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NSK Director General takes part in CENL AGM 2026

Participants in CENL AGM 2026.
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From 14 to 16 June 2026, the Director General of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) and member of the Conference of European National Librarians (CENL) Executive Committee Dr Ivanka Stričević took part in CENL’s this year’s Annual General Meeting.

Hosted by the National Library of Luxembourg (BnL), the meeting brought together CENL members, who analysed the Conference’s activities in the previous year and adopted the related documents.

Joining forces in safeguarding Europe’s cultural heritage

The highlights of the meeting’s first day were talks by the Director for Democracy at the Council of Europe Matjaž Gruden (Custodians of Cultural Memory: Importance of National Libraries in Safeguarding the Cultural Heritage of Europe), Director General of the Europeana Foundation Harry Verwayen (When AI Challenges Europe – Joining Forces through the Data Space for Cultural Heritage) and by the founder of Cybersecurity Redefined and co-founder of FORESHAPE Annika Wägenbauer (Collaboration as a Shield: Safety and Security for Cultural Heritage Institutions).

The programme included presentations by the representatives of as many as 20 national libraries and the presentation of reports by CENL Network Groups AI in Libraries, Books and Audiences, Equity, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and National Libraries’ User Spaces and Services. The group discussions that followed featured debates on issues central to the activities of national libraries.

NSK Director General Dr Ivanka Stričević.
NSK Director General and member of the CENL Executive Committee Dr Ivanka Stričević. Photo: © Jagoda Ille.

An audience with H.R.H. Grand Duchess Stéphanie

As part of the meeting’s accompanying programme, members of the CENL Executive Committee and the representatives of Luxembourg’s national library had an audience with H.R.H. Grand Duchess Stéphanie. Headed by the Chair of CENL Frank Scholze, the delegation presented to the Duchess CENL’s mission and activities, emphasising the challenges which CENL’s member libraries are currently facing and the ongoing initiatives focusing on the preservation of Europe’s documentary heritage.

Also, as part of a guided tour the meeting participants visited the Kirchberg Arboretum and learned more about Kirchberg’s architecture and art. The tour programme included a visit to the Dräi Eechelen museum and its permanent exhibition spotlighting the Fortress of Luxembourg, which this year marks 500 years of history.