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Segment of the poster for the 2024 Miroslav Krleža Festival.

NSK to join 2024 Miroslav Krleža Festival

2 July 2024, 12.00

On 2 July 2024, at 12.00, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will put on a special programme as part of the 13th Miroslav Krleža Festival, the 2024 edition of the annual cultural festival commemorating Miroslav Krleža (1893-1981), one of the most distinguished, world-famous Croatian writers and thinkers of all time. At the traditional get-together, Krleža and his invaluable legacy will be presented by the Festival’s author and director Goran Matović, Dr Lada Čale Feldman from the Zagreb

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The cover of the 2024 Latin transliteration of the 1507/08 Croatian translation of “Ars bene moriendi”, with a segment of an illustration from a 15th-century original in the background.

Latin transliteration presented of another 16th-century gem of Croatian Glagolitic heritage

6 June 2024

On 6 June 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted a presentation of the Latin transliteration of another 16th-century masterpiece of Croatian Glagolitic heritage, which the Library published with the support of the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Youth and Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts Foundation. Bringing closer to researchers as well as the general public one of the works originally printed by the historic printing house in Senj, the cradle of the Croatian Glagolitic printing tradition, the transliteration was published by the Library as a result of its cooperation with the

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The participants in the 2024 regional meeting of e-resources purchasing consortia in central and eastern Europe.

NSK hosts 2024 regional meeting of e-resources purchasing consortia

28 May 2024

On 28 May 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted the 2024 regional meeting of seven e-resources library purchasing consortia from central and eastern Europe. After all previous such regional meetings were held at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, NSK hosted the 2024 meeting, which apart from the representatives of the Hungarian and Croatian consortia brought together the representatives of another five library consortia – Austrian, Czech, Romanian, Slovak and Slovenian. Library consortia up against new challenges Traditionally organised by the Hungarian Academy’s Electronic Information Service National Programme, these regional meetings thematise challenges which e-resources library purchasing consortia are facing as ...

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The building of the National and University Library in Zagreb, with the flags of the Republic of Croatia and of the European Union hoisted on flagpoles.

Library closed on Croatian Statehood Day and Feast of Corpus Christi (30 May 2024)

29 & 30 May 2024

On Wednesday, 29 May 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will close at 21.00. The Library will reopen on Friday, 31 May 2024, resuming its regular opening hours. Learn more about the Croatian Statehood Day.

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Luko Paljetak (1943-2024).

Farewell, noble Luko, you masterly pen of Dubrovnik!

20 May 2024

On 20 May 2023, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted a special programme presenting the latest collection of poems by the late Luko Paljetak, Croatia’s outstanding writer and Fellow of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Paljetak’s latest, and sadly the last poetry collection, dedicated to a distinguished Croatian poet at the turn of the 20th century Dragutin Domjanić (Kajkavske pjesme; Eng. “Poems in Kajkavian”), was presented by the Fellows of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts Krešimir Nemec, Sibila Petlevski and Miro Gavran, Croatian poet famous for writing in Kajkavian, one of three major Croatian dialects, Božica Pažur and the collection’...

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IFLA MLAS working group meeting at NSK, conference scene.

Register for IFLA MLAS working group panel and project presentation to be hosted by NSK

Free registration deadlines: 21 May (panel) & 23 May 2024 (project presentation)

On 22 and 24 May 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will host a special programme organised by the members of the Management of Library Associations Section of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA MLAS). Register for free for both events and take the opportunity to learn more about the latest developments and trends in library advocacy on the global level. Panel with the IFLA North America and Europe Regional Division Committee Members The panel will take place on 22 May 2024, starting at 11.00, with the Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) Susan Haigh and International Cooperation Officer ...

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Dolores Mumelaš, NSK European Documentation Centre.

Happy Europe Day!: NSK European Documentation Centre marks six years of activity

Europe Day 2024

Since 1985, the celebration of Europe Day has promoted peace and unity in Europe, commemorating the historic Shuman Declaration, which ushered in the creation of the European Union. The European Documentation Centre operating as part of the National and University Library in Zagreb (EDC NSK), established in 2018, is one of Croatia’s main points of access to information on the European Union, making available the Union’s publications and official documents.  Everything there is to know about the European ...

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‘Napoleon’s atlas’ (1806), Pula. NSK Map Collection.

Online exhibition spotlighting ‘Napoleon’s atlas’, a gem of cartographic heritage in NSK’s collections

NSK Online Exhibitions

The latest exhibition on the NSK Online Exhibitions website spotlights one of the greatest treasures of the NSK Map Collection – a 19th-century manuscript atlas of the Croatian coast of the Adriatic known as ‘Napoleon’s atlas’. Called Napoleon’s – for a reason Commissioned by Napoléon Bonaparte himself and marked by exceptional scientific and artistic value, the 1806 atlas consists of charts and topographical views of the eastern part of Croatia’s Adriatic ...

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Participants in the Library’s citizen science programme held as part of 2024 Croatia’s Science Festival.

NSK citizen science programme focusing on Croatian musical heritage held as part of the 2024 Croatia’s Science Festival

Croatian Science Festival 2024

The National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) joined the 2024 Croatian Science Festival by organising a special citizen science programme targeting secondary school students and focusing on the preservation and promotion of Croatia’s musical heritage. Jointly prepared by the Library’s User Services Department and its Music Collection and spotlighting intelligence as this year's Festival's theme, the programme was held on 22, 23 and 25 April 2024. Aimed at promoting Croatian musical heritage, but also stimulating the students’ musical intelligence, it focused on researching the sound recordings from the private archive of Silvio Foretić (1940-), a highly unconventional and progressive Croatian composer. Using citizen science to make ...

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Covers of the Latin transliterations of the 1507 Croatian translation (Naručnik plebanušev) of Manipulus curatorum (14th c.) and 1508 Croatian translation (Mirakuli Slavne Deve Marije) of Miracoli della gloriosa Vergine Maria (15th c.).

Latin transliterations of 16th-century masterpieces from the cradle of the Croatian Glagolitic printing tradition

25 April 2024

On 25 April 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted a presentation of the recently published Latin transliterations of two 16th-century masterpieces of Croatian Glagolitic heritage printed in Senj, the cradle of the Croatian Glagolitic printing. In 2023, the 1507 Croatian translation (Naručnik plebanušev) of Manipulus curatorum (14th c.) and 1508 Croatian translation (Mirakuli Slavne Deve Marije) of Miracoli della gloriosa Vergine Maria (15th c.), both printed in the Croatian Glagolitic script at the historic printing house in Senj, got their Latin ...

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