The Croatian Library for the Blind (CLB) is a special library in the domain of Ministry of culture and media. It provides services to persons with print disabilities and produces books, magazines and other materials in accessible formats, i.e. Daisy audio, Braille and EPUB.
As a national focal point for production and distribution of accessible formats, CLB cooperates with other authorised entities in Croatia. It offers library services to similar institutions, libraries, schools and homes for elderly persons. Library organizes events, manifestations and programs for its users and for the brother public. On the international level, CLB takes part in IFLA’s Libraries Serving Print Disabled Section and ABC platform.
In 2025 Croatian Library for the Blind (CLB) celebrated its 60th anniversary which was marked with the central ceremony and accompanied with other smaller events all year around. Traditional events like Braille reading contest, Knowledge quiz, Short story contest and the Award for the achievements in the domain of culture, education, advocacy and literacy for blind persons were part of last year’s programs as well. Each year the cooperation with other institutions and NGO’s working in the field of production of accessible formats is stronger and resulting in bigger collection of titles for print disabled users. CLB will also remember this year for launching the first audio comic book, made to enhance the accessibility of materials needed for the National quiz for the promotion of reading. Another project that started was the digitalization of music sheets in Braille with the focus on the works by Croatian composers.