CENL News

6th April 2020

National and University Library in Zagreb: Online Resources

#StayHome and visit the National and University Library in Zagreb online

 

The National and University Library in Zagreb had to temporarily close its doors to the public due to COVID-19 epidemic in accordance with the instructions of the Croatian authorities.

However, the services that can be delivered online continue:

– Ask the librarian
– Reference services
– Bibliometric services
– Services to publishers (assignment of identifiers and CIP)
– Technical support for member libraries of integrated library system
– Professional and advisory support to school, pubic, university and special libraries (including the call issued to libraries damaged by earthquake in Zagreb and its surroundings)
– Online access to e-resources

 

Access to digital collections is additionally promoted and the users are invited to explore a range of different services:

Portals containing digitised and digital resources: Digital NSK Collections(https://digitalna.nsk.hr/pb/), Historical Croatian Newspapers(http://dnc.nsk.hr/Newspapers/) and Historical Croatian Journals(http://dnc.nsk.hr/Journals/Default.aspx), Croatian Web Archive(https://haw.nsk.hr/), Croatian Digital Theses Repository (https://zir.nsk.hr/), Croatian Digital Dissertations Repository (https://dr.nsk.hr/) and thematic portals Glagolitic Heritage (https://glagoljica.hr/) and Virtual Exhibitions(http://virtualna.nsk.hr/) .

These portals are available in Croatian, but some virtual exhibitions can be accessed by wider audiences since they are available in English:

Croatian Glagolitic Heritage http://virtualna.nsk.hr/glagoljica/?lang=en

Marko Marulić http://virtualna.nsk.hr/marulic/en/

Faust Vrančić http://virtualna.nsk.hr/vrancic/en/

and German: Marko Marulić http://virtualna.nsk.hr/marulic/de/

 

Young audiences can play with mobile apps based on digitised heritage:

Greetings from Zagreb (http://pozdravizhrvatske.nsk.hr/zagrebapp/)

Quizes (http://pitalica.nsk.hr/)

Puzzles (http://slagalica.nsk.hr/)

Colouring books, based on digitised materials from special collections (like: http://www.nsk.hr/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bojanka_gradovi1.pdf)