Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheek or Flanders Heritage Library is a

library consortium A library consortium is any cooperative association of libraries that coordinates resources and/or activities on behalf of its members, whether they are academic, public, school or special libraries, and/or information centers. Library consortia h ...

in the

Flemish Region The Flemish Region (, ), usually simply referred to as Flanders ( ), is one of the three communities, regions and language areas of Belgium, regions of Belgium—alongside the Wallonia, Walloon Region and the Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region. ...

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

bringing together six institutions with considerable holdings of

manuscript A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand or typewritten, as opposed to mechanically printed or reproduced in some indirect or automated way. More recently, the term has ...

s and old printed books. The network was founded in 2008, and was authorised as a heritage organisation for Flanders in 2012.

Members

The libraries associated in the network are: * Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library in

Antwerp Antwerp (; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third-largest city in Belgium by area at , after ...

* Antwerp University Library * Bruges Public Library *

Ghent University Library Ghent University Library () is a university library located in the city of Ghent, Belgium. It serves the Ghent University community of students and scholarly researchers. History After Ghent University was founded in 1817, books confiscated by the ...

* Hasselt Limburg Library (the former provincial library for Limburg) * KU Leuven University Library

Databases

The consortium is involved in building and maintaining a number of databases, most importantly: *

Abraham Catalogue of Belgian Newspapers The Abraham Catalogue of Belgian Newspapers is an online database of historical Belgian newspapers that are preserved in libraries and other heritage institutions across Flanders and Brussels. Contents Abraham catalogues the location and ownersh ...

, 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 A short-title catalogue (or catalog) is a bibliographical resource that lists printed items in an abbreviated fashion, recording the most important words of their titles. The term is commonly encountered in the context of early modern books, which ...

of everything printed in the

Southern Netherlands The Southern Netherlands, also called the Catholic Netherlands, were the parts of the Low Countries belonging to the Holy Roman Empire which were at first largely controlled by Habsburg Spain (Spanish Netherlands, 1556–1714) and later by the ...

before 1801 The Flanders Heritage Library is also a partner of the Digital Library for Dutch Literature.

References

External links

* {{url, vlaamse-erfgoedbibliotheken.be/en Library consortia Heritage organizations in Belgium 2008 establishments in Belgium