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 school, public, academic, special libraries and/or information centers. Consortia exist on a v ...

in the

Flemish Region The Flemish Region ( nl, Vlaams Gewest, ),; german: Flämische Region usually simply referred to as Flanders ( nl, link=no, Vlaanderen ) ; german: link=no, Flandern is one of the three regions of Belgium—alongside the Walloon Region and ...

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to ...

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, once practical typewriters became available, typewritten – as opposed to mechanically printed or reproduced ...

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 The Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library (Dutch: ''Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience'') is the repository library of the city of Antwerp. It is named after the Flemish writer Hendrik Conscience, whose statue adorns the library. The library ...

in Antwerp *

Antwerp University Library Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

Bruges Public Library The Bruges Public Library is a public library in Bruges, Belgium. Since its foundation in 1796 the Public Library of Bruges has functioned both as a public library and a special collections library. The core of the special collections consists o ...

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

Hasselt Limburg Library Hasselt (, , ; la, Hasseletum, Hasselatum) is a Kingdom of Belgium, Belgian City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality, and capital and largest city of the Provinces of Belgium, province of Limburg (Belgium), Limb ...

(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 newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or g ...

, 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 The Plantin-Moretus Museum ( nl, Plantin-Moretusmuseum) is a printing museum in Antwerp, Belgium which focuses on the work of the 16th-century printers Christophe Plantin and Jan Moretus. It is located in their former residence and printing estab ...

Short Title Catalogue Flanders (STCV) The Short Title Catalogus Flanders (STCV) is an online retrospective bibliography of books that were printed prior to 1801 within the current boundaries of Flanders (including Brussels). The project is executed by the Flanders Heritage Library net ...

, 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 A ...

before 1801 The Flanders Heritage Library is also a partner of the

Digital Library for Dutch Literature The Digital Library for Dutch Literature (Dutch: Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren or DBNL) is a website (showing the abbreviation as dbnl) about Dutch language and Dutch literature. It contains thousands of literary texts, second ...

References

External links

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