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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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Participants in the cooperation project run by the Croatian Fraternal Union of America and National and University Library in Zagreb.

Croatian Fraternal Union of America and NSK jointly protecting Croatian emigrant heritage

October 2024

The Croatian Fraternal Union of America and NSK, the National and University Library in Zagreb, are jointly running a project (Iz Pittsburgha s ljubavlju: knjižnična baština hrvatskih iseljenika) aimed at fostering cultural connections between Croats in the US and Croatia and popularising the cultural legacy of Croatian emigrants in America and its significance for Croatia’s culture. In October 2024, Senior Archivist and Curator at the NSK Manuscripts and Old Books Collection Dr Tamara Štefanac, NSK Library Adviser and the Head of the NSK Music Collection Dr Tatjana Mihalić and Senior Conservator and Head of the

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Participants in the CeOS_SE project’s closing event hosted by NSK.

Libraries supporting citizen science: NSK hosts one of CeOS_SE project’s closing events

30 October 2024

On 30 October 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted one of the programmes closing Citizen-Enhanced Open Science in Southeastern Europe Higher Education Knowledge Hubs (CeOS_SE), a 2022-2024 research project aimed at including European citizens in pan-European efforts focusing on open science. Bringing together some 60 participants from several countries and focusing on the significance of open science, the conference provided insight into examples of best practice when it comes to citizen science initiatives. Following the opening remarks by the

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A segment of the page of one of the works by Marko Marulić (1450-1524).

“Marko Marulić – A European humanist” NSK exhibition on view in Bern by 12 Nov 2024

25 October – 12 November 2024

By 12 November 2024, the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in the Swiss Confederation will be hosting Marko Marulić – A European humanist, the exhibition of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) spotlighting the international cultural and literary legacy of Marko Marulić (1450-1524), “the father of Croatian literature”. The exhibition opening, held on 25 October, started with the address by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Croatia in the Swiss Confederation Dr Andrea Bekić, who emphasised Marulić’s significance for European literature and his role as a pioneer in Croatian literature as the author of the first epic written and ...

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Assistant Professor Luka Špoljarić with the visitors of the programme at the Dutch national library presenting Croatia’s historiography champion Ivan Lučić.

Dutch audience meets Croatia’s historiography champion Ivan Lučić

2 October 2024

On 2 October 2024, the National Library of the Netherlands hosted a programme organised by the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in the Kingdom of the Netherlands spotlighting Ivan Lučić (1604-1679), Croatia’s historiography champion. The programme, which was attended by the National Library Affairs Assistant to the Director General of the National and University Library in Zagreb Dr Sofija Klarin Zadravec, included presentations on Lučić’s work and significance by Croatian and Dutch professionals and researchers. Assistant Professor at the Department of History of the University of Zagreb’s Faculty of Humanities ...

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Visual identity of “Supercharged by AI” project.

NSK part of “Supercharged by AI”, creative project addressing artificial intelligence-related challenges  

24 October 2024

Recognising the significance of responding to challenges resulting from the swift rise of artificial intelligence, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) has joined Supercharged by AI, an innovative initiative which Tactical Tech and DensityDesign Lab have developed in collaboration with the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). Joining forces to increase digital literacy among the general population, particularly with regard to the advance of artificial intelligence and its potential use in scams and various forms of harassment, as well as in creating social polarisation and bias, the Berlin-based Tactical Tech and ...

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Members of the team of the 2024 joint project of the national libraries of Bulgaria and Croatia.

NSK hosts the team of an international project focusing on cross-border cooperation aimed at the preservation of European cultural heritage

9 – 11 September 2024

From 9 to 11 September 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted a meeting held as part of Cross-Border Collaboration for European Cultural Heritage Preservation and Sustainable Development of Library Services, an international project spotlighting the significance of libraries and their services in the context of the preservation of Europe’s cultural heritage. Coordinated by the National Library of Bulgaria, the project was awarded the 2024 Erland Kolding Nielsen Grant from the Conference of European National Librarians (CENL) and focuses on the advancement of the professional and cultural exchange between the Bulgarian national library and NSK and on ...

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Director of the National Library of Kosovo Dr Blerina Rogova Gaxha and NSK Director General Dr Ivanka Stričević.

Director of National Library of Kosovo Dr Blerina Rogova Gaxha visits NSK

4 September 2024

On 4 September 2024, the Director of the National Library of Kosovo Dr Blerina Rogova Gaxha visited NSK, the National and University Library in Zagreb. During the visit, Dr Rogova Gaxha and the NSK Director General Professor Ivanka Stričević discussed the two libraries’ previous cooperation initiatives and various opportunities for continuing their successful collaboration in the future, especially with regard to the education of librarians and their continuous professional development, digitisation of resources in library collections, long-term preservation of digital heritage and storing legal deposit, as well as to the development of libraries and library profession in the future and to the social value of libraries.

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“Solidarity with Ukraine”: Exhibition by Ukrainian Post Office on view at NSK by 15 Sep 2024

27 August – 15 September 2024

By 15 September 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) is hosting the Solidarity with Ukraine exhibition, organised by the Ukrainian Post Office in cooperation with the Croatian Post Office and Croatian Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and featuring the postage stamps issued in support of Ukraine’s struggle against Russian aggression. Prepared by the Ukrainian Post Office as a way of expressing Ukraine’s gratitude to countries whose general post offices launched special postage stamps symbolising their countries’ solidarity with Ukraine in its struggle for freedom, the Solidarity with Ukraine exhibition features the stamps issued by 15 countries. Included among the displayed stamps is the stamp which the

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Director General of NSK, the National and University Library in Zagreb, Dr Ivanka Stričević.

Second term of NSK Director General Professor Stričević as member of CENL Executive Committee

2024 – 2027

The Director General of the National and University Library in Zagreb Professor Ivanka Stričević has been elected for her second consecutive term as a member of the Executive Committee of the Conference of European National Librarians (CENL). CENL, which brings together 46 European national libraries, aims to strengthen the cooperation between Europe’s national libraries and promote their activities and valuable cultural heritage preserved in their collections. As a globally relevant library organisation, it is vitally important in times of crises and challenges, when libraries need to strengthen and increase all their capacities. The election of the current seven members of the Committee was held as part ...

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