Acquisition and Exchange of publications

The Matica Srpska Library collections have regularly been expanded by legal deposit, Serbian Ministry of Culture acquisitions, the Library’s own acquisitions, exchanged publications and gifts, and FAO and UNESCO depository materials. Every year, around sixty thousand publications are added to the collections.  

According to the Law on Legal Deposit, the Library receives six printed and one electronic copy (PDF) of every publication published in the Province of Vojvodina. Two copies are for the basic library collection and the Local Studies Collection and other copies are sent to the Serbian National Library, the National and University Library “Ivo Andrić” in Priština, and the University Library “Svetozar Marković” in Belgrade. 

The Matica Srpska Library regularly exchanges publications with the following national libraries: the Central National Library of Montenegro “Đurđe Crnojević” in Cetinje and the National and University Library of the Republic of Srpska in Banja Luka.

The traditional exchange of books and periodicals with over 300 related institutions (national libraries, science academies, etc.) from around 50 countries is especially significant. The Library sends Serbian books to Serbian libraries in Hungary, Romania, and Croatia, as well as Slavic centres worldwide. About ten thousand publications are exchanged annually, including all the materials published by the Library and the Matica Srpska. The Library regularly receives a large number of foreign periodicals, mainly through exchange but also through other ways of acquisition.

The Library receives about 15,000 donated publications each year from numerous donors. As a depository library for FAO and UNESCO publications, it annually receives materials from these institutions. The Matica Srpska Library has also collected all the publications (books, periodicals, and minor documentary materials) published in the diaspora.

Contact information

Head of Acquisition and Exchange Department
Miroslav Aleksić
e-mail: maleksic@bms.ns.ac.rs
phone: + 381 21 420 199 / ext. 109
phone/fax: + 381 21 420 271

Acquisition and Exchange of domestic publications and acceptance of gifts
Sofija Živković
e-mail: szivkovic@bms.ns.ac.rs
phone/fax: + 381 21 420 271
phone: + 381 21 420 199 / ext. 287

Acquisition of domestic publications and acceptance of gifts
Jelena Kovaček-Svetličić
e-mail: jelena@bms.ns.ac.rs
phone/fax: + 381 21 420 271
phone: + 381 21 420 199 / ext. 287

Acquisition of domestic publications and acceptance of gifts
Bojan Samson
e-mail: bsamson@bms.ns.ac.rs
phone/fax: + 381 21 420 271
phone: + 381 21 420 199 / ext. 287

Reception of the Legal Deposit
Stevan Dražić
e-mail: sdrazic@bms.ns.ac.rs
phone: + 381 21 6612 254
phone: + 381 21 420 199 / ext. 153

Exchange of publications in Slavic languages
Verica Ševo
e-mail: vsevo@bms.ns.ac.rs
phone: + 381 21 420 199 / ext. 289

Exchange of publications in English and other languages
Olivera Krivošić
e-mail: okrivosic@bms.ns.ac.rs
phone/fax: + 381 21 420 271
phone: + 381 21 420 199 / ext. 290

Exchange of publications in German language
Tamara Vujkov-Đuranović
e-mail: tvujkov@bms.ns.ac.rs
phone/fax: + 381 21 420 271
phone: + 381 21 420 199 / ext. 290

Exchange of publications in Serbian and Romance languages
Sonja Ivanović
e-mail: sivanovic@bms.ns.ac.rs
phone: + 381 21 420 199 / ext. 287

Exchange of publications in Hungarian language
Katalin Rafa
e-mail: krafa@bms.ns.ac.rs
phone: + 381 21 420 199 / ext. 159