Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheek or Flanders Heritage Library is a library consortium in the Flemish Region of Belgium bringing together six institutions with considerable holdings of manuscripts and old printed books.[1] The network was founded in 2008,[2] and was authorised as a heritage organisation for Flanders in 2012.[3]
Members edit
The libraries associated in the network are:
- Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library in Antwerp
- Antwerp University Library
- Bruges Public Library[4]
- Ghent University Library
- Hasselt Limburg Library (the former provincial library for Limburg)
- KU Leuven University Library
Databases edit
The consortium is involved in building and maintaining a number of databases, most importantly:
- Abraham Catalogue of Belgian Newspapers, an online catalogue of historic Belgian newspapers (1830–1950), with many partner libraries across Flanders and Brussels
- Flandrica.be, an online repository of material from and about the area that is now Flanders, partnering with the libraries of the Antwerp Museum for Diamonds, Jewellery and Silver and the Plantin-Moretus Museum
- Short Title Catalogue Flanders (STCV), which aims to create a short-title catalogue of everything printed in the Southern Netherlands before 1801
The Flanders Heritage Library is also a partner of the Digital Library for Dutch Literature.
References edit
- ^ "De Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheek". vvbad.be. Vlaamse Vereniging voor Bibliotheek, Archief & Documentatie. Archived from the original on 2018-03-31. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
- ^ Steven Van Impe, "Kroniek van de Antwerpse erfgoedbibliotheken (2008–2015)", HistoriANT: Jaarboek voor Antwerpse geschiedenis, 4 (2016), pp. 175-190.
- ^ Flemish Government (6 July 2012). "Decreet houdende het Vlaams cultureel-erfgoedbeleid". Belgisch Staatsblad (in Dutch).
- ^ "Openbare Bib Brugge blijft erkende erfgoedbibliotheek". Krant van West-Vlaanderen/Brugsch Handelsblad. 30 June 2017. p. 28.