Published as part of the celebration of NSK Day 2025, the 21st issue of the journal of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK), The Voice of NSK, is now available in both print and electronic formats, with summaries in English. The latest issue of the Library’s official journal gives an overview of its programmes and activities in 2024, putting a spotlight on new services and major
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Together with many distinguished guests, the representatives of Croatia’s prominent cultural and academic institutions, our partners and friends we have celebrated this year’s National and University Library in Zagreb Day, happy and proud to be part of more than four centuries of tradition. The celebration, which brought together the representatives of the University of Zagreb and other Croatian universities and research institutions, the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (CASA), leading library professionals and former NSK directors general and other NSK staff, opened with the addresses by the Envoy of the Croatian Minister of Science, ...
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Apart from spacious reading rooms, with over 1,000 seats located on six floors, group work areas and study rooms, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) now offers access to study pods as brand new learning spaces available as part of NSK’s services. Located in the reading room on Floor 1 and available to NSK users during the Library’s opening hours, the study pods provide up-to-date digital learning facilities. Suited for individual and group work, they are ideal for distance learning as well as ...
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As part of the activities ushering in the celebration of the 2025 National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) Day, the Library will be waiving all late return charges from 19 to 22 February. Overdue titles may be returned where they were issued – at the loan desk on the Library’s Ground Floor or in the reading rooms on Floors 3 and 4. Learn more about this year’s edition of our NSK Doors Open Days programme, traditionally heralding the celebration. Just ...
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Visit the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) on 19 and 20 February 2025 as part of this year’s NSK Doors Open Days programme and find out everything about the invaluable treasures of Croatian and world cultural and scientific heritage preserved in our collections. Traditionally ushering in the celebration of the National and University Library in Zagreb Day, NSK Day, this year's NSK Doors Open Days programme will spotlight NSK’s manuscript holdings. Also, it will offer special guided tours of the Library and an interesting workshop programme. The tours, which everyone interested in need to apply for
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Acting as the partner in the e-Universities project, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) has started setting up Bukinet, a cloud-based system for Croatian academic libraries. By opting for Alma/Primo VE, a unique library services platform developed by the Ex Libris Clarivate company, and securing the related three-year subscription which along with NSK will be used by other 82 Croatian academic libraries, the Library successfully undertook one of the activities it has been tasked with as one of the partners in the
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Visit Supercharged by AI, an exhibition innovatively addressing challenges resulting from the advance of artificial intelligence, which the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will be hosting from 29 January to 14 February 2025. Learn more about the impact that artificial intelligence can have on politics and how it may be used to exacerbate malpractices such as online harassment, online scams and online-created bias. Take the opportunity to interact with this innovative exhibition’s content to become better informed and more aware of the global developments brought about by the swift rise of artificial intelligence and thus become readier to adapt to the contemporary rapidly changing digital landscape. Bringing complex AI-related concepts and issues closer to average citizens the exhibition was created ...
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Acting as the representative of the Croatian academic library consortium, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) has concluded two transformative contracts with Wiley and IEEE, the high-profile international academic publishers. The contracts enable Croatian researchers and the members of the Croatian academic community to publish open access and free of charge by the end of 2025 89 papers in Wiley journals and 40 papers in IEEE journals. This comes as a result of NSK’s and the consortium’s continued efforts in the promotion of open access as one of the fundamental principles of open science policies and initiatives as well as the significance of both providing access for ...
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The National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) and Croatian Designers Association selected best designed Croatian books published in 2024 as part of the national book design competition (Hrvatska lijepa knjiga), annually organised as part of a larger, international competition, conducted by the German Book Art Foundation (Stiftung Buchkunst). The selected books will enter two major book events in Europe – the international Best Book Design from all over the World competition, which is held every year as part of the
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From 18 January to 2 February 2025, the audience in Zagreb will have the opportunity to see the exhibition of the Split City Museum spotlighting Marko Marulić, “the father of Croatian literature” and “the Croatian Dante”, the pride of Split and one of the greatest figures of Croatian and European literature (Marko Marulić i Split – zajedničkih 500 godina). The exhibition, which will be put on in Zagreb’s European Square, features content enabling the exhibition visitors to get acquainted with the historical and social circumstances in Split during Marulić’...
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