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Director of the National Library of Kosovo Dr Blerina Rogova Gaxha and NSK Director General Dr Ivanka Stričević.

Director of National Library of Kosovo Dr Blerina Rogova Gaxha visits NSK

4 September 2024

On 4 September 2024, the Director of the National Library of Kosovo Dr Blerina Rogova Gaxha visited NSK, the National and University Library in Zagreb. During the visit, Dr Rogova Gaxha and the NSK Director General Professor Ivanka Stričević discussed the two libraries’ previous cooperation initiatives and various opportunities for continuing their successful collaboration in the future, especially with regard to the education of librarians and their continuous professional development, digitisation of resources in library collections, long-term preservation of digital heritage and storing legal deposit, as well as to the development of libraries and library profession in the future and to the social value of libraries.

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“Solidarity with Ukraine”: Exhibition by Ukrainian Post Office on view at NSK by 15 Sep 2024

27 August – 15 September 2024

By 15 September 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) is hosting the Solidarity with Ukraine exhibition, organised by the Ukrainian Post Office in cooperation with the Croatian Post Office and Croatian Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and featuring the postage stamps issued in support of Ukraine’s struggle against Russian aggression. Prepared by the Ukrainian Post Office as a way of expressing Ukraine’s gratitude to countries whose general post offices launched special postage stamps symbolising their countries’ solidarity with Ukraine in its struggle for freedom, the Solidarity with Ukraine exhibition features the stamps issued by 15 countries. Included among the displayed stamps is the stamp which the

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Segment of the poster for the 'Book Art in Croatia' exhibition.

A break from summer heat with the best designed Croatian books throughout history

13 – 20 August 2024

By 20 August, take a break from summer heat in the grand lobby of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) where you can refresh yourself by visiting an exhibition spotlighting the outstanding examples of book art in Croatia spanning a period of 1,500 years. The Book Art in Croatia exhibition provides a historical overview of techniques and styles employed in the production and decoration of books in Croatia since the Middle Ages to contemporary times. Authored by art historian Dr Milan Pelc, it reveals interesting details about manuscript and printed books featuring a wide array of themes and content and presenting the greatest achievements in book design in Croatia. Apart from medieval ...

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Miroslav Krleža's manuscript archive held by the NSK Manuscripts and Old Books Collection.

NSK joins 2024 Miroslav Krleža Festival

2 July 2024

On 2 July 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted a special get-together held as part of the 13th Miroslav Krleža Festival, the 2024 edition of the annual cultural festival commemorating Miroslav Krleža (1893-1981), one of the most distinguished, world-famous Croatian writers and thinkers of all time. After an introductory address by the NSK Director General Professor Ivanka Stričević, the Festival was presented by its author and director Goran Matović, who donated to the Library the posters of the Festival’s previous editions. Designed by ...

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

NSK summer opening hours: 15 July – 18 August 2024

15 July – 18 August 2024

In the period between 15 July and 18 August 2024, 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 15 and 16 August 2024. Starting from 19 August 2024, the Library will resume its regular opening hours. NSK café and restaurant closing over summer On Friday, 12 July 2024, the café and restaurant operating as part of the Library will close at 15.00 and reopen on Monday, 2 September 2024, resuming their regular opening hours – from Monday to Friday between 8.00 and 15.00.

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Director General of NSK, the National and University Library in Zagreb, Dr Ivanka Stričević.

Second term of NSK Director General Professor Stričević as member of CENL Executive Committee

2024 – 2027

The Director General of the National and University Library in Zagreb Professor Ivanka Stričević has been elected for her second consecutive term as a member of the Executive Committee of the Conference of European National Librarians (CENL). CENL, which brings together 46 European national libraries, aims to strengthen the cooperation between Europe’s national libraries and promote their activities and valuable cultural heritage preserved in their collections. As a globally relevant library organisation, it is vitally important in times of crises and challenges, when libraries need to strengthen and increase all their capacities. The election of the current seven members of the Committee was held as part ...

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Material exhibited at the NSK’s and Omiš Klapa Singing Festival’s exhibition on maestro Dinko Fio.

Exhibition spotlighting maestro Dinko Fio on view at Omiš Klapa Singing Festival Museum by 30 Jul 2024

27 June – 30 July 2024

The exhibition jointly organised by the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) and Klapa Singing Festival in Omiš (Festival dalmatinskih klapa Omiš) and marking the centenary of the birth of Dinko Fio, Croatia’s notable 20th-century folk song collector, composer and music educator (Daleko su moji škoji), is on view at the Omiš Klapa Singing Festival Museum by 30 July 2024. Authored by Dobrila Zvonarek and organised with the support of the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media, the exhibition ...

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Marco Antonio de Dominis (1560-1624).

“Marco Antonio de Dominis: A Visionary’s Perspective”: Commemorating the unforgotten Croatian genius

15 – 29 October 2024

From 15 to 29 October 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will be hosting Marco Antonio de Dominis: A Visionary’s Perspective, an exhibition spotlighting an outstanding Croatian theologian, philosopher and scholar at the turn of the 17th century and a distinguished member of Europe’s high society at the time whose legacy transcends the boundaries of Croatian cultural heritage. Marking the 400th anniversary of the death of Marco Antonio de Dominis, one of the greatest intellectual figures of both Croatian and European cultural heritage, and the 130th anniversary of the founding of the NSK Manuscripts and Old Books Collection, the Marco Antonio de Dominis: A Visionary’...

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A fountain pen resting on an open notebook.

“The Golden Age of the Fountain Pen in NSK Manuscripts” exhibition: Croatian heritage traced in ink

3 – 15 December 2024

From 3 to 15 December 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will be hosting The Golden Age of the Fountain Pen in NSK Manuscripts exhibition, the final event of the Library’s programme marking the 130th anniversary of the founding of the Library’s Manuscripts and Old Books Collection and organised with the support of the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media. Presenting the treasures preserved in the NSK Manuscripts and Old Books Collection such as the manuscripts of the world-famous Croatian writer Miroslav Krleža (1893-1981), letters of the internationally acclaimed Croatian ...

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“Dragi Lastane”, logotype of documentary by Irena Škorić.

“Dear Lastan!”: 70 years of “Modra lasta”, Croatia’s iconic teenage magazine

5 – 22 November 2024

From 5 to 22 November 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will be hosting the exhibition marking the 70th anniversary of the publication of the first issue of Modra lasta, Croatia’s longest-running teenage magazine. Spotlighting Lastan, the magazine’s hugely popular agony uncle, better still, a “big brother” figure for countless generations of Croatian teenagers over the past seven decades, the exhibition is jointly being organised by the Library, Croatian School Museum, Croatian Association of School Librarians and the Školska knjiga company, which has published

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