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NSK four-person study pod.

New NSK learning spaces: Study pods for individual and group work

'e-Universities’ project

Apart from spacious reading rooms, with over 1,000 seats located on six floors, group work areas and study rooms, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) now offers access to study pods as brand new learning spaces available as part of NSK’s services. Located in the reading room on Floor 1 and available to NSK users during the Library’s opening hours, the study pods provide up-to-date digital learning facilities. Suited for individual and group work, they are ideal for distance learning as well as ...

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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.

Our books back, your late return charges waived!

19 – 22 February 2025

As part of the activities ushering in the celebration of the 2025 National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) Day, the Library will be waiving all late return charges from 19 to 22 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. Just ...

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Young man working at a desk using a laptop and tablet and writing down notes.

Bukinet: NSK setting up a cloud-based system for Croatian academic libraries

‘e-Universities’ project

Acting as the partner in the e-Universities project, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) has started setting up Bukinet, a cloud-based system for Croatian academic libraries. By opting for Alma/Primo VE, a unique library services platform developed by the Ex Libris Clarivate company, and securing the related three-year subscription which along with NSK will be used by other 82 Croatian academic libraries, the Library successfully undertook one of the activities it has been tasked with as one of the partners in the e-Universities project, funded as part ...

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NSK user sitting at a laptop computer whose screen is showing the homepage of the NSK’s e-resources website.

Croatian researchers enabled to publish open access nearly 130 papers in Wiley and IEEE journals

2025

Acting as the representative of the Croatian academic library consortium, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) has concluded two transformative contracts with Wiley and IEEE, the high-profile international academic publishers. The contracts enable Croatian researchers and the members of the Croatian academic community to publish open access and free of charge by the end of 2025 89 papers in Wiley journals and 40 papers in IEEE journals. This comes as a result of NSK’s and the consortium’s continued efforts in the promotion of open access as one of the fundamental principles of open science policies and initiatives as well as the significance of both providing access for ...

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The covers of best designed Croatian books published in 2024.

Croatian books selected for 2025 “Best Book Design from all over the World” competition

2024/2025

The National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) and Croatian Designers Association selected best designed Croatian books published in 2024 as part of the national book design competition (Hrvatska lijepa knjiga), annually organised as part of a larger, international competition, conducted by the German Book Art Foundation (Stiftung Buchkunst). The selected books will enter two major book events in Europe – the international Best Book Design from all over the World competition, which is held every year as part of the

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Hand holding an NSK Membership Card.

NSK updates its fees and charges

1 January 2025

Starting from 1 January 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will be providing its services according to an updated list of its fees and charges.

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Old Christmas from the NSK Print Collection.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2025 from NSK!

2024-2025

May the light of Christmas bring warmth to your homes and your hearts be filled with joy and love. The National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) wishes you peaceful and happy holidays, along with health, cheerfulness and success in the year ahead. Best wishes to all!

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NSK exhibition, Dominis, Split, Milesi Palace

Split’s Milesi Palace hosting the exhibition on Croatia’s 17th-century genius by 27 Dec 2024

17 – 27 December 2024

By 27 December 2024, the Milesi Palace, in Split, will be hosting Marco Antonio de Dominis: A Visionary’s Perspective, the exhibition which the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) put on as part of the 2024 European Heritage Days programme. Jointly organised by the Library, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (CASA) and Pontifical Croatian College of St. Jerome in Rome as part of the Academy’s project aimed at the popularisation of Croatian cultural heritage (

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A Christmas tree in the grand lobby of the National and University Library in Zagreb.

NSK opening hours over Christmas and New Year holidays

24 December 2024 – 6 January 2025

In the period between 24 December 2024 and 6 January 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb will be providing its services under the following limited operating regime: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2025!

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The visual identity of the 15th Croatian Conference on Public Libraries.

“Public libraries in the digital world”: Call for papers for the 15th Croatian Conference on Public Libraries

Paper submission deadline: 22 April 2025

Submit your paper proposal for Public libraries in the digital world, the 15th Croatian Conference on Public Libraries, scheduled to take place from 8 to 11 October 2025 at the Vinkovci City Library. Organised by the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) and supported by the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media, the Conference’s 15th anniversary edition spotlights the public libraries’ growing role as the key places in the context of digital transition, to which they contribute through various activities and initiatives. Increasingly relying in their work on the latest technological advances to meet their users’ needs and guard and curate cultural heritage, public libraries are ...

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