NATIONAL LIBRARY DAY IN NIS CELEBRATED
13.05.2015

The oldest institution of culture in Nis, National library `Stevan Sremac` celebrated its 136 birthday in the presence of public persons, who were all librarians that day. Among the guests - new librarians was also Boban Dzunic, president of Palilula Municipality. Beside his many obligations president Dzunic says that he has enough time for books.

National library `Stevan Sremac` in Nis, according to the words of director Sonja Sukovic, expects this day with more than 200,000 members-readers, and library is visited daily between 500 and 1000 people.

136 years ago archbishop of Nis Jeronim on May 13 1879 left the testament note to Nis library his own house with household, money and 2000 books. In the sign of honoring him, as a person with good deeds who, beside Stevan Sremac and other Grammar school teachers and professors of that time, set the foundations of this institution, this day is celebrated as the Day of National Library `Stevan Sremac` in Nis.