Utrecht University Library

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Utrecht University Library
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The Utrecht University Library is the University Library of Utrecht University ( UU ) and is in a group with the library of the University of Utrecht ( Hogeschool Utrecht ), the library of the University of Humanities ( Universiteit voor Humanistiek ) and the library of the Nederlands Interuniversity art history Instituut Florence (Dutch Art History Institute in Florence), which is why students at UU via OCLC PICAcan use these book collections. The University Library alone has an inventory of over 11,000 journals, 9,000 monographs and 4,870,000 volumes.

history

From the 12th to the 16th centuries, Utrecht was the intellectual and cultural center of the northern Netherlands. Science and education were conducted by numerous church and monastery schools; each with its own library holdings. After the establishment of the Union of Utrecht and the closure of the Catholic church institutions in accordance with a decree of the Utrecht city fathers from 1581, around 550 to 600 manuscripts and books came into the possession of a municipal library, which was officially founded in 1584. On March 26, 1636, the University of Utrecht was founded and the City Library became the University Library .

At that time, the young university library not only included holdings in theology , but also history , geography , law , philosophy , literature , biology , medicine and music . There were ancient, medieval scripts and a multitude of languages: Latin, Greek, Aramaic and Syriac as well as in the modern languages ​​German, French and Italian. It was not until 1820 that the library moved from the Johanneskirche in Utrecht to a former royal palace designed by the architect Jan David Zocher in the Wittevrouwenstraat. The library's book inventory by 1880 was over 100,000 books. In the course of the 19th and 20th centuries, the library went through major growth phases, was initially severely fragmented in its organization and centralized again since 1984. In 2004 the Utrecht University Library moved into a new building at Heidelberglaan 3 in Uithof in Utrecht , designed by the Dutch architect Wiel Arets .

Collections

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The library's collections also include the Utrecht Psalter , which was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2015 .

General collections

  • General reference works, general bibliographies, source collections
  • General works in various disciplines
  • Governance information
  • History of science
  • History of the university
  • Magazines and periodicals
  • Library Science and Information Science
  • Skepticism Foundation (SKEPS)
  • Utrechtiana (literature on the city and province of Utrecht)

Special collections

Sectors and departments

  • 1. Sector Public Services PD ( Sector Public Services ) with the following departments:
    • Communication and Marketing (I&M)
    • Central Public Service (CPD)
    • Local Public Service (PDL)
    • Center for Public Service (PDB)
  • 2. Sector supporting library services OBD ( Sector Ondersteunende Bibliotheekdiensten ) with the following departments:
    • Collective Management (CB)
    • Document management (DV)
  • 3. Igitur-Unit IGI
  • 4. Sector Innovation & Development I&O ( Sector -Innovatie & Ontwikkeling ) with the following departments:
    • ICT development
  • 5. Sector Facilitaire FZ ( Sector Facilitaire Zaken ) with the following departments:
    • Building management (GB)
    • Information and communication technology (ICT)
    • Management support (MO)
  • 6. Personnel and Organization Sector P&O ( Personeel en Organizatie )

literature

  • "Vier eeuwen Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht" , deel I: de eerste drie eeuwen, by D. Grosheide, ADA Monna en PNG Pesch, published in 1986

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Utrecht Psalter. UNESCO Memory of the World, accessed September 1, 2017 .


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