Nada Arbutina

Adress: Belgrade City Library
Biblioteka grada Beograda
Knez Mihailova 56
11000 Beograd, SERBIA

Contact info:
+381 11 2024 026 (office)
+381 61 8802 052 (cell)

Huge field of interests, at the moment focused on the theme of the PhD research (Cultural legacy in public libraries). Very passionate in the education for seniors and lifelong learning.
PhD candidate. Graduated comparative literature and the theory of literature. In the world of libraries is longer than 15 years. At the moment Assistant Director directly responsible for 70 library-branches.Often presents her work in the international conferences, as well as she is certified trainer for school librarians. Special professional interest is in manuscripts. Regularly published papers in reputable professional periodicals. Holds the highest national professional title of Library Adviser.

About organisation: BELGRADE CITY LIBRARY – BCL (Biblioteka grada Beograda) is the biggest and most significant public library in Serbia. BCL consists of central library and the network of 14 municipal libraries and 70 branches. Already in 1987 BCL was the first public library in the country to implement elements of automation in its work. BCl has defined three major challenges in its further development: accommodating to the spreading of new technologies and the potential for new services that it brings; evolving demands of library users; and librarians’ new expectations for education and training. BCL constantly builds internal partnerships between libraries, museums and archives. In the past it has participated in AccessIT, AccessIT Plus, Europeana Awareness, Di-XL and LoCloud projects. BCL has developed its own digital library (dlibra.bgb.rs) and managing of it represents one of the library’s main tasks in the coming decade.