Baština (Jan 2018)
Libraries in nursing homes of the Belgrade Gerontology centre
Abstract
The research that has been conducted in four nursing homes of the Belgrade Gerontology Centre (BGC) in order to examine whether those homes have libraries, how they are structured and in what way they meet the demands of the beneficiaries - elderly people, having in mind that the access to libraries is a legally guaranteed right, being an ideal place to acquire knowledge and information, befriending, lifelong learning, and improving the overall quality of life in every possible way is presented here. BGC has four nursing homes such as: Nursing home Bezanijska kosa, Nursing home Vozdovac, Nursing home Karaburma and Nursing home Stacionar. By interviewing the employees in all four nursing homes along with the people in charge of the supply of current publications, we have gathered the necessary data that are published in this paper. The questionnaire about the workflow of the libraries consists of two parts: The questionnaire about the facilities - each for the aforementioned nursing home and the questionnaire about the library (accommodation, equipment, means of supply of the current inventory, the record of usage and procedure for borrowing publications, number of users, work time for each individual facility, etc.). It was essential for the research to form a questionnaire, carrying it out and summing up all gathered data into authentic conclusions regarding the subject in focus. The data are the indicator of current conditions, and also suggestions for improvements which were made while conducting the research, which is inspired by the scholarly literature and guidelines of the international library associations.
