1. Ghent University Library:
“a” European Library
Amsterdam, September 16th 2013

2. Ghent university
°1817
38.000 students
5.500 researchers
11 faculties spread all over the city

4. great heritage collection
french revolution
19thC fin de siècle chief librarians

17. what’s the use of collecting if no
one knows …

18. what’ s the use of taking care of it
if you do not share

19. 250.000 books were digitized by
Google and see what can happen
…

20. Montesquieu

21. July 19th 2012
Catherine Volpilhac-Auger
Directeur de l'édition des OEuvres
complètes de Montesquieu

22. je me suis aperçue que vous
possédiez son exemplaire de
Conring, de habitus corporum
germanicorum [?], qui a été
numérisé. 900000047166

23. I suppose this one has escaped from La Brède
before the 20th century (no mark such as
"Bibliotheca bredensis" stamped on it - except
perhaps on the back of the title page? it is a bit
difficult to see it clearly, but it doesn't really
matter).

25. UB Gent can be proud of it: this copy of Conring
is the only book of Montesquieu's library in
Château de La Brède (more than 3300 items)
which has ever been digitalized... Hard to
believe, but it's true.

26. Vondel

29. mission

30. mission
facilitating open knowledge
creation

31. why did we join “the” european
library ?

32. It is good to be even more visible
It is good to have a network
It is good to have an efficient
aggregation infrastructure