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Participants in the 2024 Croatian Book Month quiz awards ceremony.

“Big Small Stories”: Croatian Book Month 2024 closes with its reading promotion quiz awards ceremony

15 November 2024

On 15 November 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted the awards ceremony of Big Small Stories, this year’s edition of the national online quiz aimed at the promotion of reading and held as part of the Croatian Book Month, Croatia’s annual national programme successfully spotlighting books and reading for almost thirty years. The awards ceremony also marked the closing of the Month’s this year’s edition, themed I will listen to your story…. Organised by the Zagreb City Libraries public ...

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NSK Director General Dr Stričević in the company of the winners of the 2024 highest Croatian library awards.

NSK professionals receive prestigious 2024 Croatian library awards

13 – 16 November 2024

At this year’s, 49th edition of the Croatian Library Association Assembly, the National Library Affairs Assistant to the NSK Director General Dr Sofija Klarin Zadravec and member of the NSK team focusing on citizen science Dolores Mumelaš are among the winners of Croatia’s highest library awards. The Association has awarded the 2024 Eva Verona Award (Nagrada Eva Verona), bearing the name of the internationally recognised 20th-century Croatian librarian and researcher and presented to young librarians and the Association’s members for their outstanding commitment, innovativeness and contribution with regard to the promotion of the library profession, to Dolores Mumelaš, a member of the NSK team running programmes and activities ...

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Participants in the cooperation project run by the Croatian Fraternal Union of America and National and University Library in Zagreb.

Croatian Fraternal Union of America and NSK jointly protecting Croatian emigrant heritage

October 2024

The Croatian Fraternal Union of America and NSK, the National and University Library in Zagreb, are jointly running a project (Iz Pittsburgha s ljubavlju: knjižnična baština hrvatskih iseljenika) aimed at fostering cultural connections between Croats in the US and Croatia and popularising the cultural legacy of Croatian emigrants in America and its significance for Croatia’s culture. In October 2024, Senior Archivist and Curator at the NSK Manuscripts and Old Books Collection Dr Tamara Štefanac, NSK Library Adviser and the Head of the NSK Music Collection Dr Tatjana Mihalić and Senior Conservator and Head of the

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The visual identity of the “Dragi Lastane!” exhibition.

Exhibition marking 70 years of Croatia’s iconic teenage magazine on view at NSK by 22 Nov 2024

5 – 22 November 2024

By 22 November 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will be hosting the exhibition taking place as part of the 2024 Croatian Book Month as a way of marking the 70th anniversary of the publication of the first issue of Modra lasta, Croatia’s longest-running teenage magazine (Dragi Lastane!). The exhibition, which NSK organised in cooperation with the Školska knjiga publishing company, Croatian School Museum and Croatian Association of School Librarians, opened on 5 ...

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Library user returning overdue loans to a member of the NSK staff at a help desk in one of NSK’s reading rooms.

NSK waiving late return charges as part of 2024 Croatian Book Month

11 – 13 November 2024

Just return that overdue book and you will completely be let off the hook! Marking the 2024 Croatian Book Month and this year’s Croatian Library Day, the Library will be waiving all late return charges from 11 to 13 November 2024. 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.

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Participants in the CeOS_SE project’s closing event hosted by NSK.

Libraries supporting citizen science: NSK hosts one of CeOS_SE project’s closing events

30 October 2024

On 30 October 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted one of the programmes closing Citizen-Enhanced Open Science in Southeastern Europe Higher Education Knowledge Hubs (CeOS_SE), a 2022-2024 research project aimed at including European citizens in pan-European efforts focusing on open science. Bringing together some 60 participants from several countries and focusing on the significance of open science, the conference provided insight into examples of best practice when it comes to citizen science initiatives. Following the opening remarks by the

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A segment of the page of one of the works by Marko Marulić (1450-1524).

“Marko Marulić – A European humanist” NSK exhibition on view in Bern by 12 Nov 2024

25 October – 12 November 2024

By 12 November 2024, the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in the Swiss Confederation will be hosting Marko Marulić – A European humanist, the exhibition of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) spotlighting the international cultural and literary legacy of Marko Marulić (1450-1524), “the father of Croatian literature”. The exhibition opening, held on 25 October, started with the address by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Croatia in the Swiss Confederation Dr Andrea Bekić, who emphasised Marulić’s significance for European literature and his role as a pioneer in Croatian literature as the author of the first epic written and ...

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Assistant Professor Luka Špoljarić with the visitors of the programme at the Dutch national library presenting Croatia’s historiography champion Ivan Lučić.

Dutch audience meets Croatia’s historiography champion Ivan Lučić

2 October 2024

On 2 October 2024, the National Library of the Netherlands hosted a programme organised by the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in the Kingdom of the Netherlands spotlighting Ivan Lučić (1604-1679), Croatia’s historiography champion. The programme, which was attended by the National Library Affairs Assistant to the Director General of the National and University Library in Zagreb Dr Sofija Klarin Zadravec, included presentations on Lučić’s work and significance by Croatian and Dutch professionals and researchers. Assistant Professor at the Department of History of the University of Zagreb’s Faculty of Humanities ...

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Candles among books, a photo from the Pixabay website.

NSK opening hours on 2024 All Saints’ Day (31 October – 2 November 2024)

31 October – 2 November 2024

On Thursday, 31 October 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will close at 16.00 and reopen on Monday, 4 November 2024, resuming its regular opening hours.  

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Visual identity of “Supercharged by AI” project.

NSK part of “Supercharged by AI”, creative project addressing artificial intelligence-related challenges  

24 October 2024

Recognising the significance of responding to challenges resulting from the swift rise of artificial intelligence, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) has joined Supercharged by AI, an innovative initiative which Tactical Tech and DensityDesign Lab have developed in collaboration with the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). Joining forces to increase digital literacy among the general population, particularly with regard to the advance of artificial intelligence and its potential use in scams and various forms of harassment, as well as in creating social polarisation and bias, the Berlin-based Tactical Tech and ...

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