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MONTENEGRIN LIBRARIANS PARTICIPATED IN THE PRESTIGIOUS REGIONAL COBISS CONFERENCE IN MARIBOR

“COBISS 2022” conference was held under the slogan “Working together to build confidence in science and development” at the Institute of Information Science in Maribor on October 19 and 20.

During the two-day event, which could also be followed online via the Zoom application, 24 lectures were held, followed by more than 600 participants from 12 countries. There were presented numerous interesting topics from various fields of science, from librarianship to supercomputing. Nine representatives of libraries from the COBISS.CG system participated in this Conference organized by the Institute of Information Science from Maribor (IZUM) and the National Library of Montenegro “Đurđe Crnojević”, with the financial support of IZUM from Maribor. On behalf of the Virtual Library of Montenegro, a presentation on the topic “The role of the National COBISS Center in the development of the library and information system in Montenegrin libraries” was given by MA Vjenceslava Ševaljević, the Head of the COBISS Center of Montenegro. In addition to monitoring professional work and exchanging opinions, good practices and achievements with lecturers, colleagues and other participants, the event was also an excellent opportunity for networking. One of the important activities within the “COBISS 2022” Conference was the COBISS.Net Council meeting, where the Minutes from the last Council Session held via ZOOM on September 12 this year were adopted. The cooperation in the coming period was also discussed. Montenegrin representatives in this body are MSc Dragica Lompar, director of NLM and MSc Vjenceslava Ševaljević, Head of the COBISS center. The key topic at this meeting was the summary of the COBISS 2022 Conference, news in the COBISS system and giving support for the work of COBISS system members, including development assistance from the Republic of Slovenia for the expansion of the COBISS.Net network.