euros and the country has spent over 30 million euros for NUK II. However, construction was never started. There were several causes for the delay, among them problems in the process of the acquisition of the real estate, the preparation of the documentation necessary to obtain the construction permit and the archaeological excavations of the remains of the Roman castrum Emona that took place in 1990–99 and in 2008. In 2009, the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, led by Gregor Golobič, found the original plans outdated and decided that the competition had to be repeated. It was carried out again in late 2011 and early 2012. The evaluating committee, led by Aleš Vodopivec, received 120 proposals, almost half of them from outside Slovenia. In May 2012, the committee chose the proposal submitted by the architectural office Bevk Perović arhitekti as the best. The new library will be suited to the digital era, and archaeological remains in the area will be integrated in the overall composition. , the date of the beginning of construction and the expected costs were not yet known. The site has been used as a provisional parking lot. References Further reading Gooding, Mel: National and University Library, Ljubljana, Architecture in Detail Series, Phaidon Press, 1997, External links Official site Renderings of expansion by Bevk Perović Arhitekti Virtual tour of the National and University Library of Slovenia provided by Google Arts & Culture Academic libraries Slovenia Libraries in Ljubljana Library buildings completed in 1941 Jože Plečnik buildings 18th-century establishments in Carniola 1774 establishments in the Habsburg monarchy 1987 in Slovenia 1989 in Slovenia 2009 in Slovenia 2011 in Slovenia 2012 in Slovenia Center District, Ljubljana Proposed buildings and structures in Slovenia 20th-century architecture in Slovenia