{"id":100023,"date":"2026-02-20T15:58:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/?p=100023"},"modified":"2026-02-23T09:56:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T08:56:28","slug":"nsk-day-2026-another-successful-year-in-more-than-four-centuries-of-existence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/en\/news\/nsk-day-2026-another-successful-year-in-more-than-four-centuries-of-existence\/","title":{"rendered":"NSK Day 2026: Another successful year in more than four centuries of existence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Rejoicing together with our partners and friends, we have celebrated this year\u2019s National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) Day, marking 419 years of the Library\u2019s existence<\/a> and bringing into spotlight those who have contributed most to its work<\/a> in the past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commemorating the printing on 22 February 1483 of the first book in the Croatian language and the first book in Europe not printed in the Latin script<\/a>, a \u2018Missal by the Law of the Roman Court\u2019 (Misal po zakonu rimskoga dvora<\/em>; Missale Romanum glagolitice<\/em>), NSK Day symbolically links the beginnings of Croatian printed heritage to the Library\u2019s role in safeguarding that heritage since 1607, presently as Croatia\u2019s major cultural and research institution and the centre of the Croatian national library system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guarding thoughts and ideas to ensure a bright future<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After the address by the Envoy of the Croatian Minister of Culture and Media and Director of the Ministry\u2019s Directorate for Archives, Libraries and Museums Anu\u0161ka Deranja Crnoki\u0107, who emphasised the importance of the Library\u2019s work both on the preservation and management of cultural heritage and on the advancement of information society, the Envoy of the Croatian Prime Minister and State Secretary at the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Youth Professor Nikola Mrvac also greeted the celebration participants, underlining the Library\u2019s importance as \u201cthe guardian of thoughts\u201d, whose preservation as part of curating the Library\u2019s collections<\/a> provides a firm basis for the development of Croatian culture and research in the future, thus also averting any threats to the freedom of the Croatian people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Envoy of the Croatian Minister of Culture and Media and Director of the Ministry\u2019s Directorate for Archives, Libraries and Museums Anu\u0161ka Deranja Crnoki\u0107 and Envoy of the Croatian Prime Minister and State Secretary at the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Youth Professor Nikola Mrvac.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

An eventful and demanding year marked by historic achievements<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Following her warm welcome to the celebration participants, the Director General of the National and University Library in Zagreb Dr Ivanka Stri\u010devi\u0107 thanked all who contributed to the Library\u2019s work in the previous, highly tumultuous year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NSK Director General Dr Ivanka Stri\u010devi\u0107.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In her overview of the Library\u2019s activities in 2025, she singled out the setting up of Bukinet<\/a>, a cloud-based system for Croatian academic libraries, as truly historic. Established as a result of the decades of efforts of the enitre Croatian library community and the implementation of the Alma library services platform and Primo VE discovery service which NSK was tasked with as part of the e-Universities<\/a><\/em> project, the Bukinet platform now links together 83 libraries in the Croatian higher education system, greatly facilitating the management of their collections and other resources and providing unprecedented support to their users in learning and research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another breakthrough for NSK in 2025 was the publication of Incunabula Croatica<\/a><\/em>, a monograph documenting the findings of decades of extensive research into Croatia\u2019s earliest printed books<\/a> and their relevance in the context of European cultural heritage. Also, with its participation in Croatia\u2019s celebration in 2025 of 1,100 years of the continuity of the Croatian national identity and statehood<\/a>, the Library reaffirmed its vital role as the holder and keeper of historic documents bearing witness to Croatia\u2019s millennial cultural and national traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Particularly standing out among the Library\u2019s latest statistics are 200,000 entries in 2025 to the Library\u2019s building of NSK’s registered members, tellingly indicating that the Library\u2019s spaces have remained relevant in the context of research and study despite the advance of digital technologies. Similar conclusions can be made based on the success of more than 70 events that NSK organised last year for the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the growing share of digital resources in the Library\u2019s accessions in 2025, in which context out of altogether 90,000 accessions to NSK’s collections 50,000 were digital, along with 333,000 pages of the Croatica<\/a> collection that the Library digitised in 2025, clearly show that these resources are becoming dominant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, working on 20 national and seven international cooperation projects<\/a> with its staff taking part in the activities of 25 international organisations and institutions, the National and University Library in Zagreb rightfully celebrates another successful year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2025 National and University Library in Zagreb Awards laureate<\/strong>s<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Traditionally, the celebration programme included the National and University Library in Zagreb Awards ceremony \u2013 the Head of the Library\u2019s Digital Imaging Unit Silvio Lebinac received the award for 2025 in the category for the Library\u2019s outstanding employees, Professor at the Department of Information Sciences and Technologies at the University of Zadar Marijana Tomi\u0107 was awarded for her outstanding contribution to the development of the library profession in Croatia, while the winner of the award for a legal entity successful in implementing intrasectoral and intersectoral cooperation initiatives were the <\/a>Croatian State Archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The winners of the NSK Awards for 2025 \u2013 the Head of the NSK Alma\/Primo VE digital library platform implementation team Dr Dijana Machala, representative of the Croatian Institute for Librarianship Dr Breza \u0160alamon-Cindori, Director of the Croatian State Archives Dr Dinko \u010cutura, Professor at the Department of Information Sciences and Technologies at the University of Zadar Marijana Tomi\u0107 and Head of the NSK Digital Imaging Unit Silvio Lebinac.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The 2025 special awards from the NSK Director General went to the representative of the Croatian Institute for Librarianship Dr Breza \u0160alamon-Cindori and to the NSK Alma\/Primo VE digital library platform implementation team, headed by the NSK Assistant Director General for University Library Affairs Dr Dijana Machala, who received the award on behalf of the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The members of the NSK Alma\/Primo VE digital library platform implementation team, headed by Dr Dijana Machala, with the NSK Director General Dr Ivanka Stri\u010devi\u0107 (third right).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The accompanying musical programme featured a memorable performance by an award-winning Croatian classical guitarist Sr\u0111an Bulat<\/a>, who played works by the Croatian composers Slavko Fumi\u0107, Miroslav Mileti\u0107 and Boris Papandopulo on a unique seven-string guitar hand-crafted by a Croatian luthier \u017delimir Sever<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Performance by a Croatian classical guitarist Sr\u0111an Bulat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Library users \u2013 always coming first<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As usual, in the days preceding the celebration, we organised our Doors Open Days<\/a> programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spotlighting the anniversaries of historic events and the related cultural artefacts in our collections<\/a>, it included special guided tours of the Library and presented opportunities for the general public to learn more about the Library\u2019s services<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy NSK Day 2026!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo: \u00a9 NSK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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