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  • The Library of Matica Srpska

    The Matica Srpska Library is the oldest Serbian national library and the first Serbian public and scientific library. It was founded in 1826 in Pest, together with the Matica Srpska Society. The intention of the founders, led by Jovan Hadzic, was to "spread literature and literacy among the Serbs, i.e. to publish Serbian manuscripts and disseminate them". The first issues of the

  • Novi Sad City Library


    Novi Sad City Library continued the tradition of Novi Sad Serbian Reading-Room which was established on September 23rd 1845. It is located in the core of the Old City, in a building that was left as legacy from Anka and Arsa Pajevic, publishers, Maecenas, and patrons of Serbian people. There are several Departments in the central building: Djura Danicic Lending Department, Children Department, Information-Reference Centre with Reading-room and British-book Fund, Management and Service Department. In its long history, the City Library has developed a network of 22 libraries – branches (9 in the City of Novi Sad and 13 in the suburbs of the City) and it also has two separate