Leuven University Library, 1425-2000

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2005
Author
Author: Chris Coppens
Author: Mark Derez
Author: Jan Roegiers
Language
English
Number of Pages
543 pp.
Publisher
Leuven University Press
City
Leuven, Belgium
Region
Europe
Library Type
Academic Libraries
Chronological Period
16th century
17th century
1800-1849
1850-1899
18th century
1900-1949
1950-1999
ISBN
9789058674678
Annotation

Contents: 

  • I. THE LIBRARIES OF THE OLD UNIVERSITY, 1425-1797
    •  One university, many libraries 
    • Monasteries 
    • Faculties
    • Colleges 
    • A central library in 1636 Charles II of Croy
    •  Beyerlinck and Jansenius Valerius 
    • Andreas Slow growth 
    • The library in a brand-new building 
    • A library and wine cellar 
    • A grand chamber 
    • Baroque theatre 
    • Books in trompe-l’oeil 
    • Between Enlightenment and Revolution 
    • Abbé (de) Nelis 
    • Jean Noël Paquot 
    • Jan Frans van de Velde 
    • A castle in the air 
    • Moved to Brussels
    • Plundered by Paris 
  • II. THE LIBRARY IN THE PERIOD OF TRANSITION, 1797-1835 
    • The State University of Leuven 
    • The Belgian Revolution 
  • III. A LIBRARY FOR THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY, 1835-1914 
    • The daughter of Jaïrus 
    • An academic museum 
    • Book stacks from Germany 
  • IV. BELLO DIRUTA. THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND THE RECONSTRUCTION, 1914-1940 
    • The fire of Leuven 
    • The franc-tireurs 
    • The Oxford of Belgium 
    • The Sarajevo of the intellectuals 
    • Culture and civilisation 
    • The reconstruction 
    • The Treaty of Versailles 
    • The flood of dollars 
    • The architect 
    • Whitney Warren 
    • An American library 
    • The Giralda of Seville 
    • A castle in Denmark 
    • A war monument 
    • Allied fauna and flora 
    • A gift from America 
    • Liberty Bell 
    • Written in the stars 
    • A political symbol 
    • The atmosphere of Locarno 
    • A counterblast from Berlin 
    • The balustrade smashed to pieces 
    • Transatlantic 
    • An ideal library? 
    • German money 
    • Scholarly libraries 
    • Wish lists 
    • Collector’s items or mass production 
    • A reader survey 
  • V. BIS DIRUTA. THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND THE RECONSTRUCTION, 1940-1970 
    • The second fire Bis repetita 
    • The reconstruction 
    • Help from abroad 
    • The American College 
    • Versailles article 247 
    • A disaster plan 
    • Architect Henry Lacoste 
    • Belated art deco 
    • Beeswax and solid oak 
    • The new collection 
    • Scholarly libraries 
    • Manuscripts and archives 
    • Fragmentation 
  • VI THE LIBRARY AFTER THE PARTITION, 1970-2000 
  • Split and division 
  • Odd and even 
  • Drastic action Centralisation? 
  • Campusen 
  • Faculties 
  • New structures, new technology 
  • The Central Library 
  • Cultural heritage 
  • Cranevelt and the other Friends 
  • The Tabularium 
  • Governments, newspapers and databases 
  • Explosion 
  • VII. THE LEUVEN LIBRARY LANDSCAPE AFTER 1970 
  • From Arenberg to Gasthuisberg 
  • A profession of faith Philosophy 
  • The Falcon 
  • The garden of Letters 
  • Temple of Mercury 
  • Behavioural sciences 
  • Gasthuisberg Arenberg Courtrai 
  • Together with others 
  • Network Consultation 
  • VIII. RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT COROLLARIA 
  • Corpus Inscriptionum 
  • Library data 
  • Series bibliothecariorum 
  • The library year by year
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