Library on the Stage: Development of the Vision of the Čačak City Library as 2019 Community Gathering Place

Abstract

The paper presents innovative programs and activities of the City Library Vladislav Petković Dis in Čačak that were realized through partnership with the wider community, as a basis for the development of a new vision of the library, whose motto is Library on the Stage. The new library building was opened in March 2019, in an effort to become a local community gathering center, and thus expand its capacity. It was promoted in an attractive and unusual way, with the programs Be Our Strongest Link: Let’s Move the Library Together, and As Once at Eight: The Home of the YPA and Entertainment in Čačak, which brought the building into the sphere of interest of individuals who had never used the library services before. The programs were organized in the function of developing a new vision of the library, as well as more intensive cooperation with individuals, associations, organizations, etc. This has led to an increase in the number of active members of the library, a larger audience on its other programs and a significantly greater presence of the institution in the public and media space of the local community.