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Representatives of the National and University Library in Zagreb and National Library of Albania.

NSK and National Library of Albania sign five-year cooperation agreement

22 May 2025

On 22 May 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) and National Library of Albania concluded a five-year cooperation agreement. With the Director of the National Library of Albania Piro Misha and NSK Director General Professor Ivanka Stričević acting as the signatories, the agreement’s signing was attended by the Deputy Director of Albania’s national library Majlinda Bami, the Croatian National Library Affairs Assistant to NSK Director General Dr Sofija Klarin Zadravec and NSK Library Adviser for International Cooperation Jagoda Ille. Longstanding cooperation enters new stage The occasion created the opportunity for the representatives of the two national libraries to discuss the two institutions’ longstanding and ...

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NSK staff elected to IFLA sections for 2025-2027 term.

NSK staff elected to IFLA sections for 2025-2027 term

2025 – 2027

The participation of members of the staff of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) in the work of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), the world’s leading library organisation, further reinforces NSK’s position in the community which makes the global network of library professionals. We are proud and happy to share the news that in the latest IFLA elections, held late in April 2025, members of NSK’s staff have been elected to several IFLA sections. Announced as part of the elections’ official results was the election of Dr Sofija Klarin Zadravec to the

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Visual identity of the 2025 Croatian Book Night.

“Reading is a must – no matter what (where, when and how)!”: Croatian Book Night 2025 opens at NSK

23 April 2025

On 23 April 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted the opening of the 2025 Croatian Book Night, whose over 1,100 programmes in the upcoming days will bring together as many as 330 institutions on more than 260 locations all across Croatia. The Library once again hosted the opening of Croatia’s annual national programme marking World Book and Copyright Day and Croatian Book Day (22 April). NSK Director General Professor Ivanka Stričević, Director of the Zagreb City Libraries Dr Sunčica Ostoić and ...

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Old Easter card from the NSK Print Collection.

Happy Easter!

Easter opening hours, 18 – 21 April 2025

With an old Easter card from its Print Collection, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) wishes everyone, especially its users, followers, partners and friends, happy Easter holidays. Easter opening hours (18 – 21 April 2025).

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Visual identity of the 2025 Croatian Book Night.

Croatian Book Night 2025: Reading to be promoted in over 1,100 programmes

23 April 2025, 12.00

On 23 April 2025, at 12.00, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will host the opening of the 14th edition of the Croatian Book Night, Croatia’s annual national programme marking World Book and Copyright Day and Croatian Book Day (22 April). On more than 260 locations all across Croatia as many as 330 institutions – 180 public libraries, numerous bookstores, antiquarian bookshops, museums, but also schools, kindergartens, hospitals, elderly care homes and prisons – will take part in this national celebration of books and reading.

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Detail of an old Easter card from the NSK Print Collection.

Easter opening hours, 18 – 21 April 2025

18 – 21 April 2025

On Friday, 18 April 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will close at 16.00 and reopen on Tuesday, 22 April 2025, resuming its regular opening hours. NSK café and restaurant closing over Easter The café and restaurant operating as part of the Library, on Floor 5, will be closed from Friday, 18 April, to Monday, 21 April 2025, and reopen on Tuesday, 22 April 2025, resuming their regular opening hours – from Monday to Friday between 8.00 and 15.00. The Library wishes everyone, especially its users, followers, partners and friends, a happy Easter!

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Some of the cartographic treasures displayed as part of the Library’s „Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” programme.

“Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium” opens with medieval maps of Croatia in the spotlight

14 April 2025

On 14 April 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) launched Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium, its 2025 programme aimed at the popularisation of Croatian cultural heritage which it preserves as part of Croatica, Croatia’s national library collection. Starting with a lecture by historian and geographer Dr Dubravka Mlinarić from the Croatian Institute for Migration Research (IMIN), the programme first spotlighted the invaluable cartographic material documenting Croatian statehood. CroAtrium – bringing Croatica closer to everyone Immersing the programme participants in the fascinating world of 16th-century cartographers Lazarus Secretarius and

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The visual identity of the Fourteenth Festival of Croatian Digitisation Projects.

Registration open for Fourteenth Festival of Croatian Digitisation Projects by 2 May 2025

Registration deadline: 2 May 2025

Register by 2 May 2025 for the Fourteenth Festival of Croatian Digitisation Projects, which the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will host on 8 and 9 May 2025. The Fourteenth Festival of Croatian Digitisation Projects, the 2025 edition of D-fest, the Library’s annual conference spotlighting issues surrounding the digitisation of heritage, will once again bring together experts in heritage digitisation and digital collection management who will present their work in the past year and share the latest professional insights which they gained as part of digitisation projects at the national, local and international levels. Coming together in digitising heritage Through this year’s D-fest’s

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

Facilitating open science: NSK becomes part of OPERAS infrastructure

2025

As a result of its efforts to bring its work into line with the principles of open science, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) has joined OPERAS, a research infrastructure supporting open scholarly communication in social sciences and humanities in the European Research Area (ERA). Aimed at fostering open science in social sciences and humanities, OPERAS provides an efficient, sustainable and inclusive system helping researchers to overcome the current fragmented state of scholarly communication in the European research landscape and enabling their easier access, dissemination and validation of research results in Europe and beyond. Other Croatian research and academic institutions included in ...

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The visual identity of the Fourteenth Festival of Croatian Digitisation Projects.

Fourteenth Festival of Croatian Digitisation Projects: Call for Papers

Paper submission deadline: 30 March 2025

The National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will host its Fourteenth Festival of Croatian Digitisation Projects, addressing issues related to the digitisation of heritage, digital collections management systems, digital products and services and presenting digitisation projects, on 8 and 9 May 2025. At D-fest 2025, we will be discussing digital transformation strategies, the ways in which digital technologies may contribute to sustainability and the application of the principles of environmental responsibility, methods of managing digital collections, challenges related to archiving and data accessibility, innovative technological solutions, the role of artificial intelligence in managing and interpreting cultural resources, the regulation and protection of data and copyright- and ethics-related issues in the digital environment. Submit your paper proposal ...

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