OPERAS welcomes National and University Library in Zagreb

English
We are glad to welcome the National and University Library in Zagreb as a new ordinary member of the OPERAS community in 2025.
The National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) is the largest library in Croatia and a key institution in the country’s research and academic landscape. As both the national library of the Republic of Croatia and the central library of the University of Zagreb, NSK plays a pivotal role in preserving Croatian written heritage and enabling access to scholarly content.
NSK has been systematically building its collections since 1816, primarily through legal deposit. In addition to printed materials, the Library increasingly focuses on digital content through both digitisation and electronic legal deposit. It also maintains the Croatian Digital Library and administrates national open access repositories, contributing to the development of Croatia’s research infrastructure.
In recent years, NSK has strongly aligned its services with the principles of Open Science. A dedicated e-research division manages the national e-resource consortium, negotiates transformative agreements with publishers, and facilitates open access publishing for Croatian researchers. The Library coordinates the Central System for Bibliometric Services, offering support in research evaluation and scientific productivity metrics.
NSK is also active in citizen science. Through national and international projects, it promotes public engagement in research and organises regular training programmes. Since 2022, more than 800 librarians have participated in its webinars and workshops.
As the Croatian DOI Office, NSK ensures persistent identification of research outputs in collaboration with Crossref. It also assigns URN:NBN identifiers to digital resources hosted by cultural and academic institutions across the country.
Through these activities, NSK is helping shape a more open, accessible, and collaborative research environment in Croatia.
“We are excited to be part of the OPERAS community and contribute to collective efforts in advancing open access in social sciences and humanities, training and support activities as well as citizen science – topics that align with our current work and interests in the field of open science.” – Dr Ivanka Stričević, Director General of the National and University Library in Zagreb
NSK will contribute to the Advocacy Special Interest Group.
We are looking forward to further collaborations.
More about the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK): https://nsk.hr/en/
OPERAS
OPERAS is the Research Infrastructure supporting open scholarly communication in the social sciences and humanities (SSH) in the European Research Area. Its mission is to coordinate and federate resources in Europe to efficiently address the scholarly communication needs of European researchers in the field of SSH. OPERAS’ aim is to make Open Science a reality for research in the SSH and achieve a scholarly communication system where knowledge produced in the SSH benefits researchers, academics, students and more generally the whole society across Europe and worldwide, without barriers.
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Croatian
Drago nam je što možemo poželjeti dobrodošlicu Nacionalnoj i sveučilišnoj knjižnici u Zagrebu kao novom redovnom članu OPERAS zajednice u 2025. godini.
Nacionalna i sveučilišna knjižnica u Zagrebu (NSK) najveća je knjižnica u Hrvatskoj i ključna institucija u istraživačkom i akademskom krajoliku zemlje. Kao nacionalna knjižnica Republike Hrvatske i središnja knjižnica Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, NSK ima ključnu ulogu u očuvanju hrvatske pisane baštine i omogućavanju pristupa znanstvenim sadržajima.
NSK sustavno gradi svoje nacionalne zbirke od 1816. godine, prvenstveno putem obveznog primjerka. Uz tiskane materijale, Knjižnica sve više usmjerava pažnju na digitalni sadržaj – putem digitalizacije i elektroničkog obveznog primjerka. Također održava Hrvatsku digitalnu knjižnicu i upravlja nacionalnim repozitorijima, pridonoseći razvoju istraživačke infrastrukture Hrvatske.
U posljednjim godinama NSK je snažno uskladila svoje usluge s načelima otvorene znanosti. Poseban proces e-znanstvene informacije upravlja nacionalnim konzorcijem za e-izvore, pregovara o transformativnim ugovorima s izdavačima i omogućava otvoreno objavljivanje za hrvatske znanstvenike. Knjižnica koordinira Središnji sustav za bibliometrijske usluge, pružajući podršku u vrednovanju istraživanja i mjerenju znanstvene produktivnosti.
NSK je također aktivna u području građanske znanosti. Kroz nacionalne i međunarodne projekte potiče uključivanje javnosti u istraživanja te organizira redovite programe edukacije. Od 2022. godine više od 800 knjižničara sudjelovalo je u njezinim webinarima i radionicama.
Kao Hrvatski ured za DOI, NSK osigurava trajnu identifikaciju istraživačkih rezultata u suradnji s Crossrefom. Također dodjeljuje URN:NBN identifikatore digitalnim resursima koje pohranjuju kulturne i akademske institucije diljem zemlje.
Kroz ove aktivnosti NSK pridonosi oblikovanju otvorenijeg, dostupnijeg i suradničkog istraživačkog okruženja u Hrvatskoj.
“Veselimo se što smo dio OPERAS zajednice i što možemo pridonijeti zajedničkim naporima u unaprjeđenju otvorenog pristupa u društvenim i humanističkim znanostima, aktivnostima edukacije i podrške, kao i građanskoj znanosti – temama koje su u skladu s našim trenutnim radom i interesima na području otvorene znanosti.” – prof. dr. sc. Ivanka Stričević, glavna ravnateljica Nacionalne i sveučilišne knjižnice u Zagrebu
NSK će doprinijeti radu Radne grupe za zagovaranje (Advocacy Special Interest Group).
Radujemo se daljnjoj suradnji.
Više o Nacionalnoj i sveučilišnoj knjižnici u Zagrebu (NSK): https://nsk.hr/en/
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OPERAS Editorial Team (April 7, 2025). OPERAS welcomes National and University Library in Zagreb. OPERAS. Retrieved April 22, 2025 from https://doi.org/10.58079/13oy6