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Pianist Ivan Batoš and mezzosoprano Sofija Cingula.

Music in the focus of NSK’s first “Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” event in 2026

5 March 2026

On 5 March 2026, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) organised the first event of its 2026 Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium programme, aimed at the promotion of Croatia’s national library collection. Symbolically organised on the anniversary of the death of Croatia’s internationally recognised female composer Dora Pejačević, after whom the Croatian selection for Eurovision Song Contest has been named, the programme spotlighted the heritage preserved in music collections from a detective’s point of view (Glazbene zbirke – detektivski pogled na glazbenu baštinu).  Head ...

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The visual identity of the 2026 Croatian Book Night.

Croatian Book Night 2026: 15 years of advocating books and reading

23 April 2026

The Croatian Book Night, Croatia’s national programme marking World Book and Copyright Day (23 April) together with Croatian Book Day (22 April) and promoting the importance of books and reading in relation to major social issues, will this year be held on 23 April. During 15 years of its celebration, the Croatian Book Night has grown into one of Croatia’s most recognisable and popular mass cultural events spotlighting books and reading. It currently brings together over 600 institutions which regularly organise over a thousand programmes all across Croatia. Taking place on several ...

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A segment of the invitation for the first 2026 NSK’s “Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” event.

“Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” 2026 opening with music

5 March 2026, 13.00

The 2026 edition of Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium, a special programme of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) spotlighting the treasures of Croatia’s largest library collection, is opening soon! The programme’s first event, presenting the holdings of the NSK Music Collection, will be held on 5 March 2026 in the Library’s side lobby, starting at 13.00. Celebrating the legacy of prominent figures of Croatia’s 20th-century classical music Symbolically organised on the anniversary of the death of the first Croatian female composer Dora ...

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Segment of the cover of the 22nd issue of “The Voice of NSK”.

Read the new issue of NSK’s journal, “The Voice of NSK”

Objavljeno: 23.02.2026

The 22nd issue of the official journal of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK), The Voice of NSK, brings an overview of the Library’s programmes, projects and achievements in 2025 as a major cultural and research institution in Croatia. Available in both print and electronic formats, with summaries in English, it has been published as part of the celebration of NSK Day 2026. The highlight of the issue is the project aimed at the implementation of the Alma library services platform and the Primo VE discovery service and the related setting ...

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Head of the NSK Alma/Primo VE digital library platform implementation team Dr Dijana Machala, representative of the Croatian Institute for Librarianship Dr Breza Šalamon-Cindori, Director of the Croatian State Archives Dr Dinko Čutura, Associate Professor at the Department of Information Sciences and Technologies at the University of Zadar Marijana Tomić and Head of the NSK Digital Imaging Unit Silvio Lebinac.

NSK Day 2026: Another successful year in more than four centuries of existence

20 February 2026

Rejoicing together with our partners and friends, we have celebrated this year’s National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) Day, marking 419 years of the Library’s existence and bringing into spotlight those who have contributed most to its work in the past year. Commemorating the printing on 22 February 1483 of the first book in the Croatian language and the first book in Europe not printed in the Latin script, a ‘Missal by the Law of the Roman Court’ (Misal po zakonu rimskoga dvora; ...

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The visual identity of the 15th Festival of Croatian Digitisation Projects.

Fifteenth Festival of Croatian Digitisation Projects

14 & 15 May 2026

The 15th edition of the Festival of Croatian Digitisation Projects (D-fest) will be held on 14 and 15 May 2026. Organised every year by the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK), the Festival offers opportunities for the exchange of knowledge, experiences and examples of good practice in heritage digitisation, spotlighting the needs of heritage institutions and their development as a community. This year’s D-fest will address issues related to the strategic planning of heritage digitisation and institutional digital transformation management, along with advancing and applying digital heritage management systems and ensuring long-term accessibility and preservation of digital collections, as well as to the latest digitisation and digitisation-related technologies and processes enabling more efficient workflows and new ways ...

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The visual identity of the 15th Festival of Croatian Digitisation Projects.

Fifteenth Festival of Croatian Digitisation Projects: Call for Papers

Paper submission deadline: 27 March 2026

The 15th edition of the Festival of Croatian Digitisation Projects (D-fest) will be held on 14 and 15 May 2026. Organised every year by the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK), the Festival offers opportunities for the exchange of knowledge, experiences and examples of good practice in heritage digitisation, spotlighting the needs of heritage institutions and their development as a community. This year’s D-fest will address issues related to the strategic planning of heritage digitisation and institutional digital transformation management, along with advancing and applying digital heritage management systems and ensuring long-term accessibility and preservation of digital collections, as well as to the latest digitisation and digitisation-related technologies and processes enabling more efficient workflows and new ways ...

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A library user handing a book with a colourful cover to a librarian, with only the user’s and librarian’s hands being visible.

NSK waving late return charges as part of celebrating National and University Library in Zagreb Day 2026

18 – 21 February 2026

As part of the activities ushering in the celebration of the 2026 National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) Day, the Library will be waiving all late return charges from 18 to 21 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.

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Visitors of the NSK Doors Open Days programme.

NSK Doors Open Days 2026

18 & 19 February 2026

Come and visit us on 18 and 19 February 2026 and learn more about our work and the invaluable treasures of Croatian and world heritage that have been in the care of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) for more than four centuries. Our Doors Open Days traditionally announce the celebration of the National and University Library in Zagreb Day and we dedicated their this year’s edition to great anniversaries spotlighting historic events and the related cultural artefacts in our collections.

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The visual identity of the 'BioBlitz and libraries' programme.

“BioBlitz and libraries”: NSK and Zagreb Library Association launch green libraries programme spotlighting the importance of biodiversity

2026

The National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) and the Zagreb Library Association (ZKD) have launched BioBlitz and libraries, a green libraries programme bringing together the general public and researchers for the purpose of promoting the vital importance of the preservation of biodiversity. By organising the programme, NSK’s User Services Department and the ZKD Citizen Science Working Group (GZUK) intend to mobilise Croatian libraries in organising BioBlitz events – intensive field studies aimed at collecting data over a period ranging from several hours to an entire month on the species inhabiting parks, gardens and forests in on near their communities. Free to set the scope and ...

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