The Role of a Matica Srpska Library and a Librarian as Mediator Between Information and Users

Abstract

Throughout the history as well as today, librarians have educational and enlightening role, influencing the people’s mind and their education, but also creating new sources of knowledge. Today, information and data can be presented in many new ways, and the role of librarians is essential in all these aspects. Because of that, professional training is a base for quality work in libraries. In the Matica Srpska Library, librarians have always been true professionals, as well as good educators, and sincerely helpful. Librarians travel with users through the past, leafing through old books and magazines, finding a lot of important facts and discovering a wealth of information, which can be used for creation of new publications. In the future – when these publications are published – they will be a new source of information for a new user. This article shows that by their presence, knowledge, creativity and suggestions librarians indirectly influence the creation of new publications, and that any information users receive in a library can affect not only the form and content of their texts, but also their impression of the library.