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

“Public Libraries in the Digital World”: Register for 15th Croatian Conference on Public Libraries

8 – 11 October 2025

Register for Public Libraries in the Digital World, the 15th Croatian Conference on Public Libraries, which the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) is organising from 8 to 11 October 2025 at the Vinkovci City Library. Organised through NSK’s cooperation with the Vinkovci public library, Croatian Library Association and the Slavonia, Baranja and Srijem Library Association and supported by the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media, the Conference’s 15th anniversary edition spotlights the public ...

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Students in the grand lobby of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK).

NSK summer opening hours: 14 July – 16 August 2025

14 July – 16 August 2025

In the period between 14 July and 16 August 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will be providing its services from 8.00 to 15.00 every workday, except on Wednesdays, when it will be open for users from 12.00 to 19.00. The Library will be closed on Saturdays, as well as on 4, 5 and 15 August 2025. Starting from 18 August 2025, the Library will resume its regular opening hours. NSK café and restaurant closing over summer On Friday, 11 July 2025, the café and restaurant operating as part of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will close at 15.00 and remain closed until further notice.

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Visitors at the exhibition held as part of the 2025 Miroslav Krleža Festival.

Miroslav Krleža Festival and NSK together promoting the legacy of an ever-inspiring giant of Croatian culture

2 July 2025

On 2 July 2025, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted another special get-together and exhibition commemorating Miroslav Krleža (1893-1981), one of the most distinguished, world-famous Croatian writers and thinkers of all time. Held as part of the 14th Miroslav Krleža Festival, which is taking place by 7 July 2025, the programme once more brought together the leading authorities on Krleža and included the exhibition of Krleža’s manuscripts which NSK preserves as part of its Manuscripts and Rare Books Collection.

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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 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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