Libraries

National and University Library

National and University Library by Jože Plečnik, 2010

The National and University Library (NUK) serves as the national library of Slovenia, the main library of the University of Ljubljana for humanities and social sciences, the Slovenian legal deposit library and the trusted digital repository for Slovenian cultural and scientific heritage. NUK is the headquarters of the Slovenian bibliographic service and the national aggregator of e-content from the field of culture to Europeana.

NUK's collections and services support the scholarly and scientific work of the University of Ljubljana and other higher education institutions. The library is a centre of knowledge aimed at lifelong education of Slovenes, and at raising their cultural and educational level and information literacy skills. Through research, development and educational activities in the field of librarianship, the library actively co-shapes the Slovenian library system and makes significant contributions to the theoretical and practical knowledge of library and information science.

With roots in the 18th century, the institution is today housed in the exquisite cultural monument conceived by Slovenian architect Jože Plečnik and built 1938–1940. A four-storey, four-winged building in the shape of an irregular rectangle, with two small inner yards, boasts with an interior containing numerous excellent architectural details, made of marble, bronze or wood.

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