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Part of the building of the National and University Library in Zagreb.

Possible limited operating regime on 5 July 2025

5 July 2025

Due to the traffic regulation orders in Zagreb for 5 July 2025 and the related probable staff shortages, it is possible that the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will be providing its services with slight delays. In order to minimise possible difficulties in the Library’s operations, only NSK’s registered members able to present a valid NSK Membership Card will be allowed to enter the Library. Please book your study place for 5 July and

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Azerbaijan’s delegation during a visit to NSK.

Delegation of the Republic of Azerbaijan visits NSK

24 June 2025

On 24 June 2025, a delegation of the Republic of Azerbaijan headed by the Azerbaijan’s Minister of Culture Farid Jafarov visited the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK). The visit was organised on the initiative of His Excellency Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Republic of Croatia Anar Imanov, who emphasised the Library’s role as Croatia’s major cultural institution. The delegation was warmly welcomed by the NSK Director General Professor Ivanka Stričević and a member of the NSK Information Centre Ana-Marija Tkalčić. Professor Stričević ...

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The visual identity of the “Faust Vrančić – the Croatian Leonardo da Vinci” exhibition.

“Faust Vrančić – the Croatian Leonardo da Vinci” exhibition on view by 25 Jul 2025

30 June – 25 July 2025

Visit the exhibition which the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) prepared in cooperation with the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU) to mark the 410th anniversary of the publication of Machinae novae, a breakthrough work by a remarkable Croatian scholar at the turn of the 17th century Faust Vrančić (1551-1617). Authored by the Senior Research Associate at the Division for the History of Natural and Mathematical Sciences at the Academy’s

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Telephone on a desk.

Possible unavailability of NSK telephone lines on 16 June 2025

16 June 2025, 8.00 – 11.00

On 16 June 2025 between 8.00 and 11.00, the telephone lines of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) might be unavailable. We thank all our users, partners and everyone else who might be unable to reach the Library at the abovesaid time for understanding and patience.

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Participants in the 2025 ISBN and ISMN Regional Meeting.

NSK hosts 2025 ISBN and ISMN Regional Meeting

10 & 11 June 2025

On 10 and 11 June 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted the 11th ISBN Regional Meeting, which it organised in cooperation with the International ISBN Agency.  After a welcome address by the NSK Director General Professor Ivanka Stričević, in which she referred to the long and successful cooperation between NSK and the international agencies managing the ISBN and ISMN systems, the Head of the NSK Identifiers Division Danijela Getliher also welcomed to the meeting the representatives of the ISBN national agencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Hungary, Kosovo, Montenegro, Republic of Srpska, Slovenia and Serbia along with the other meeting participants.

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NSK staff unpacking valuable material donated to NSK by Ms Marija Orač.

Medieval maps and invaluable prints and ephemera donated to NSK collections

26 May 2025

On 26 May 2025, by way of a generous donation by Ms Marija Orač from Luxembourg, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) received valuable items now making part of the Library’s Map Collection and Print Collection. Especially valuable are the items which NSK has not held in its collections so far, such as several 18th-century maps of today’s Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and one of Croatian traditional regions, Slavonia (Le Royaume de Hongrie autora G. Valcka (Amsterdam, 1702); Principatus Transilvaniae In ...

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A female person at a laptop with a symbolic representation of the organisation of data and resources hovering around her.

NSK takes part in the development of the Croatian Open Science Plan

19 May 2025

On 19 May 2025, Croatia got the key strategic document for further advancement of open science and nationwide implementation of the principles of open science – the Croatian Open Science Plan. Officially presented on 20 May 2025 at the Zagreb Horizon Europe Annual Conference, themed Open Science, the Plan defines guidelines, objectives and recommendations for the implementation of the principles of open science in Croatia’s research sector and identifies the activities and expectations in relation to individual researchers, research institutions and decisionmakers.

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Visitor at the “The world we dreamt of…” exhibition.

“The world we dreamt of…” exhibition on view at NSK by 27 June 2025

5 – 27 June 2025

On 5 June 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted the opening of The world we dreamt of…, an exhibition commemorating the 110th anniversary of the birth of Ivan Supek (1915-2007), one of Croatia’s greatest 20th-cenutry minds. Organised by the Croatian History Museum with the support of NSK and the Museum’s other partners, the exhibition will remain on view by 27 June 2025. At the exhibition’s opening, NSK Director General Professor Ivanka Stričević and Director of the Croatian History Museum Matea Brstilo Rešetar reminded the audience of the ideas and accomplishments of this great Croatian ...

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The visual identity of the “Passing on Ideas through Time: Three Decades of the Glass Treasure Trove of Heritage” exhibition.

NSK celebrating three decades of its modern home

28 May – 18 June 2025

On 28 May 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted a special programme marking the 30th anniversary of relocating to its current building. Bringing together many distinguished figures from Croatia’s academic and cultural circles, the programme included the opening of the exhibition thematising the three decades of the Library’s work in its modern home and NSK’s importance as Croatia’s national knowledge, culture and heritage hub. In their addresses, the NSK Director General Professor Ivanka Stričević, President of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU), one of NSK’s current building’s architects and head of the building’s construction ...

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Croatian flag waiving, with a stone wall showing in the background.

NSK closing in observance of Croatian Statehood Day (30 & 31 May 2025)

30 & 31 May 2025

On Friday and Saturday, 30 and 31 May 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will be closed. The Library will reopen on Monday, 2 June 2025, resuming its regular opening hours. Learn more about the Croatian Statehood Day.

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