Presentation given by Jasmina Ninkov, Predrag Djukic Belgrade City Library LoCloud Conference Sharing local cultural heritage online with LoCloud services Amersfoort, Netherlands 5 February 2016

1. Serbia in the LoClouds
Jasmina Ninkov, Predrag Djukic
Belgrade City Library
5th February 2016
Amersfoort, Netherlands

2. Belgrade City Library Activities
Jasmina Ninkov
& Predrag Đukić
Belgrade City Library
In Serbia activities
• Dissemination
• Workshops
• Advocacy
• Building LoCloud Collections
Joint Balkan dissemination activities
• Together with Zavod Jara, Slovenia and GKR, Croatia

3. Workshops and other types of dissemination
• SLO, CRO, SRB
Joint workshops
• MNE (GKR, BGB)
• BIH (GKR, Jara) + (GKR, BGB)
• MKD (GKR, Jara)
• ALB (GKR)
Jasmina Ninkov
& Predrag Đukić
Belgrade City Library

4. Jasmina Ninkov
& Predrag Đukić
Belgrade City Library
Place Cetinje, National library of Montenegro "Đurađ
Crnojević”, Montenegro
Date 15th of April 2015
Co-organizers Jelena Đurović and Vjenceslava Ševaljević from
National library of Montenegro "Đurađ Crnojević”
Presenters Predrag Djukić / BGB,
Andreja Silić Švonja /GKR
Number of participants 18

5. Jasmina Ninkov
& Predrag Đukić
Belgrade City Library
Place Trebinje, Hotel Leotar, Annual Meeting of Library
Association members, Republic of Srpska
Date 16th of April 2015
Co-organizers Stojka Mjatović from Librarians Association in
Republic of Srpska
Presenters Predrag Djukić / BGB,
Andreja Silić Švonja /GKR
Number of participants 29

6. Jasmina Ninkov
& Predrag Đukić
Belgrade City Library
Place Skopje, National and University Library “Sv. Kliment
Ohridski”, Macedonia
Date 7th of May 2015
Co-organizers Viktoria Kostoska from National and University
Library “Sv. Kliment Ohridski” and
Ivanka Sokolova from Public Library Brothers
Miladinovci in Macedonia
Presenters Breda Karun / Zavod Jara,
Andreja Silić Švonja / GKR
Number of participants 26

7. Jasmina Ninkov
& Predrag Đukić
Belgrade City Library
Place Sarajevo,
Faculty of Economics, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia
and Herzegovina
Date 26th of May 2015
Co-organizers Biserka Sabljaković from Faculty of Economics
Library in Sarajevo and Nadina Grebović-Lendo
from BAM Association of Informational
Professionals from Libraries, Archives and Museums
in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Presenters Breda Karun / Zavod Jara,
Andreja Silić Švonja / GKR
Number of participants 18

8. Jasmina Ninkov
& Predrag Đukić
Belgrade City Library
Place Tirana, Medicine University Library, Albania
Date 3rd June 2015
Co-organizers Monika Luarasi from Science Library Polytechnic
University of Tirana and Lindita Papadhopulli form
Medicie University Library in Tirana
Presenters Sara Vukušić / GKR,
Andreja Silić Švonja / GKR
Number of participants 30

9. Results
• LoCloud dissemination in the Balkans region included 5
workshops attended by 121 participants form libraries,
museums and archives.
Agenda
• Generally about project, MINT, MORE, micro-services,
preparing digital objects and metadata (LoCloud online
courses) and LoCloud Collections Workshop.
• LoCloud Collection Workshop consisted of presenting
Omeka possibilities, registering, creating collection,
describing metadata and adding digital objects.
Jasmina Ninkov
& Predrag Đukić
Belgrade City Library

10. Impressions
• In general, the LoCloud dissemination in the Balkans
region was successful (although, sometimes we had
some technical difficulties: bad internet connections,
outdated browsers, security, lack of computers…)
Jasmina Ninkov
& Predrag Đukić
Belgrade City Library

11. Jasmina Ninkov
& Predrag Đukić
Belgrade City Library

12. Jasmina Ninkov
& Predrag Đukić
Belgrade City Library
Music educational materials collection for blind students

13. Conclusions
• Sustainability
• Cost of maintaining LoCloud Collections
• Good solution for Institutions with no digital
collections yet
Jasmina Ninkov
& Predrag Đukić
Belgrade City Library

14. Future plans in Serbia
• To continue with dissemination and advocacy
• To support other culture heritage institution
• To use LoCloud product and services
– LoCloud Collections
– E-learning courses
– MINT
– MoRE
Jasmina Ninkov
& Predrag Đukić
Belgrade City Library

15. Future plans in Serbia
• National Aggregator by the end of 2016
Jasmina Ninkov
& Predrag Đukić
Belgrade City Library

16. Thank you for your attention
Any Questions or Suggestions?
direktor@bgb.rs
predragd@bgb.rs

17. LoCloud is funded by the European Commission's
ICT Policy Support Programme
The views and opinions expressed in this
presentation are the sole responsibility of the
authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of
the European Commission.
Funding

18. Thanks
Jasmina Ninkov, director@bgb.rs
Predrag Djukic, predragd@bgb.rs
Belgrade City Library
5th February 2016
Amersfoort, Netherlands