Belgrade University Library

The Svetozar Marković University Library (Serbian: Универзитетска библиотека Светозар Марковић) is the central library within the system of the University of Belgrade’s libraries, named after Svetozar Marković, Serbian political activist in the 19th century. It is located on King Alexander Boulevard, near the Belgrade Law School and several other schools of the University of Belgrade.

It is a Carnegie library built with the financial resources donated by businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie to the city of Belgrade after World War I. Belgrade was one of three "front-line" cities to be given a Carnegie library, the other two being Reims and Leuven. This university library is the only Carnegie library in Central and Eastern Europe.

The Belgrade University Library is the largest university library in the country with 1.5 million items. It is the central library of the University of Belgrade, but it also serves as a base of all other Serbian higher education libraries. Universities, research institutes and other groups can become members on application. The library is well known as a national library owing to its extensive Serbian collection, but it also includes a wide range of international scholarly collections.

The Library was established in 1921, although it is the successor of the Belgrade Higher School library, established in 1844. The current building is home to the Library since 1926.