Dare Balažic from the National and University Library of Slovenia accepted to act as narrator in a video featuring The European Library and the NUK cooperation.. View the video...

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Our partners in The European Library play a unique role as national libraries. Each has an exciting story to tell and we are delighted to be able to profile the National and University Library of Slovenia in this issue of the newsletter. Dare Balažic, advisor to Senior Management for International Cooperation of the NUK, accepted our invitation to act as chief editor.

"I am a member of the Editorial Working Group of The European Library. The Group makes an active contribution to improving the presentation and promotion of the NUK collections in The European Library portal and also undertakes vital coordination work for the creation of online exhibitions" says Dare.

"The NUK was one of the original partners in the EC-funded TEL project and was one of the Full Participants at the launch of The European Library service in 2005. Multilingualism was soon recognised as a key issue in the success of the service." More info...

The Director’s corner is dedicated to directors and chief executives of national libraries across Europe. Mr. Lenart Šetinc, NUK Acting Managing Director, gives us a brief presentation of the role and position of the National and University Library - NUK - in Europe

"Does the present era of globalisation, international cooperation and the power of the Internet imply the decline of national cultures and multilingualism? Or is it an opportunity for the affirmation of cultural independence and linguistic diversity?" More info...

The National and University Library celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Miško Kranjec, the storyteller from Prekmurje. Kranjec created one of the most comprehensive oeuvres in Slovenia.

During his life, Kranjec published more than 50 books, mainly novels, short stories, tales and essay writings. Even though his literary views - often mixed with the current political issues - became out-of-date after 1945, and later they were also in conflict with modernism, Kranjec is still considered to be one of the founders of Social Realism and one of its most prominent Slovenian representatives. More info...

The National and University Library – NUK - collects, documents, preserves and archives the written cultural heritage of the Slovenian nation and country. The NUK provides ready access to its collection of knowledge and culture of past and current Slovenian generations and makes it available to the citizens of Slovenia and other countries.

"After the 1945 Liberation, the former university library was officially recognised as the Slovenian national library and renamed National and University Library (NUK), illustrating its twofold character. After 1991, with the independence of Slovenia from federal Yugoslavia, it has continued to function as the Slovenian national library" says Dare Balažic, Editorial Working Group representative for the NUK. More info...

The European Library has taken an important decision to make its collections accessible in many of Europe’s native languages. This means that end users will be able to browse through all national library collections across Europe in their native language.

Following a thorough review of translation companies, Scriptware was selected in June 2008 to take on the ambitious task. More info...

The European Library/Europeana Office is seeking highly motivated employees for the following positions:

• Senior Developer
• Project Assistant

Are you interested? Do you know the person who wants to work on one of the most exciting projects in the cultural heritage area ever? Are you allowed a secondment?

The job is based at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, The Netherlands. Interested? Then send us your CV.

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