Leiden University Library
Seal of the Leiden University Library
The Leiden University Library was founded in 1587 and is the University Library, founded twelve years before University of Leiden. She is older than the Royal Library of the Netherlands and was instrumental as a source for teaching and research influence on the sciences during the Age of Enlightenment. The Leiden University Library is from a scientific perspective the most outstanding library of the Netherlands.
The library contains about 3,500,000 volumes, of which 10,000 contemporary serials, 60,000 Oriental and Western manuscripts, 450,000 monographs, 70,000 maps, 100,000 printed books, 12,000 drawings and 120,000 photographs. Its Latin name is Bibliotheca Academiae Lugduno - Batavae.
It has its headquarters in the city of Leiden.
History
After the independence of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands turned the need for a separate university in the new Protestant Republic; was chosen in 1575 to suffering and then confiscated Catholic monastery. An essential component of the university library in the immediate vicinity of the lecture halls. The first book of the library was a Polyglottbibel, a gift from William I.. The presentation of this book is regarded as the basis on which the library is being built ( fundamentum locans futurae aliquando Bibliothecae ). On October 31, 1587 Leiden University Library in the vaults of the present Academy building suffering, ( address: Rapenburg 73 ), the University passed as functional.
In 1595 the so-called Nomenclator, the first catalog of the Leiden University Library, was published, which was also the first catalog of an institutional library in Europe. 1864 alphabetical catalog of all the works of the library was completed in 1575, which lasted until 1988.
In 1969, Johan de Groot Remmet initiated as a 22 librarian automation of library materials, which is now run in the system by OCLC PICA. It leads about 400,000 microfilms and other electronic titles. In 1983, the Leiden University Library of Leiden's old city by Witte Singel.
Special Collections
Western manuscripts
The collection of Western manuscripts containing Old and Middle Dutch writings and manuscripts (including 2,500 medieval manuscripts and fragments as well as 25,000 modern manuscripts ), 300,000 volumes of literature, archives and 3,000 annotated prints of the University Library, including the archive of the University.
Western Prints
The collection of Western Prints of Leiden University Library contains works that were printed before 1801 ( including 700 incunabula ) and rare precious works from after 1801. During the course of four centuries, the collection has been expanded through acquisition, gifts and bequests of scholars. In addition, the University Library received the right to deposit copies of all the books, which was released for printing by the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.
Bodel Nijenhuis - collection
The Bodel Nijenhuis - collection of the Leiden University Library contains mainly ancient maps, atlases and topographical prints and drawings. Most of the works come from a legacy of the lawyer John Tiberius Bodel Nijenhuis (1797-1872), for 25 years a member of the Society of Dutch literature. He was a passionate collector of cartographic and topographical drawings.
Oriental Collection
The Oriental collection of the Leiden University Library, also known as Legatum Warnerianum, referring to a legacy of 1,000 manuscripts from the Middle East by Levinus Warner ( 1619-1665 ), the former envoy to the Sublime Porte in Constantinople Opel, which to this day the core of the collections forms.
From the beginning of the library until today the Oriental is one of the most important work of the University of Leiden. Theologians studied Semitic languages at the importance of the Bible to interpret. For political and economic reasons, the young Dutch Republic built relationships with the enemies of his enemies, including the Ottoman Empire, which was the highlight of his time at the time. In the course of its expansion policy, Holland possessions secured so in Indonesia. Dutch merchants also maintained as the only Europeans a solid trading post in Japan. The Oriental collection is a center for scientists from around the world.
The Oriental collection now contains 30,000 manuscripts and 200,000 printed books on topics (such as the Leyden Papyrus also X) of archeology to Zoroastrianism and in languages from Arabic to Zulu.
Bibliotheca Thysiana
The Bibliotheca Thysiana the Leiden University Library is a building for 1655 by the Attorney Thysius Joannes ( 1622-1653 ) bequeathed book collection of about 2,500 books and thousands of pamphlets. After his early death, he left a legacy of 20,000 guilders for a building of a public library. The building is the only existing example of a library building in the Netherlands from the 17th century.
Scaliger Institute
The Scaliger Institute of Leiden University Library was founded in 2000 with the aim to promote the use of various collections for both teaching and research. To this end, the Institute offers the best working conditions, such as lectures, computer programs and specialized courses. It also awards grants for scientists who want to work in suffering for some time.
The institute was named after the famous scholar Joseph Justus Scaliger in Leiden ( 1540-1609 ). He was in the early Leiden University, one of the biggest supporters of the University Library, and left her after his death, an extraordinary collection of manuscripts and books.
Librarians
Since the founding of the University in 1575 there were 25 library director at the Leiden University Library:
- Janus Dousa (1585-1593)
- Janus Dousa Jr (1593-1596)
- Paul Merula (1597-1607)
- Daniel Heinsius (1607-1655)
- Anthony Thysius the Younger (1655-1665)
- Johann Friedrich Gronovius (1665-1671)
- Friedrich Spanheim (1672-1701)
- Wolferdus Senguerdius (1701-1724)
- Burmann Pieter the Elder (1724-1741)
- David van Royen (1741 )
- Abraham Gronovius (1741-1775)
- David Ruhnken (1775-1798)
- Daniel Albert Wyttenbach (1798-1820)
- John van Voorst (1820-1833)
- Jacob Geel (1833-1858)
- Willem George Pluygers (1859-1879)
- Willem Nicolaas du Rieu (1880-1897)
- Scato Gocko de Vries (1897-1924)
- Friedrich Casparus Again (1924-1938)
- Tietse Sevensma Pieter (1938-1947)
- Antoine Hubert Marie Cornelis Kessen (1947-1961)
- Remmet Johan de Groot (1961-1983)
- Jacques van Gent (1983-1993)
- Paul Gerretsen (1994-2004)
- Kurt de Belder (2005 -present)
Locations
Location Rapenburg 73 (anno 1610) Woudanus in Stedeboeck der Nederlanden, Amsterdam: Willem Blaeu, 1649.
Location Rapenburg 70 ( 1694 ) La Nouvelle bibliothèque, from Les delices de sorrow, une des villes célèbres de l'Europe, Leiden: P. van der Aa, 1712
Location Rapenburg 70 ( c.1890 )
Location Rapenburg 70 (1963 )
Location Witte Singel 27 (2006)