The Importance of the Maritime Library Fund in the Scientific Research and Educational Process

Libraries are repositories of knowledge, and they were created long before the creation of the book itself. First libraries were established long time ago in the Babylonian Empire and ancient Egypt. In the modern world dominated by Internet and modern technologies, libraries have lost their status as the “only” repository of information, even though they represent a cultural, educational and learning centre. In this paper readers will have the opportunity to become more familiar with the Maritime Library in Kotor. We will try to describe the need for having a university library in Kotor, a city with a long maritime tradition. Special attention will be paid to the formation and evaluation of the library fund, as well as library services that have been improved and modernized over time, all in order to respond to the modern demands of users. The Maritime Library, as a support to scientific research and educational process at the Faculty of Maritime Studies Kotor, Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management, and Institute of Marine Biology, well equipped and offering a multidisciplinary library fund, fully corresponds to the requirements of a modern librarianship.