The National Library of Serbia digitized and made available 11 thematic collections dedicated to the topic of the rise of literacy in Europe as part of Europeana collections. The material covers the spread of the written word throughout our part of the world and celebrates the Serbian language with 11 digital collections. The project team of the National Library of Serbia has created the following collections: First World War Periodicals, Nova Evropa (magazine), Handwritten Periodicals, Božidar Knežević’s Manuscripts, International Art and Culture Review Zenit, Yugoslav Avant-garde, Travel Literature of the 19th and the 20th Century, Collected Works of Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Serbian Moderna Lyric Poetry, Incunabula and Palaeotypes and Diary Records of the First World War Participants.