400 Years University Library of Groningen
5 February 2015
The University Library of Groningen. Four hundred years of history in four buildings, forty collections and infinite pictures, celebrates the University Library of Groningen’s 400th anniversary on 10 March 2015.
The book describes the history of the Library, using as a guide the four buildings in which it has been housed until today, and presents a selection of forty collections from the Library’s rich holdings. The text is by Gerda Huisman, the brilliant photographs were taken by Dirk Fennema, the oblong format book was designed by Nynke Tiekstra (Coltsfoot Media, Rotterdam), and published by Roelf Barkhuis (Groningen).
For more information see the UB400 website, and the announcement (in Dutch only) in Dagblad van het Noorden.
Gerda C. Huisman, The University Library of Groningen. Four hundred years of history in four buildings, forty collections and infinite pictures. Groningen: Barkhuis & University Library Groningen, 2014. 99 pp.
ISBN 9789491431784
Price: €14,95