The National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina is more or less known, by the great fire of August 1992, caused by bomb shelling. After a devastating fire that swallowed the Town Hall and 90% of the library holdings, remaining personnel collected shards of its library, trying to preserve what was rescued. Reconstruction and reconstitution of catalogues and collections and the existing structure of the total fund is based on those preserved collections. Following the technological development and requirements of users, the library has gradually transformed functions and services in the attempt to adapt towards modern library and information trends.
With library automatization, online access, electronic data interchange, document delivery, CDROMs, multimedia and e-publishing, the National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina has seriously began to develop new technologies in the management & services of the library, virtual library concept, its systems, as well as to share library treasures with a broader community of users.