After the opening of its new building in 1926, the University Library received many gifts; the first among them was a special collection of Petar Budmani. Today, the University Library holds 26 important special collections.
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At the scientific conference Libraries in the 21st century the vision of the library of the third millennium was accepted. In the centre of its future role stands a fully-educated librarian. In Serbia specialized library education started in 1948. In 1963 education of librarians started also at the Faculty of Philology in Belgrade.