France Bevk Public Library Nova Gorica was founded in 1949 as District study library of Gorica. The name of the library changed in 1970 when France Bevk, a well known Slovenian author, died. He lived near Nova Gorica and visited the library many times. Part of his legacy is kept in the library in the France Bevk's memorial room. Due to lack of space library had to move many times but on 8th of February 2000 (Slovenian national culture day) all the departments finally found their place under the same roof. The new building is situated in the city centre and from a birds's-eye view it has a shape of a book. France Bevk Public Library provides it's services for 6 municipalities. All materials are catalogued in the Slovenian joint catalogue called COBISS/OPAC. On the shelves the material is arranged by UDC (Universal Decimal Classification). There are more than 520.000 items available for it's visitors and it also hosts many events, including exhibitions, literary evenings, storytelling hours, creative workshops and book clubs. There are several computers with internet access in the library that can be used by members.

The library is one of 10 Regional Public Library in Slovenia that were established to better monitor public library service provision in the regions of Slovenia.

The building has 4 floors and around 4500sqm library premises. Below the ground level there is a multi-purpose hall that can accommodate around 100 people. It is used for literary meetings, lectures and other events. On the ground floor there are books and audio visual material for children and young people, the main loan desk, a fairytale room, books on art, sports and fiction in Slovene and several foreign languages.On the first floor there are scientific books, music papers, maps and audio visual material. Two special departments are set on the first floor: one keeps serial publications (around 700 different titles every year), the other keeps local studies collection (Goriška region and a part of Italy where Slovenians live).On the second floor there is the administrative part of the library: director, secretary’s office, account-keeping, cataloguing services and book processing.All departments have open access to the material with the exception of the serials department and local studies department. Only reading-room loan is possible in these two departments.

Rights and duties of the library, members and visitors are determited in General terms and conditions of France Bevk Public Library. Only some basic information about membership are written in the next lines. In order to become a member of the library you need to fill in an application form and present a valid personal document. If you are underage, your parents need to inscribe you. You will need to pay a fee and you can choose from 1, 3 or 12 months duration of your membership. The membership is free of charge for minors and unemployed (valid disoccupation certificate issued by the unemployment office is needed). The loan period for all material is 21 days. It can be prolonged unless they are reserved by another member. For overdue materials a fine is charged. Inter-library loan is also available. The library is fully automated and RFID is implemented. Self-check stations are available on the premises.

The library has 7 branch libraries in small villages around Nova Gorica.A book mobile unit is also available – bookmobile bus full of books visits over 80 locations in Goriška region every month. Since 2008 the bus visits also two towns in Italy – Doberdob and Špeter Slovenov (Doberdo del Lago and San Pietro al Natisone).