Due to extreme weather conditions and the related inability to secure safe entry to its building at nighttime, on 27 March 2026 the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will not be providing its extended hours services and will close at 21.00.
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On Friday, 3 April 2026, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will close at 16.00 and reopen on Tuesday, 7 April 2026, resuming its regular opening hours. On Holy Saturday, Easter and Easter Monday, from 4 to 6 April 2026, the Library will be closed. The Library wishes everyone, especially its users, followers, partners and friends, a happy Easter!
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The delegation from North Macedonia’s National and University Library “St Clement of Ohrid” visited the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK), opening opportunities for fostering friendship between the two national libraries and for strengthening their cooperation. The North Macedonia’s national library’s Director Jovica Nikčevski, accompanied by the library’s officials Jovica Tasevski, Zorica Jakovleska Spirovska and Magdica Šambevska made a guided tour of NSK, after which they met with the NSK Director General Dr Ivanka Stričević. Present at the meeting were also the NSK Library Adviser for International Cooperation Jagoda Ille and NSK Senior Public Relations Adviser Ivana Mirošević. Taking successful cooperation further
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We have prepared for you an online tutorial with video instructions on the easy, simple and efficient use of the new NSK Catalogue, incorporating the Primo VE library discovery service. Presenting all the functionalities of the Primo VE platform, the tutorial covers everything from simple to advanced AI-assisted search. All tutorial’s sections have been designed so as to give an overview of the key steps and useful advices that save time and facilitate work. Intended to be equally beneficial for all who have only started to use the NSK Catalogue and its Primo VE interface as ...
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On 24 March 2026, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will not be providing its extended hours services and will close at 21.00, while on 25 March 2026 the Library will be closed for users and provide its services online. We particularly wish to bring to your attention the online tutorial which we will make available on 25 March with useful video instructions on the easy, simple and efficient use of the new NSK Catalogue, incorporating the Primo VE library discovery service. Presenting all the functionalities of the Primo VE platform, the tutorial will cover everything from simple search to advanced AI-assisted search. As far as the rest of our online resources and services are concerned, ...
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On 2 April 2026, this year’s International Children’s Book Day, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will host the opening of Heidi: From a literary heroine to a global icon, an exhibition it organised in cooperation with The Heidiseum Foundation. Supported by the Embassy of the Swiss Confederation to the Republic of Croatia, Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in the Swiss Confederation and the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media, the exhibition celebrates Heidi, the title character ...
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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 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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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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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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