Mark Derez is archivaris aan het universiteitsarchief (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven).

• PrefaceI. THE LIBRARIES OF THE OLD UNIVERSITY, 1425-1797One university, many librariesMonasteriesFacultiesCollegesA central library in 1636Charles II of CroyBeyerlinck and JanseniusValerius AndreasSlow growthThe library in a brand-new buildingA library and wine cellarA grand chamberBaroque theatreBooks in trompe-l'oeilBetween Enlightenment and RevolutionAbbé (de) NelisJean Noël PaquotJan Frans van de VeldeA castle in the airMoved to BrusselsPlundered by ParisII. THE LIBRARY IN THE PERIOD OF TRANSITION, 1797-1835The State University of LeuvenThe Belgian RevolutionIII. A LIBRARY FOR THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY, 1835-1914The daughter of JaïrusAn academic museumBook stacks from GermanyIV. BELLO DIRUTA. THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND THE RECONSTRUCTION, 1914-1940The fire of LeuvenThe franc-tireursThe Oxford of BelgiumThe Sarajevo of the intellectualsCulture and civilisationThe reconstructionThe Treaty of VersaillesThe flood of dollarsThe architect Whitney WarrenAn American libraryThe Giralda of SevilleA castle in DenmarkA war monumentAllied fauna and floraA gift from AmericaLiberty BellWritten in the starsA political symbolThe atmosphere of LocarnoA counterblast from BerlinThe balustrade smashed to piecesTransatlanticAn ideal library?German moneyScholarly librariesWish listsCollector's items or mass productionA reader surveyV. BIS DIRUTA. THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND THE RECONSTRUCTION, 1940-1970The second fireBis repetitaThe reconstructionHelp from abroadThe American CollegeVersailles article 247A disaster planArchitect Henry LacosteBelated art decoBeeswax and solid oakThe new collectionScholarly librariesManuscripts and archivesFragmentationVI THE LIBRARY AFTER THE PARTITION, 1970-2000Split and divisionOdd and evenDrastic actionCentralisation?CampusenFacultiesNew structures, new technologyThe Central LibraryCultural heritageCranevelt and the other FriendsThe TabulariumGovernments, newspapers and databasesExplosionVII. THE LEUVEN LIBRARY LANDSCAPE AFTER 1970From Arenberg to GasthuisbergA profession of faithPhilosophyThe FalconThe garden of LettersTemple of MercuryBehavioural sciencesGasthuisbergArenbergCourtraiTogether with othersNetworkConsultationVIII. RETROSPECT AND PROSPECTCOROLLARIACorpus InscriptionumLibrary dataSeries bibliothecariorumThe library year by yearBibliographyIndex

Mark Derez is archivaris aan het universiteitsarchief (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven).

• PrefaceI. THE LIBRARIES OF THE OLD UNIVERSITY, 1425-1797One university, many librariesMonasteriesFacultiesCollegesA central library in 1636Charles II of CroyBeyerlinck and JanseniusValerius AndreasSlow growthThe library in a brand-new buildingA library and wine cellarA grand chamberBaroque theatreBooks in trompe-l'oeilBetween Enlightenment and RevolutionAbbé (de) NelisJean Noël PaquotJan Frans van de VeldeA castle in the airMoved to BrusselsPlundered by ParisII. THE LIBRARY IN THE PERIOD OF TRANSITION, 1797-1835The State University of LeuvenThe Belgian RevolutionIII. A LIBRARY FOR THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY, 1835-1914The daughter of JaïrusAn academic museumBook stacks from GermanyIV. BELLO DIRUTA. THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND THE RECONSTRUCTION, 1914-1940The fire of LeuvenThe franc-tireursThe Oxford of BelgiumThe Sarajevo of the intellectualsCulture and civilisationThe reconstructionThe Treaty of VersaillesThe flood of dollarsThe architect Whitney WarrenAn American libraryThe Giralda of SevilleA castle in DenmarkA war monumentAllied fauna and floraA gift from AmericaLiberty BellWritten in the starsA political symbolThe atmosphere of LocarnoA counterblast from BerlinThe balustrade smashed to piecesTransatlanticAn ideal library?German moneyScholarly librariesWish listsCollector's items or mass productionA reader surveyV. BIS DIRUTA. THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND THE RECONSTRUCTION, 1940-1970The second fireBis repetitaThe reconstructionHelp from abroadThe American CollegeVersailles article 247A disaster planArchitect Henry LacosteBelated art decoBeeswax and solid oakThe new collectionScholarly librariesManuscripts and archivesFragmentationVI THE LIBRARY AFTER THE PARTITION, 1970-2000Split and divisionOdd and evenDrastic actionCentralisation?CampusenFacultiesNew structures, new technologyThe Central LibraryCultural heritageCranevelt and the other FriendsThe TabulariumGovernments, newspapers and databasesExplosionVII. THE LEUVEN LIBRARY LANDSCAPE AFTER 1970From Arenberg to GasthuisbergA profession of faithPhilosophyThe FalconThe garden of LettersTemple of MercuryBehavioural sciencesGasthuisbergArenbergCourtraiTogether with othersNetworkConsultationVIII. RETROSPECT AND PROSPECTCOROLLARIACorpus InscriptionumLibrary dataSeries bibliothecariorumThe library year by yearBibliographyIndex

Mark Derez is archivaris aan het universiteitsarchief (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven).

• PrefaceI. THE LIBRARIES OF THE OLD UNIVERSITY, 1425-1797One university, many librariesMonasteriesFacultiesCollegesA central library in 1636Charles II of CroyBeyerlinck and JanseniusValerius AndreasSlow growthThe library in a brand-new buildingA library and wine cellarA grand chamberBaroque theatreBooks in trompe-l'oeilBetween Enlightenment and RevolutionAbbé (de) NelisJean Noël PaquotJan Frans van de VeldeA castle in the airMoved to BrusselsPlundered by ParisII. THE LIBRARY IN THE PERIOD OF TRANSITION, 1797-1835The State University of LeuvenThe Belgian RevolutionIII. A LIBRARY FOR THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY, 1835-1914The daughter of JaïrusAn academic museumBook stacks from GermanyIV. BELLO DIRUTA. THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND THE RECONSTRUCTION, 1914-1940The fire of LeuvenThe franc-tireursThe Oxford of BelgiumThe Sarajevo of the intellectualsCulture and civilisationThe reconstructionThe Treaty of VersaillesThe flood of dollarsThe architect Whitney WarrenAn American libraryThe Giralda of SevilleA castle in DenmarkA war monumentAllied fauna and floraA gift from AmericaLiberty BellWritten in the starsA political symbolThe atmosphere of LocarnoA counterblast from BerlinThe balustrade smashed to piecesTransatlanticAn ideal library?German moneyScholarly librariesWish listsCollector's items or mass productionA reader surveyV. BIS DIRUTA. THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND THE RECONSTRUCTION, 1940-1970The second fireBis repetitaThe reconstructionHelp from abroadThe American CollegeVersailles article 247A disaster planArchitect Henry LacosteBelated art decoBeeswax and solid oakThe new collectionScholarly librariesManuscripts and archivesFragmentationVI THE LIBRARY AFTER THE PARTITION, 1970-2000Split and divisionOdd and evenDrastic actionCentralisation?CampusenFacultiesNew structures, new technologyThe Central LibraryCultural heritageCranevelt and the other FriendsThe TabulariumGovernments, newspapers and databasesExplosionVII. THE LEUVEN LIBRARY LANDSCAPE AFTER 1970From Arenberg to GasthuisbergA profession of faithPhilosophyThe FalconThe garden of LettersTemple of MercuryBehavioural sciencesGasthuisbergArenbergCourtraiTogether with othersNetworkConsultationVIII. RETROSPECT AND PROSPECTCOROLLARIACorpus InscriptionumLibrary dataSeries bibliothecariorumThe library year by yearBibliographyIndex