palace building built at the beginning of the 20th century. In the same year, by decision of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Croatia, it acquired the right to a compulsory copy of all publications printed in Croatia, so by the 1960s, its collection already contained over 130,000 books and a significant number of periodicals, which is why the building had to be extended.

In 1962, the Council for Culture of the Municipality of Split renamed the name of the library Scientific Library. With the establishment of the University