library information systems, as well as information and media technologies in the context of development of libraries. By publishing competent, peer-reviewed papers in aforementioned areas, ČITALIŠTE makes efforts to contribute to strengthening of librarianship as a science in Serbia, to promote the dialogue between theoreticians and practitioners, and to promote libraries and librarians as carriers of the social development.

Since 2002, when it first appeared under the title PANČEVAČKO ČITALIŠTE, the journal is being published regularly, in semi-annual intervals, in May and November. The first editor-in-chief of the journal was Goran Trailović. Since 2009 it is being edited by Gordana Stokić Simončić as the editor-in-chief and Goran Trailović as the managing editor. Since issue 45 (November 2024), the editor-in-chief of the journal is Branka Dragosavac. The City Library of Pančevo is the publisher of the journal. Since November 2011 its co-publisher is the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad and since 2023, University of Belgrade - Faculty of Philology. In the period 2009-2011, ČITALISTE had the rank of a scientific journal, since 2012 it had the rank of a scientific journal of national importance (M52), and 2021 it was ranked as a top journal of national importance (M51).

So far the journal has thousand contributors, librarians and academics from all types of libraries and the faculties of Library Science and IT in Serbia and abroad.





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