National and University Library in Zagreb
National and University Library building
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| Country | Croatia |
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| Established | 1607 |
| Location | Zagreb |
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| Size | 3 million items |
| Legal deposit | Yes, since 1816 |
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| Population served | 357,291 (2011) 718,850 online (2011) |
| Members | 19,360 |
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| Director | Tatijana Petrić |
| Website | www |
National and University Library in Zagreb (NUL) (Croatian: Nacionalna i sveučilišna knjižnica u Zagrebu, NSK; formerly Nacionalna i sveučilišna biblioteka u Zagrebu, NSB) is the national library of Croatia and central library of the University of Zagreb.
The Library was established in 1607. Its primary mission is the development and preservation of Croatian national written heritage. It holds around 3 million items.
Since 1995 the NUL has been located in an impressive glass cube in central Zagreb. This modern edifice was designed by renowned Croatian architects Velimir Neidhardt, Marijan Hržić, Zvonimir Krznarić and Davor Mance, and it took seven years to build (1988–1995).
Some of the principal tasks of the Library are:
1. the assembling and organizing of the Croatian national collection of library materials and the coordination of the acquisition of international scientific works at both the national and the University level,
2. the preservation and restoration of library materials in the context of the international Preservation and Conservation programme (PAC),
3. the promotion of Croatian printed and electronic publications,
4. the integration of the Library’s bibliographic activities and information services into international programmes,
5. the organization of the Library as the centre of the library system of the Republic of Croatia and the University of Zagreb,
6. scientific research in the field of library and information sciences,
7. publishing and various promotional activities and the organization of exhibitions.
Digital collections
Special collections
Reading rooms collections
1607 Arrival of the Jesuit order in Zagreb and the establishment of the Jesuit grammar school
1611 Founding of the Jesuit College with an accompanying library
1645 The library is housed in a special hall, it has a librarian and the rules are established regarding the preservation and lending of books
1669 The Jesuit College acquires the status of the Academy by the Charter of King Leopold I and becomes Academia Zagrabiensis The library and its holdings are moved into an old building of the abandoned Dominican monastery in today’s 5 St. Catherine’s Square in the Old Town of Zagreb
1773 After the disbanding of the Jesuit order, the College continues with its provisional activities until 1776, when the library becomes part of the Royal Zagreb Academy of Sciences (Regia Academia Zagrabiensis) as an academy of law, philosophy and theology
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