2021
Relocation of the Štore library
The Štore local library is getting new premises in the Mercator Center Lipa at Udarniška Street 3.
2016
In 2016, the Celje Central Library celebrated three eminent anniversaries: 110 years of public librarianship in Celje, 70 years of the establishment of the Study Library on Museum Square and 40 years of operation of the Department of Local History.
2015
Moving the Šmartno library. The local library in Šmartno in Rožna dolina is getting new premises in the newly built Locals' Center.
2010
In January, we opened the doors of the new library at Muzejski trg 1a to users.
We united all Celje departments under one roof and made most of the material freely accessible.
2008
All departments and services of the library that operated on Museum Square moved to a temporary location at Mariborska 7 in Celje.
In addition to the study and local history departments with the most current materials, all library logistics (administration, procurement and processing of materials, consulting and development, technical service, etc.) have also moved to the former Kovinotehna building. The less current collection has found space in the storage of the Celje Historical Archives.
2006
The first construction work on Museum Square has begun.
It began with the demolition of a purchased building in the neighborhood, then archaeologists took over the site for a year, after which the design of a new building began to grow from the ground up.
2004
Selection of a plan for the new - shared building of the Celje Central Library.
Ten conceptual designs were submitted to the anonymous design competition for the architectural solution for the new building of the Celje Central Library on Museum Square. The evaluation committee selected the project of a group of architecture students and their mentors.
2001
The total number of loan transactions across all library departments exceeded the magic number of one million for the first time. A statistical review of the data showed 1,053,500 loans, with a trend of further growth in the following years.
2000
Opening of a new library in Vojnik.
The library moved to new premises at Prušnikova 5 following a thorough reconstruction of the existing building.
1999
Launch of the Visiting Library project.
The Department for Adults and Youth within the Central Library of Celje is launching the project Library on Visit - home services for those readers who cannot visit the library themselves.
1998
The Savinja River once again devastated the lower premises of the library on Museum Square.
1996
The library celebrated the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Study Library.
On this occasion, the premises of the Department of Studies and numerous other work spaces on Museum Square were thoroughly renovated. A new content concept was set for the Levstik Room, which in the following years became the central space for events of the Central Library of Celje. In his speech at the celebration in the National House, the then mayor of Celje, Jože Zimšek, promised the construction of a new library.
1995
The Celje Central Library has started automated borrowing of materials.
The library first focused all its efforts on entering the materials of the Department of Studies, and at the beginning of the year, this largest department of the Celje library began automated lending. By 1999, automation had covered all departments of the library.
1994
In the spring, the University for the Third Age of Life will begin operating within the library.
It started with a local history club, and in the following years the original offer was supplemented by numerous additional activities. Over the years, the strongest set of programs for seniors in Celje has been formed.
1991
The Celje Central Library has joined the COBISS bibliographic system.
The system was first connected to libraries in Slovenian regional centers with a tradition of study libraries and extensive collections of professional literature. In the Celje library, automation first covered the inventory and processing of materials.
1990
The Edvard Kardelj Library is renamed again in the spring to the Celje Central Library. In the autumn, a catastrophic flood.
On November 1, Celje's waterways overflowed their banks and deep water flooded the lower rooms of the building on Museum Square, covered the floor of the Department for Children and Marxist Literature, and completely destroyed the Gaberje Department, which was later never rebuilt.
1985
The children's department at Gledališki trg has new, larger premises.
A department of Marxist literature settled in his former quarters.
1982
Vojnik got a new library at Kerševa 8, which was incorporated into the organizational structure of the Celje library as a working unit.
1979
The Central Library is renamed the Edvard Kardelj Library.
In February, the ideologist of socialist self-management, Edvard Kardelj, died and the library was named after him in his memory.
1976
Two new departments are created within the merged library: the Marxist Library and the Department of Local History.
The Marxist literature department was created at the initiative of socio-political organizations, while the local history department grew out of the research tradition of Celje librarianship, which wanted to delve deeper into its area.
1974
The City Public Library merges with the Study Library to form the Celje Central Library.
The decision to merge was made by the employees of both libraries in a referendum at the end of December 1973. This created one of the largest libraries in Slovenia with a joint collection that at that time comprised 223,000 library units. The Study Library contributed 135,000 units.
1967
The study library moves to a new building – an extension to the Old County Hall on Museum Square.
"Engineer Cveta Sadarjeva and engineer architect Jure Sadar, together with their colleagues at the GIP INGRAD design bureau, prepared a detailed implementation project, according to which they built a new library building between 1964 and 1967." (Janko Orožen, Outline of the contemporary history of Celje and its surroundings, 1980, p. 470)
1963
The Pioneer Library gets new premises at Gledališki trg 4 and merges with the City Public Library.
"In the new building on the opposite side of the square, the Pioneer Library, which was previously located in Ćuprijska Street (today Razlagova Street), was installed as a section of it." (Janko Orožen, Outline of the Contemporary History of Celje and the Surrounding Areas, 1980, p. 469)
1962
The city library will move to new premises on the current Theatre Square in September.
The library became one of the few in Slovenia where readers were allowed "free access". "From 1954 to 1962, the library operated in the premises of the former Južnoštajerska hranilnica at Cankarjeva cesta 13, and in 1962 it moved to new premises on Šlandrov trg next to the theatre." (Janko Orožen, Outline of the contemporary history of Celje and its surroundings, 1980, p. 469)
1955
The spatially constrained study library expands its capacity with a reading room.
The library collection grew to almost 20,000 items, the lack of space was becoming unbearable, so the acquisition of a reading room with 18 seats, which was primarily a lending room, was necessary.
1946
Celje gets a study library. It began work on the ground floor of the Old County Hall on Museum Square.
"Celje, along with Maribor and Novo mesto, was among the first three district centers of the time in which the Ministry of Education of the LRS established district study libraries on March 1, 1946." (Janko Orožen, Outline of the Contemporary History of Celje and its Surroundings, 1980, p. 471)
1945
In the summer, the city library in Celje comes back to life.
"As soon as the subject teacher of mathematics and physics Vera Levstikova, who had provided free supplies to the library before the war, returned from exile, she collected 1,810 books free of charge with the help of unions in companies and from private individuals." (Janko Orožen, Outline of the contemporary history of Celje and its surroundings, 1980, p. 468)
1941
The city library, as a symbol of Slovenian national identity, becomes a victim of the occupying power.
"The occupier completely destroyed the magnificent city library, which had premises on Šlandrov trg. He founded his own library on Glavni trg." (Janko Orožen, Outline of the contemporary history of Celje and its surroundings, 1980, p. 468)
1927
The Celje Public City Library is created from the community's heritage.
"On Thursday, March 3, the public city library, located on the ground floor of the city hall building, will open. The library, which is constantly being updated, has over 2,000 literary and scientific Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian and German books." (Announcement, City Hall of Celje)
1906
The community library reading room at the National House opens for general use.
"The reading room library opened for general use this Sunday. They were diligently advertising for books on the first day. If the need arises, all necessary steps will be taken to offer every Slovene the opportunity to read Slovenian books." (Domovina, 7. 12. 1906)
1862
The National Reading Room in Celje – the triumph of Slovenian national consciousness. "The 16th of June was written in golden letters in the chronicle of the ancient and glorious city of Celje. The "Celje Reading Room" was opened on this day. We have long been looking forward to this day when the new moral strength of the Styrian Slovenes is to be rebuked and developed." (News, 26. 6. 1862, Letter from Celje)
1851
The first Slovenian reading room in the town on the Savinja River.
"On January 1, some natives in Celje founded a Slovenian reading room, which closed down again six months later. Its newspapers and books were given to the students of Celje gymnasium." (Ignac Orožen, Celje Chronicle, 1854, p. 222)
1846
The beginnings of Slovenian reading culture in Celje.
"On February 15, the clergy of the Celje parish founded a Slovenian library for the Celje parish. For this library, which now has 440 volumes, the Slovenian youth of this parish donated 67 gold. 21 krajc. silver at the first call." (Ignac Orožen, Celje Chronicle, 1854, p. 200)