Library Hector Hodler
| Library Hector Hodler | |
|---|---|
 2006, in the relocation phase
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| founding | 1908 |
| Duration | over 30,000 bibliographic units |
| Library type | Specialized library |
| place |
Rotterdam 
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| operator | Universala Esperanto-Asocio |
| Website | uea.org/asocio/biblioteko |
The Hector Hodler Library (BHH; Esperanto Biblioteko Hector Hodler ) is the library of the Esperanto World Federation (UEA) at the headquarters of the central office in Rotterdam . This includes the archive of the World Federation, the Arkivo de UEA . With over 30,000 bibliographic units, the BHH is one of the largest Esperanto libraries in the world.
history
Swiss period
When the Swiss Esperanto Society was founded in 1903, magazines and books accumulated in the office in Bern : Since the society had its own magazine, it exchanged it with others and received books for review. In 1908 Eduard Stettler suggested turning it into a Swiss Esperanto library . In 1912 Hector Hodler , the then director of the Esperanto World Federation in Geneva , acquired this library.
After Hodler's death in 1920, the collection became the Biblioteko de UEA . Even after the major disputes in 1936 - when the regional associations split off from the UEA and most of the members also left - the library in Geneva remained with the UEA. In the basement of the Palais Wilson she survived the Second World War .
Dutch period since 1960
When the Esperanto movement was reunited under its old name in 1947, the library was given the name Biblioteko Hector Hodler . Since there was a dispute with the supervisor Hans Jakob, the collection was only gradually transferred to the central office from 1960, which was now in Rotterdam. Over time, the number of books and magazines increased and more rooms were allocated to the library, and in 2006 the library moved to another wing of the building, the previous Zamenhof Salon.
Collection content
The library collects books and magazines that have to do with the planned language Esperanto or have been published in this language. Sometimes it also deals with other planned languages and related topics such as language policy and international cooperation. There is also a photo archive, posters and audiovisual media.
See also
literature
- Victor Sadler: La Biblioteko "Hector Hodler" . In: Esperanto , 1963, May, p. 85
- Ulrich Lins: Biblioteko pli kaj pli ricxa . In: Esperanto , 1995, July – August, p. 121
- Marcus Sikosek: Books and their association. The history of the Hector Hodler Library . In: Language Problems and Language Planning 28 (2004), No. 1, pp. 45-73
Web links
- Library website (esperanto)
- Biblioteko Hector Hodler kaj la estonteco - Stocktaking in a short lecture by Ziko van Dijk (2019, esperanto)