The library with about 90,000 entries is one of the biggest institutions of this kind in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Croatia has donated 880,000 kuna for its renovation.
Later in the day, Sanader, accompanied by Sarajevo Archbishop, Cardinal Vinko Puljic, visited the Croat-populated residential area of Sarajevo, called Stup. He toured the local Catholic school and a day care centre, the construction of which is being funded by the Croatian government.
On Thursday evening, the Croatian PM visited the Franciscan international students centre in Bosnia's capital that is currently under construction.
During his talks with Bosnian friars, PM Sanader pledged that the Croatian government would donate additional four million kuna for the remodelling of the centre's interior.
So far, Zagreb has allocated 1.3 million kuna for the centre's construction