The National and University Library in Zagreb is a public institution of national importance which conducts library activities and provides reference services of the national library of the Republic of Croatia and the central library of the University of Zagreb. The Library also undertakes scientific, research and development activities with the primary purpose of organizing and developing the Croatian library system. The National and University Library in Zagreb occupies a central place in Croatia’s culture and science. As the largest and oldest library in Croatia, it stretches across 44,432 square metres, has more than 130 kilometres of shelves, around 3 million items and boasts over 46 digital collections.

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Authorities web site catalogue: http://katalog.nsk.hr/normativa

Described entities and quantity/number of authority records: as of January 1, 2018:

ü Persons - 485 176

ü Conferences – 15 083

ü Corporate bodies - 21 309

ü Geographical names - 15 140

ü Titles - 1 741

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Data provided in the authority records: MARC 21

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The National and University Library in Zagreb provides all its authority and bibliographic records to VIAF.