The Faculty of Philosophy Library was established in 1950 and is thereby one of the oldest libraries in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Students, teaching staff and users from other faculties, universities and scientific institutions from Bosnia and Herzegovina and other countries use our services

The Library contains 232,219 volumes of monographs and serials.

Information on the library collection is available through the OPAC, as well as in the card catalogue at the Sarajevo Faculty of Philosophy Library Catalogue (Room 11). Our library staff is available for all questions you may have regarding the search and use of our collection. The part of the library collection that cannot to be taken out of the library facilities can be used in our reading room, where you can bring your own laptop and use free Wi-Fi.

Library provides:

  • information services
  • e-services
  • borrowing publications
  • search of electronic databases
  • interlibrary loan
  • user education

The Library has access to: EBSCOhost, Web of Science and Scopus.

Library develops e-services through a segment of services entitled Ask a Librarian. Library is developing social bookmarking, where webpages are marked, Internet content is reviewed and links useful for research are recommended. Library encourages the use of digital tools that make research easier. Library is keeping pace with contemporary approaches to knowledge organisation and is trying to apply them in its work.