The Nippon Foundation

100 Books for Understanding Contemporary Japan Application Form 2012

Name of institution (university, think tank, etc.) Name of library Public Library "Stefan Prvovencani" Cara Lazara 36, Address Kraljevo

Country Telephone Fax URL Name of director of library Director's E-mail address Year of establishment of library No. of librarians Main source of funding Annual budget for library Annual budget for acquiring books Annual budget for acquiring Japan-related books No. of books in collection No. of Japan-related books in collection No. of library users per year No. of students studying the Japanese language at your institution (if applicable)

Serbia +38136321377 +38136321377 http://www.kvbiblio.org.rs Dragana Tipsarevic biblioteka@tron.rs

1945 39 employees
Library is financially supported by municipal budget of Kraljevo.
USD: USD: USD:
Printed books

or or or

EUR: EUR: EUR:

377.325,00 13.172,00 None

E-books

202.978
English Other languages

108 10 009 users

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No. of students enrolled in a Japanese studies program at your institution (if applicable) Why do you wish to apply for books through this Donation Project? Our aim is to enrich the book fond in foreign languages, since more and more users are interested in reading literature in other languages. Mostly young people show strong ambition in improving their English language ability. We are trying to meet the needs of our users, especially younger ones, which are the most demanding at the same time.

What kind of users of your library are interested in Japan? Most of the users interested in Japan are university and high school students. Moreover, there are many young people from Kraljevo that are currently students of Japanese language and literature, and regular users of our library. Moreover, among our creative workshop, there is one in origami which is very popular among children, as well as among university students.

Does your library have plans to expand its Japan-related book collection?
Yes We would like to expand our book collections related to Japanese art and culture. No

Besides the 100 books on Japan available through this donation project, what kind of books related to Japan do you wish to acquire? We would like to have more books on Japanese art, especially origami related books, which would be very useful for of our origami workshop. some monograph cities, further development p g p Also, , we would like to acquire q g p books on Japanese p , like Kyoto or Tokyo, or other books related to demography and geography of Japan.

What is the mission of your library? Our mission is to provide the best service we could for our users, in content and quality. We are trying to expand our offer in books and librarian material and at the same time we are working on protection of the existing one. Furthermore, we are making an effort to make the information we offer available for our online users and we constantly work on digitalization of librarian material. It is very important for our Library to cooperate with cultural institutions and schools, as well as with other work organizations in Kraljevo. Also, our aim is to continue and establish cooperation with Embassies and partner institution in country and abroad. We are proud to say that we have already accomplished good cooperation with Japanese Embassy, likewise with other Embassies in Serbia.

Does your library hold any special events for its users? E.g. Lectures, concerts, outreach events
Yes No There are lots of lectures, literature events, book launches and creative Please specify: workshops that are held regularly in our library.

Do you belong to a consortium? If so, which one?

Yes Our library is in the Assocation of Public Library of Serbia

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No

How did you find out about this donation project?

The Nippon Foundation Web Site Faculty in your institution Government Office Japanese embassy in your country Others Your country's embassy E-mail Others

Any other comments

Contact Person: Title / Dr. Name

Position Phone

Mr.

Mrs.

Ms.
E-mail address Fax

Mirjana Djordjevic maticna@kvbiblio.org.rs

Deputy Director +38136321377

Date

08

August

2012

NB : Please note that while The Nippon Foundation will be responsible for the purchase of books and shipping expenses, all other expenses (customs fees, taxes, etc.) incurred in the destination country will be borne by the recipient institution.

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