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Participants in the second meeting of partners on Opportunities for People Through Equity and Networking (OPEN) project and CENL EEDI annual meeting.

NSK hosts meeting of partners on Erasmus+ project OPEN

14 – 16 September 2026

From 14 to 16 September 2026, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted the second transnational meeting of partners on Opportunities for People Through Equity and Networking (OPEN), an Erasmus+ project in which NSK collaborates with the national libraries of Bulgaria, France, Ireland, the Netherlands and Sweden, as well as the meeting of the Equity, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EEDI) Network Group of the Conference of European National Librarians (CENL). The get-together was attended by Rosemarie van der Veen-Oei and Susannah Bain from the National Library of the Netherlands, which coordinates the project, Kalina Yordanova Ivanova and Bojidara Ivanova Ilieva ...

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Segment of an invitation for a NSK presentation-and-exhibition programme featuring the oeuvre of Anton Cetín.

Exhibition and art monograph presentation featuring works by Croatian-Canadian painter Anton Cetín

15 September 2026

On 15 September 2026, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will host a special programme showcasing the works of a Croatian-Canadian painter and printmaker Anton Cetín. Starting at 12.00 in the Library’s side lobby, the programme will mark Cetín’s 90th birthday, as part of which he will donate to the NSK Print Collection ten of his drawings. 90 for 90 The programme’s first part will focus on Cetín’s celebratory trilingual art monograph, published this year in Zagreb in symbolic 90 copies and bringing 90 drawings which Cetín created ...

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Visual identity of LIBER Winter Event 2026.

NSK hosting LIBER Winter Event 2026

26 & 27 November 2026

On 26 and 27 November 2026, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will host an annual event of LIBER, the Association of European Research Libraries (Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche), along with an introductory pre-event, scheduled for 25 November. Bringing together more than 400 research libraries from 40 European countries, LIBER organises the event every year as a platform for the representatives of LIBER members to analyse, evaluate and discuss their libraries’ and the Association’s work. LIBER in Action: Connecting and Advocating for Research Libraries Providing opportunities for a dynamic exchange of professional insights, the event, whose theme is LIBER in ...

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NSK reading room.

Library resumes regular opening hours

17 August 2026

After this year’s period of summer opening hours, starting from Monday, 17 August 2026, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) has resumed its regular opening hours. Learn more about our collections and services.

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NSK Curator Iva Perinić at the Royal Library of Belgium.

NSK staff gain valuable international experience as part of Erasmus+ programme

2026

In 2026, the staff of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) completed several Erasmus+ job shadowing programmes focusing on heritage interpretation. Making the most of this unique form of professional training, which enables direct observation of work processes and the related immediate exchange of professional experiences with regard to the presented practices, based on NSK’s 2025-2027 Erasmus+ accreditation between March and May they visited several major heritage institutions all across Europe. How heritage is promoted at the national libraries of Belgium and the Netherlands The Head of the NSK Marketing, Public Relations and Publishing Division Maja Priselac and Curator ...

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Codes on a computer screen.

Possible unavailability of NSK Catalogue and related online services due to system upgrade

8 August 2026, 22.00 – 9 August 2026, 00.00

From 22.00 on Saturday, 8 August, to 00.00 on Sunday, 9 August 2026, due to regular system upgrade, the NSK Catalogue (https://katalog.nsk.hr/), Croatian academic libraries union catalogue (Bukinet, https://katalog.bukinet.hr/) and the Croatian academic libraries online services platform (https://bukinet.hr/usluge-i-servisi/) may be unavailable. We thank you for your understanding.

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Codes on a computer screen.

Possible unavailability of NSK Catalogue and related online services due to system updates

22.00, 1 August 2026 – 00.00, 2 August 2026

From 22.00 on Saturday, 1 August, to 00.00 on Sunday, 2 August 2026, due to regular system updates, the NSK Catalogue (https://katalog.nsk.hr/), Croatian academic libraries union catalogue (Bukinet, https://katalog.bukinet.hr/) and the Croatian academic libraries online services platform (https://bukinet.hr/usluge-i-servisi/) may be unavailable. We thank you for your understanding.

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Segments of the frontpage of the OMC Group report 2026.

Croatian libraries at the forefront of Europe’s library community

2026

The recent report of the European Union’s Open Method of Coordination (OMC) Group spotlights Croatia as one of only four European countries – along with France, Portugal and Slovenia – which since 2012 have had an increase in the number of libraries. Also in the report, the Croatian Book Month, Croatia’s annual national programme organised by the Zagreb City Libraries and promoting books and reading, has been singled out among the leading examples of particularly successful library initiatives. The OMC Group recognised as similarly successful the ...

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Items from the NSK collections exhibited as part of the NSK’s 2026 Miroslav Krleža Festival programme.

Miroslav Krleža’s manuscripts in NSK collections presented as part of 2026 Miroslav Krleža Festival

3 July 2026

On 3 July 2026, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted the 15th edition of the Miroslav Krleža Festival, celebrating the legacy of one of Croatia’s greatest 20th-century writers and thinkers and taking place in Zagreb and Koprivnica by 10 July 2026. As the Festival’s longtime partner, the Library organised its traditional get-together, whose programme includes the exhibition of Krleža’s manuscripts preserved in the NSK Manuscripts and Rare Books Collection. A unique look into Krleža’...

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Students in the grand lobby of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK).

NSK summer opening hours: 11 July – 16 August 2026

11 July – 16 August 2026

In the period between 11 July and 16 August 2026, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will be providing its services from 8.00 to 15.00 every workday, except on Wednesdays, when it will be open for users from 12.00 to 19.00. The Library will be closed on Saturdays, as well as on 5 August 2026. Starting from 17 August 2026, the Library will resume its regular opening hours.

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