Milica Vojinović’s Contribution to the Development Of Librarianship as a Profession in Serbia Cover Image

Допринос Милице Војиновић развоју библиотекарства као професије у Србији
Milica Vojinović’s Contribution to the Development Of Librarianship as a Profession in Serbia

Author(s): Anđela Stošić
Subject(s): Cultural history, Library and Information Science, Local History / Microhistory
Published by: Библиотекарско друштво Србије
Keywords: Milica Vojinović (1895–1990); Association of Yugoslav Librarians; Association of Librarians of the People’s Republic of Serbia; District Library Center in Belgrade; librarian education;

Summary/Abstract: For the first time, the paper provides a complete professional biography of Milica Vojinović (1895–1990), a librarian at the Belgrade University Library. Her contributions are evident in founding the Association of Yugoslav Librarians (1931–1940); being a secretary of the Association and attempting to organize librarianship during the Second World War by preparing drafts for the Librarian’s Course and Instructions for the Work of High School Libraries (1943); teaching young librarians during and after the Second World War; managing the Department for Libraries at the Ministry of Education (1946–-1947); participating in the establishment of the Association of Librarians of the People’s Republic of Serbia; editing the journal Bibliotekar (Librarian) (1948–1960), and managing the Section for Mass Libraries of the Association of Librarians of the People’s Republic of Serbia and the District Library Center in Belgrade (1955–1959). She authored over 40 papers in the journal Bibliotekar. This paper is based on rich archival material and more modest published sources, and it concludes that Milica Vojinović played an extremely important role in building librarianship as a profession in Serbia.

  • Issue Year: LXIV/2022
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 9-27
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Serbian