National Library of Serbia | |
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Народна библиотека Србије | |
44°47′51.1″N 20°28′1.8″E / 44.797528°N 20.467167°E | |
Location | Belgrade, Serbia |
Type | National Library |
Established | 1832 |
Collection | |
Items collected | books, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, databases, maps, prints, drawings and manuscripts |
Size | 6M items |
Criteria for collection | Legal deposit of materials published in Serbia; materials about Serbia or materials published by the people of Serbia residing abroad; selected foreign scholarly publications and other materials. |
Legal deposit | Yes (Legal deposit law in 1832.) |
Other information | |
Director | Vladimir Pištalo |
Employees | 270 |
Website | www.nb.rs |
Location within Belgrade |
The National Library of Serbia (Serbian: Народна библиотека Србије, romanized: Narodna biblioteka Srbije) is the national library of Serbia, located in the capital city of Belgrade. It is the biggest library, and oldest institution in Serbia, one that was completely destroyed many times over in the last two centuries.[1]