Although the Ministry of Culture has decided that from January 1, it will not buy books in Latin for libraries, publishers will continue to publish them. This means that this new measure will not help the Cyrillic alphabet, and that it has deprived libraries of many good and important books. Only the state will save again
The State Secretary of the Ministry of Culture appealed to the Ministry of Economy to review the document, which would even mean its abolition for libraries. This is the first reaction of an institution regarding the librarian's appeal
The international organization IFLA supports the Library Association of Serbia and points out that the Tariff is not in line with international law
The Librarian Society of Serbia has launched an online petition for the postponement of fees for borrowing books from libraries, which will come into force at the beginning of next year.
Serbian libraries only recently received a list of books that the Ministry of Culture will buy from publishers in order to reach the libraries. Those books will reach libraries and readers only at the end of the year, and it was supposed to be this spring at the latest. There are not many valuable books on that list, including Andrić's essays
According to the Copyright Law, which was adopted 10 years ago, from January 1, libraries will pay 15 dinars for each book issued. The money is intended for authors and translators
