The café and restaurant operating as part of the Library, on Floor 5, will be closed from Monday, 23 December 2024, to Friday, 3 January 2025, and reopen on Tuesday, 7 January 2025, resuming regular opening hours.
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On 13 December 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted Systems Librarianship 2024, its 8th open conference for the users of the NSK and Croatian Academic and Research Libraries Integrated Library System. Organised with the support of the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media, the conference once again brought together information professionals and librarians from all types of libraries and for the first time included a special seminar focusing on e-Universities, a major project as part of which NSK has been assigned the demanding task of enabling the digital transformation of Croatian ...
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The National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) has set up a new system for the deposit of non-print published material (eOP). Created for Croatian publishers in compliance with the provisions of the Croatian library act (Zakon o knjižnicama i knjižničnoj djelatnosti, Official Gazette (Narodne novine) 17/2019, 98/2019, 114/2022, 36/2024) and as part of Croatia’s legal deposit system, eOP, the newly established system, enables ...
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On 3 December 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted the opening The Golden Age of the Fountain Pen in NSK Manuscripts exhibition, the final event of the Library’s programme marking the 130th anniversary of the founding of the Library’s Manuscripts and Old Books Collection, NSK’s oldest special collection. Organised with the support of the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media and remaining on view by 15 December 2024, the exhibition spotlights the Collection’s treasures such as the autograph manuscripts of the world-famous Croatian writer
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On 11 December 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted the presentation of a print portfolio by an award-wining Croatian painter, sculptor and graphic artist Dražen Trogrlić (Galaktički ples / Galactic dance) which will be displayed in the Library’s grand lobby by 19 December. Published by NSK, the portfolio’s 15 prints convey the author’s vision inspired by the immense and infinite galactic expanses. The presentation opened with a welcome address by the NSK Director General Dr Ivanka Stričević and an introduction by the Head of the NSK Print Collection Tamara ...
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On 21 and 22 November 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted a scientific conference commemorating the 500th anniversary of the passing of Marko Marulić (1450-1524), “the father of Croatian literature” and a distinguished European humanist. Jointly organised by NSK and the Croatian Language and Linguistics Institute with the support of the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Youth and Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media, the conference was held as part of the Year of Marko Marulić, Croatia’s nationwide ...
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On 13 December 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will host Systems Librarianship 2024, the 8th open conference for the users of the NSK and Croatian Academic and Research Libraries Integrated Library System. Organised with the support of the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media and offering free registration, the conference aims to bring together information professionals and librarians from all types of libraries, regardless of the integrated library system used or implemented level of automation. The Systems Librarians conference focuses on issues related to the development and implementation of information systems and the digital transformation of libraries and heritage institutions. It ...
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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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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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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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