Since 2005, the duties of the school librarian have been carried out by Marica Stojšin, a classroom teacher. The school library spaces are functionally arranged as a reading room and library section, accessible to every student, teacher, and other school staff. The book collection expands according to the school's financial capabilities, purchasing new literature required by the curriculum and program for each grade, as well as acquiring pedagogical, psychological, and other professional literature.
Currently, the library holds 16,210 books - monographs, and 3,920 serial publications such as journals and newspapers. Throughout this year, the library has been enriched with approximately 600 books and 400 periodicals. Most books are acquired as donations, particularly textbooks and a small number of children's books, both in Serbian and Hungarian languages.
The school library houses around ten rare titles printed during the First and Second World Wars. Some of these titles include: "Patriotic Songs from New Serbian Literature," printed in 1914; "Avengers - Stories and Images from the Great War," printed in 1914; Viktor Hugo's "Ninety-Three," printed in 1915; "Folk Songs of Croatian-Serbian People" from 1918; "Economy of Novi Sad 1748-1880," printed in 1941...
Library users include all school employees and students attending our school. The library operates throughout the week, both before and after noon (Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday mornings, Wednesday and Friday afternoons).
The school subscribes to magazines such as "Pedagogical Reality," "School Time," "Educational Review," "Uj Kep," "Psychological News," "Super," "Carousel," "Mezesschool," "Jo Pajtas," "Becej Mosaic," "Mathematical Sheet," and "Official Gazette." Students have access to "Schoolarac 3," "Schoolarac 4," "Schoolarka 1," "Schoolaraka 2," "Vitez 1," "Vitez," "Svetosavsko Zvonce," "National Geography," "Mezesskalac," "Panda," "Jo Pajtas," and "OPERENCIA."
The library receives between 35 and 50 users daily. The most devoted readers are students in lower grades, while students in higher grades predominantly read required literature. It's likely that the number of older students and their interest in reading would increase if we had more titles that appeal to them, which the school cannot afford due to limited financial resources. Such titles include "Harry Potter," "Mark's Book," works by Eva Janikovski, and others.
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