Invitation (pdf)

Zagreb City Libraries are a modern and well-organized
network of public libraries. Central library is the City Library
of Zagreb, the oldest library in the network, founded in 1907. Thanks to its rich collections and wide range of services
it accomplishes its basic function, drawn in the Rules
of Procedure dated from 1908: „Zagreb City Library
is a free, public and modern library, founded and
settled for all citizens of Zagreb...“

Zagreb City Libraries is a network based on
traditional services as well as on modern information
and communication technology. They enable every
Zagreb City resident and membership card holder
to borrow books and other materials in each of the
42 libraries as well as at the 73 mobile library stations.

Since 1997 Zagreb City Libraries have been developing
the network information system ZaKi. Today it is
implemented in more than 150 libraries in Croatia.

In order to make information about its programs,
collections and resources available to the public
via Internet, Zagreb City Libraries have been developing
and maintaining the web site www.kgz.hr since 2001.

Our annual meetings at traditional conferences, exchange of experiences and new knowledge have helped, I believe, to all of us in our everyday work in different and distant parts of the world.

As of myself, those meetings have always been inspiration and impetus for development and innovation. Therefore I am very glad that I can invite you to the Zagreb conference, wishing you to visit Zagreb public libraries, to meet Croatian colleagues and to participate in new motivating debates.
Let the topics of our discussions be permanent
tasks and new communicational possibilities
of public libraries for the satisfaction
of the users in our communities.

Welcome to Zagreb in May 2010.

Davorka Bastić,
director of Zagreb City Libraries

On behalf of the citizens of Zagreb
and myself I am inviting you to IFLA MetLib
Section Conference which will take place
in May 2010.

I'm inviting you to Zagreb, a city of a thousand
year history, but a modern city as well,
the administrative, economic, cultural, traffic
and scientific centre of the Republic of Croatia.

I'm inviting you to Zagreb, a city of libraries.
Zagreb has National and University Library,
numerous faculty and school libraries, libraries of cultural, educational and economic institutions
and Zagreb City Libraries - the largest network
of public libraries and largest cultural
institutionin the Republic of Croatia which
you have entrusted with the organization
of your important conference.

Welcome to Zagreb - a city of libraries.

Milan Bandić,
the Mayor of Zagreb

Last update: 15 January 2010