Belgrade University Library

The library of the University of Belgrade is the central library within the system of Belgrade University Libraries. It is named after Svetozar Marković, a political activist in the 19th century. It is the second largest library in Belgrade, according to the National Library of Serbia.

It is a Carnegie library, built with the funds of the businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Belgrade was one of the first three European cities with a Carnegie library, the others were Reims and lions. This library is the only Carnegie library in Central and Eastern Europe.

The Belgrade University Library is the largest university library in the country and has over 1.5 million books. It is the central library of the University of Belgrade, but also serves as the basis for all other Serbian university libraries. The library is also known as the National Library, because of the large Serbian collection, in addition, it contains a number of international scientific collections.

The library was founded in 1921 and is the successor of the Belgrade University Library from the year 1844. The current building it is housed since 1926.