Annual international conference Libraries in the digital age (LIDA) will be held in Zadar, 24-28 May, 2010. This year's topics are: DIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP: support by digital libraries and DIGITAL NATIVES: challenges & innovations in reaching out to digital born generations. More information is available at LIDA website.
 

On March 19, 2010 Croatian Library Association, Committee for library services for children and Committee for elementary school libraries and Zagreb City Libraries - Medvescak Library are organizing a professional meeting Together for benefit of our users: collaboration of children's and school libraries. Meeting will be held in Medvescak Library, Trg žrtava fašizma 7, Zagreb. Participants registration by March 15th: grozdana.ribicic@st.htnet.hr.

Dr. Ljerka Markić-Čučuković Trust Award for contribution to library profession in 2009 has been awarded to students of librairanship: Ana Prpic from Senj and Kristina Prusec from Zagreb. "Fran Galovic" Library from Koprivnica has been awarded for education of librarians for work with blind and poor-sighted persons and for their participation in international programs.

Zagreb City Libraries will host an international conference MetLib 2010: Metropolitan Libraries: Enduring Values and Excellence.May 16-51, 2010.

Zagreb City Libraries, City Library is organizing a one day roundtable Digitization of audio-visual material - from barriers to new possibilities on January 29, 2010.

National and University Library (NUL) in Zagreb is opening a call for National and University Library in Zagreb Award for 2009. The results will be known on February 22, 2010 when the Day of NUL will be celebrated..

Two new thematic issues of Croatian Librarians Herald are under preparation. Submissions are welcomed focussing on two broad topics: acquisition and digitization in libraries. Deadline is end March.

Ivan Filipović Award for 2009 for the professional and scientific contribution to librarianship and educational work with users of university library has been awarded to Lea Lazzarich from University Library in Rijeka. Congratulations!

Proceedings of 7th and 8th roundtable on free access to information will be presented on December 10, 2010 in Zagreb City Libraries.

Proceedings of the 12th seminar Archives, libraries and museums: possibilities of collaboration in the context of global information infrastructure has been published. It can be ordered online from CLA website.