The decision to form the Department of Lexicography (which operated under the name Department of Lexicography and Bibliography until 2004) was made at a meeting of the Management Board of Matica Srpska on the 4th of November 1991. The Department coordinates the following projects: Leksikon pisaca Jugoslavije/Leksikon pisaca srpske književnosti (Lexicon of Yugoslav Writers/Lexicon of Writers of Serbian Literature), Srpski biografski rečnik (Serbian Biographical Dictionary), Srpska enciklopedija (Serbian Encyclopedia) and Edicija Bibliografije (Bibliographies Series).

The Department of Lexicography emerged from the need to unify the activities in Matica Srpska that were successfully launched in the second half of the 20th century as independent projects: Leksikon pisaca Jugoslavije (Lexicon of Yugoslav Writers), Srpski biografski rečnik (Serbian Biographical Dictionary), Srpska enciklopedija (Serbian Encyclopedia) and Edicija Bibliografije (Bibliographies Series). Academician Čedomir Popov spoke about the reasons for the founding of the Department as well as the activities planned at a meeting of the Department of Lexicography and Bibliography of the time on the 22nd of January 1992. The main task of the Department is the organization and realization of research that, in form of lexicons, biographic and encyclopedic dictionaries, and bibliographies, provide documented information about the culture of Serbian people in various periods of its history, observed separately as well as through relations with other national cultures. Furthermore, the main task of the Department includes organization of scientific conferences, public lectures and exhibitions on the projects of the Department either independently or in cooperation with the Departments of Matica Srpska or other relevant institutions. The activities of the Department incorporate scientific projects and subprojects with respective program contents.

The Department operates under the management of the Secretary General and the Board of the Department of Lexicology. Since the founding of the Department the following Secretary Generals have been appointed: Academician Čedomir Popov (1991–1995, 2004–2008), Academician Nikša Stipčević (1995–1999), Professor Predrag Piper, PhD (1999–2004), Professor Branko Bešlin PhD (2008–2012) and Professor Ljiljana Pešikan Ljuštanović, PhD since 2012.

Associate of the Department of Lexicology is Aleksandra Novakov, PhD.
Telephone: 021 6622-411 and 021 420-199 extension 125, fax 021 528-901
e-mail: anovakov@maticasrpska.org.rs

Board members of the Department

Branislava Balaž, MA
Professor Branko Bešlin, PhD
Stevan Bugarski
Milica Bujas, MA
Assistant Professor Nevena Varnica, PhD
Professor Aleksandra Vraneš, PhD
Professor Slobodan Vujić, PhD
Associate Professor Dragana Vukićević, PhD
Dušica Grbić, MA
Professor Dušan Drajić, PhD
Gordana Đilas, MA
Associate Professor Miloš Jagodić, PhD
Marija Jovancai
Александра Јовановић, MA
Mirjana Karanović, MA
Professor Marija Kleut, PhD
Academician Vasilije Krestić
Petar Krestić, PhD
Academician Vojislav Marić
Dobrila Martinov
Jasmina Milanović, PhD
Vladimir Nikolić
Aleksandra Novakov, PhD
Violeta Obrenović, PhD
Associate Professor Zorana Opačić, PhD
Professor Nenad Ostojić, MA
Dejana Ocić
Zoran Pejašinović, MA
Assistant Professor Nataša Polovina, PhD
Radomir Popović, PhD
Professor Dragan Stanić, PhD
Ljiljana Stošić, PhD
Professor Slobodan Ćurčić, PhD
Assistant Professor Zorica Hadžić, PhD
Borivoj Čalić
Assistant Professor Velibor Džomić, PhD
Assistant Professor Nebojša Šuletić, PhD

Leksikon pisaca Jugoslavije/Leksikon pisaca srpske književnosti (Lexicon of Yugoslav Writers/Lexicon of Writers of Serbian Literature)
Editor in chief:
Professor Ljiljana Pešikan Ljuštanović, PhD

Srpski biografski rečnik (Serbian Biographical Dictionary)
Editor in chief:
Professor Branko Bešlin, PhD

Srpska enciklopedija (Serbian Encyclopedia)
Editor in chief:
Professor Dragan Stanić, PhD

Edicija Bibliografije (Bibliographies Series)
editor in chief:
Professor Aleksandra Vraneš, PhD

Publishing:

• 2008.
  Srpska bibliografija danas, proceedings from the scientific conference with the same title, Novi Sad, 2008.
• 2009.
  Srpski biografski rečnik, tom IV, I-Ka, Novi Sad, 2009.
• 2010.
  Srpska enciklopedija, tom I, knj. 1, Novi Sad, Beograd, 2010.
  Građa za leksikon pisaca Jugoslavije, tom 5, slovo О, Novi Sad, 2010.
• 2011.
  Srpski biografski rečnik, tom V, Ke-Mao, Novi Sad, 2011.
  Srpska enciklopedija, tom 1, knj. 2, Novi Sad, Beograd, 2011.
• 2012.
  Dobrilo Aranitović, Bibliografija časopisa Misao 1919-1937, Novi Sad, Beograd, 2012
• 2013
  Srpska enciklopedija, tom 2, Novi Sad, Beograd, 2013.
• 2014.
  Građa za leksikon pisaca Jugoslavije , tom 6, slovo P, Novi Sad, 2014.
  Srpski biografski rečnik, tom VI, Mar-Мiš, Novi Sad, 2014.