Access to libraries for students Association

For the students of Association KU Leuven there is a significant change on access regulations from 26^th of December 2012 onwards.

Students of the Association still have free access to the libraries of the KU Leuven but those who have not yet applied for a library card on Wednesday 26^th of December 2012, pay a day card (€ 2.5 + 5 € deposit). This rule also applies to KU Leuven students.

This action runs until the end of the exam period, Friday 1^st of February 2013.

So come as soon as possible – before 23/12/2012 – to our desks for requesting a free library card. KHL-students can also apply for this card in their own KHL-libraries.

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The Encyclopaedia Brittanica is gone (the paper version)

Almost two and a half centuries after the first edition, he Encyclopaedia Brittanica stops with the paper version of the famous encyclopaedia. The Brittanica is the oldest still existing English encyclopaedia. The first edition, only three volumes, was published in 1768. Digital version exist since 1994, when for the first time an edition on CD-ROM came out.

With a price of 1400 dollar, the paper edition had become a luxury product. On line encyclopaedia’s are faster, more current, portable and cheaper. An annual subscription on the online version costs $70.

The most recent paper edition in our Central Library is the one from 2005. Since a few years the University Library offers in her LIMO-catalogue the online version of the Britannica Academic edition.

Source: Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheek

Source photo: Britannica

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Wanted: New Head University Library

The KU Leuven is looking for a Library Director to succeed the present Chief Librarian, Professor M. W. Collier, who retires in the summer of 2012. The KU Leuven Library is a large and complex organisation including campus libraries, faculty libraries, electronic library services, archives and art collections. The job of Library Director provides the challenge of combining the management of important traditional and heritage collections with an ultra modern approach to e-resources and digitalisation of library materials. The Library’s IT division LIBIS provides a wide range of services to a network of institutions throughout Belgium and beyond. KU Leuven has also a network of University Colleges offering academic and professional programmes. The libraries of these Colleges form part of the wider network of the University Library. Moreover, the Library participates in a range of Flemish, Belgian and international co-operative activities.

 More information can be found here.

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Opening hours summer 2012

On Saturday 30th of June the summer regime starts in the Central Library. This means that the library is open, only on weekdays from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m..

The new academic year starts on Monday September 24th. From then on the library will remain open until 8 p.m. (monday-thursday), until 5 p.m. (friday) and until 1 p.m. (saturday).

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Job opportunity : Head of Central Library

The Central Library (CB) is one of two heritage libraries of the University Library (UB) of the KU Leuven, consisting of 11 libraries and two central services.

 The CB is located in a beautiful, legally protected building on the Ladeuzeplein and is the storage library for the humanities and social sciences libraries (with the exception of the Maurits Sabbe library of the Faculty of theology, the other heritage library).

In addition, special collections such as the Tabularium (preciosa and historical bibliography) and the East Asian library are housed in the CB.

The CB further plays an important role in the appearance of the KU Leuven, by receiving ambassadors, heads of State and other public figures.

In the framework of the heritage policy, the CB is involved in different digitisation projects, in collaboration with the Flanders Heritage Library.

Applications can  be send until 5th of July 2012. More information available on  http://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/vacatures_atp/bibliotheek.html

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10.000 titles from Royal library available via Google

More than 10.000 titles from the catalogue of the Royal library of the Netherlands have been made available via Google Books. It takes only one click to access the full digital text for free. These 10.000 books are the first visible results of the agreement between the Royal library and Google to digitize more than 160.000 public domain books from the Royal library collection. Mainly Dutch 18^th and 19^th century publications on historical, juridical and social topics have been made online available for international research.

Source: Royal library of the Netherlands

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Blokkeninleuven in CB summer 2012

Following timetable applies here from Saturday 26^th of May until Friday 29^th of June

• from Monday to Friday: the Central Library remains open from 9 a.m. until 10 p.m., along with almost all KU Leuven libraries
• every Saturday and Sunday and Whit Monday (28.05) open from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m., along with RBIB (Law) and CBA (Science)

Outside the ordinary opening hours (Mon-Thurs 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Fri 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat 10 p.m.-1 p.m.) there is no service (e.g. information work, registrations, stack requests, borrowings).

During the regular opening hours, the Ladeuzezaal will be kept free for non-studying customers.

Outside those ordinary opening hours the CB-building only acts as a study space.

The occupation of the libraries, can always be checked via www.blokkeninleuven.be

We have asked library staff for extra attention during this period to lower their voice while talking in our reading rooms.

We keep tourists out as much as possible.

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Tues 8/5 PhD-lectures Main Reading Room

On Tuesday afternoon 8th of May (between 1 and 6 p.m.) the Main Reading Room will not be suitable as a study area.

Master students are very welcome to attend the lectures by which one tries to express your possibilities as a doctoral student at German universities. More info on http://www.kuleuven.be/duitslandjaar/en/postdoc.html

All our other reading rooms remain accessable.

We apologize for the discomforts this may cause.

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Library card mandatory during exams

This is a call especially aimed at students of Association KU Leuven. We receive a lot of students from KH Leuven and GroepT without carrying a library card.

Who – after Friday 25 May – has not yet requested a library card will only gain access after purchase of a day card (€ 2.50 + 5 € deposit).   The same principle is applied for quite some time, for students from KU Leuven.

So in order to have easy (and free) access to our libraries in the forthcoming exam period, you better ask for a library card before Friday 25 May. This library card is free and gives access to all KU Leuven libraries. This card can be requested in all our libraries.

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1 minute of silence – Fri 16/3 11am

The University Library would like to join the day of national mourning following the victims in the bus accident in Switzerland.

That is why we invite you on Friday 16/3 at 11 a.m. to keep a minute’s silence. Customers and staff come together in the main reading room at 10u55.

More info on http://www.kuleuven.be/english/news/ku-leuven-expresses-its-deepest-sympathies-for-those-involved-in-the-bus-accident

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