Univerzitetska biblioteka na putu ka integriranom univerzitetu
The University Library on the Way to an Integrated University

Summary/Abstract: The article comments the issues of function, position, financial and legal status and development of libraries that are functioning as a part of the higher education. Numerous questions arise and numerous answers and solutions are suggested, all aimed for the libraries to use their full information capacity and equally participate in the university’s teaching, scientific and research process.Principles and aims of development have been determined on the basis of the analysis given. The main condition for realization of the goals determined is development of a unified information system of the universities, in which the central position would belong to the academic library. It is a complex process which means: - optimization of all the available university information sources, - coordination of all the IT procedures that are library-related (starting from purchase, processing and circulation of the material and services, to the formation of collections and protection) and - education of librarians, students and university associates, based on the international program of life-long learning Role of the library in the university integration process is inevitable and will not be successful until both the university and wider social community realize the importance of the library for development of a knowledge-based society and accept the library as an integral segment of the university.

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