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Segments of the frontpage of the OMC Group report 2026.

Croatian libraries at the forefront of Europe’s library community

Objavljeno: 24.07.2026

The recent report of the European Union’s Open Method of Coordination (OMC) Group spotlights Croatia as one of only four European countries – along with France, Portugal and Slovenia – which since 2012 have had an increase in the number of libraries. Also in the report, the Croatian Book Month, Croatia’s annual national programme organised by the Zagreb City Libraries and promoting books and reading, has been singled out among the leading examples of particularly successful library initiatives. The OMC Group recognised as similarly successful the ...

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Participants in CENL AGM 2026.

NSK Director General takes part in CENL AGM 2026

14 – 16 June 2026

From 14 to 16 June 2026, the Director General of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) and member of the Conference of European National Librarians (CENL) Executive Committee Dr Ivanka Stričević took part in CENL’s this year’s Annual General Meeting. Hosted by the National Library of Luxembourg (BnL), the meeting brought together CENL members, who analysed the Conference’s activities in the previous year and adopted the related documents. Joining forces in safeguarding Europe’s cultural heritage The highlights of the meeting’s first day were talks by the Director ...

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The visual identity of an exhibition celebrating NSK’s 30 years of organising the Croatian national best book design competition.

NSK to host “Best Book Design from all over the World” exhibition

1 July – 31 August 2026

From 1 July to 31 August 2026, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will be hosting the Best Book Design from all over the World exhibition, featuring the winning titles selected as part of the eponymous international competition organised by the German Book Art Foundation (Stiftung Buchkunst). Marking 30 years since NSK took over the organisation of the national best book design competition (Hrvatska lijepa knjiga), taking place as part of the Best Book Design competition, and the 60th anniversary of the

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The ‘Heidi: From a literary heroine to a global icon’ exhibition content.

Exhibition on Heidi, the iconic heroine of children’s literature, on view by 17 April

2 – 17 April 2026

Opened on this year’s International Children’s Book Day, the Heidi: From a literary heroine to a global icon exhibition, jointly organised by the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) and The Heidiseum Foundation, will remain on view in the Library’s grand lobby by 17 April 2026. After a welcome address by the NSK Director General Dr Ivanka Stričević, who thanked all the Library’s partners and collaborators in the exhibition’s preparation and emphasised the power which made the story of Heidi transcend the boundaries of Switzerland’s literature and become part ...

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Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Embassy of the Republic of India to the Republic of Croatia His Excellency Arun Goel during his visit to the NSK Manuscripts and Rare Books Collection.

NSK receives valuable donation of books on India

26 March 2026

On 26 March 2026, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Embassy of the Republic of India to the Republic of Croatia His Excellency Arun Goel visited the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK), on which occasion he donated to NSK valuable titles on his homeland. His Excellency Mr Goel met with the NSK Director General Dr Ivanka Stričević, NSK Library Adviser for International Cooperation Jagoda Ille and NSK Senior Public Relations Adviser Ivana Mirošević. The donation, consisting of more than twenty books, has been included in The World in Books, NSK’s permanent exhibition featuring titles informing its users of various countries from different perspectives and providing an overview of the Library’s international cooperation-focused ties.

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The Director of North Macedonia’s National and University Library “St Clement of Ohrid” Jovica Nikčevski an NSK Director General Dr Ivanka Stričević (centre) with other North Macedonia’s library’s officials (from left to right) Magdica Šambevska, Zorica Jakovleska Spirovska and Jovica Tasevski.

North Macedonia’s national library’s delegation visits NSK

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The delegation from North Macedonia’s National and University Library “St Clement of Ohrid” visited the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK), opening opportunities for fostering friendship between the two national libraries and for strengthening their cooperation. The North Macedonia’s national library’s Director Jovica Nikčevski, accompanied by the library’s officials Jovica Tasevski, Zorica Jakovleska Spirovska and Magdica Šambevska made a guided tour of NSK, after which they met with the NSK Director General Dr Ivanka Stričević. Present at the meeting were also the NSK Library Adviser for International Cooperation Jagoda Ille and NSK Senior Public Relations Adviser Ivana Mirošević. Taking successful cooperation further

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The visual identity of the “Heidi: From a literary heroine to a global icon”.

“Heidi: From a literary heroine to a global icon” exhibition opening on 2 Apr 2026

2 – 17 April 2026

On 2 April 2026, this year’s International Children’s Book Day, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) will host the opening of Heidi: From a literary heroine to a global icon, an exhibition it organised in cooperation with The Heidiseum Foundation. Supported by the Embassy of the Swiss Confederation to the Republic of Croatia, Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in the Swiss Confederation and the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media, the exhibition celebrates Heidi, the title character ...

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Books from a donation made to NSK as part of READ JAPAN PROJECT.

NSK receives book donation as part of READ JAPAN PROJECT

22 January 2026

On 22 January 2026, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) received a donation of valuable titles revealing the treasures of Japan. Consisting of 43 books, the donation was made as part of READ JAPAN PROJECT. Focusing on Japan’s international promotion and understanding, the project is run by The Tokyo Foundation and with financial support of The Nippon Foundation, which initiated READ… in 2008. Having joined with this donation over 1,400 institutions around the world encompassed by the READ… project, NSK will add ...

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Misappropriated work returned to NSK in 2025.

Another treasure returned to NSK after decades of missing from its collections

2025 International Day against Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property

An invaluable copy of Historia antica e moderna, sacra e profana della città di Trieste, a work by a Carmelite monk Irenèo della Croce dating back to the end of the 17th century has been restored to the collections of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) after its misappropriation in the notorious theft in the 1980s of some of NSK’s most valuable collection items. The NSK Director General Dr Ivanka Stričević received the book at a conference which the Gorizia-based UNESCO club hosted at the Coronini Cronberg Palace to ...

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Triptych showing the greats of Croatian heritage Marco Antonio de Dominis, Faust Vrančić and Marin Getaldić.

Exhibitions on Croatia’s greats in Australia and New Zealand

November and December 2025

This November and December, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) and Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU), supported by the Croatian Studies Foundation, are bringing to the Australian and New Zealand audiences exhibitions highlighting the legacy of three great scholars in Croatian history. Authored by the Senior Research Associate at the Division for the History of Natural and Mathematical Sciences at the Academy’s Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science Dr Marijana Borić, the exhibitions spotlight three world-famous Croatian intellectual figures at the turn of the 17th century – ...

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