TY - GEN A1 - Trifunovic, Bogdan T1 - Serbian Library Association 1947-2017: Strained or Natural Development? T2 - TK 8: Podium der Verbände / Serbian Library Association 1947-2017: Strained or Natural Development? (13.06.2018, 15:30 - 16:00 Uhr, Podium der Verbände) N2 - The aim of this paper is to present the development of librarianship in Serbia through the analysis of crisis that affected the Serbian Library Association and libraries in the country. The Serbian Library Association (SLA) is the oldest and biggest professional library association in Serbia, established in Belgrade in 1947. The history of SLA to a certain degree reflects the modern history of the region of ex-Yugoslavia, with all of its high and low moments, including the breakdown of Yugoslavia in the 1990 S. This paper will analyze the correlation between the broader social and economical circumstances in the country and the functioning of a professional association tightly connected with the level of state investments in culture and education. The paper will show which circumstances led to several crisis in the history of SLA for the past seven decades: - constitutional years, - the "small crisis in 1980s, - the "big crisis in 1990s, - the current crisis triggered by the global economic crisis in 2008, which still pressures the region. The analysis will include several numerical categories, which will enable comparative data for different periods: number of SLA members, SLA's publications (journal "Librarian in the first place), held conferences and other professional gathering S. The analysis will compare these factors for each of the periods, as a means of providing quantitative data for comparison, for better understanding the impact external factors had/has on the SLA and its functioning. Another aspect of analysis will be the writings published by librarians running the SLA during the analyzed period. That way it will be possible to gain an insight on the main topics that took attention of librarians, in an effort of revealing the dynamics of social and economical changes that had an impact on libraries and their employees, as well as on the Serbian Library Association. Y1 - 2018 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bib-info/frontdoor/index/index/docId/3718 ER -