About us

History and Organization

The Central Medical Library was founded in 1947 as part of the Medical Faculty in Skopje. In the beginning both the Faculty and the Library were part of the Central Hygiene Dispensary. When the Institutes' building was constructed in 1949, the Central Medical Library was initially located on the first floor and later on the ground floor of the Institutes' building, where it remains today. In 1968 an additional one-story building was constructed in the Institutes' yard. Total floor space of these two locations is 545 sq.m. In 1969, one of the barracks of the students’ campus "Nevena Georgieva-Dunja" was adapted for a Student's Library and Reading Room, occupying a space of 180 sq.m. There the students can study and check out books to prepare for their exams and colloquiums. Storage space for Library materials is insufficient today, although this problem may be partially resolved by an additional 100 sq m of storage space that the Library received in the new Dean's Office of the Medical Faculty in 2003.

Administratively, the Library has always been under the supervision of the Dean’s Office of the Medical Faculty and reports directly to the Dean of the Faculty.

Sections

• Section for Monograph Publications (including: books, textbooks, doctoral dissertations, master theses, habilitation theses, congress proceedings, WHO documents and publications and other "gray literature")
• Section for Periodical Publications (domestic and foreign journals), biomedical literature databases, Internet access, small reading room for doctors
• Student's Library and Reading Room (basic textbooks for students of the Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry and College of Roentgen Technicians)

Library holdings

• 55.000 monograph publications (including duplicates)
• 1.400 journal titles
• 355 masters theses
• 2253 doctoral dissertations
• 108 habilitation theses

Library patrons

• Medical doctors employed at the Institutes of the Faculty, at the Clinical Center, in the city medical centers, or in other health institutions in Skopje and Macedonia
• Students of medicine, dentistry and roentgen technology
• Other biomedical researchers

Employees

The basic task of the Library staff is to answer the needs of their patrons in the best and most efficient way

Hours of operation:

Monday through Friday 7.00 am – 3.00 pm