Serbia

Contact Address

National Library of Serbia
Att.: Ms Emilija Brasic
Skerliceva 1
11000 Belgrade
Serbia

Tel: (+381 11) 2451 242 / ext. 84
Fax: (+381 11) 459 444
E-mail: emilija@nbs.bg.ac.yu
URL: http://www.nbs.bg.ac.yu

Statistics

Basic information

1. What percentage of the total number of publishers in the country does this represent?

90-95%.

2. Achievement of total numbering, i.e. are all books numbered yet?

90-95%.

3. Approximately what percentage of books listed in the major book lists or bibliographies of the country carry ISBNs?

100%.

4. Is bar coding used in your country?

Yes.

5. How much interest is there in ISBNs for non-book material?

There is much interest in numbering electronic publications (especially CD-ROMs).

Further information

The National ISBN Agency for Serbia has noticed that there has been a significant increase in the number of 5th group publishers since the beginning of the 1990ies. This trend has continued into the year 2000 and beyond. Apparently there is a serious problem of publishing in Serbia, since a large fraction of authors decides to publish their own books, as they find that the terms offered by the publishing companies are unsatisfactory.

Since march 2005 the National Agency of Serbia and Montenegro has been separated into two National Agencies, the National Agency of Serbia and the National Agency of Montenegro.

(August 2005)