The collection is an independent unit with the status of a selective legal deposit library of the European Union located at the National and University Library in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It receives one copy of the material published by the official publisher of the European Union (EUR-OP), or by the EU individual institutions, official bodies and agencies. Holdings are supplemented by the Slovenian and foreign information sources related to the EU, UNESCO legal deposit publications, Slovenian official and government publications, and ephemera.

Who is the collection intended for?

It is available to the widest possible audience, and also to researchers in different scientific fields, and serves the needs of all who need the information about the European Union by teaching, learning and research, as well as in decision-making.

Areas of Responsibility

• To collect, process, preserve and make available publications and various information from different information sources.
• To provide access to library material and information.
• To provide on-demand thematic information retrieval.
• To provide advice and assistance to users to search independently the national and international information sources.
• To organize and implement user training on EU and its information sources for target groups.
• To co-operate with relevant institutions in different programmes.

Ephemera

The ephemera collection holds the materials of everyday life which can be of great historical significance and reference value, and can provide unique testimony of the social, cultural, economic and political events in a given area and period, and NUK deals with this material in accordance with its function. It consists of a range of material from flyers, pamphlets, information sheets, brochures, invitations, prospects and catalogues to different newsletters, bulletins and programmes of political parties, sport associations etc. Such material is typically published outside of official or normal channels and it cannot be acquired through normal bookselling channels. The items are typically intended to be of only temporary interest (literally "for a day") containing important information on current developments. Thus, the collection provides a perspective on social, cultural, economic and political issues in the life of Slovenians in a specific historical period.