IFLA Satellite conference at the Rijksmuseum | 17 – 19 August 2023
The Rijksmuseum Research Library and the IFLA Art Libraries Section will organize a satellite conference from 17 – 19 August at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam...
Author: Alex Alsemgeest
Published! Copy census of Historia Naturalis Brasiliae
Following a seminar on the book Historia Naturalis Brasiliae in October 2016, my colleague Jeroen Bos and started off an epic journey to lcoate al surviving cop...
CfP SHARP 2022: Three days left for proposals
There are just three days left to hand in a proposal for SHARP 2022 in Amsterdam. Please see the website of SHARP 2022 | Power of the Written Word for more info...
‘Wealth of Nations for a few bucks’
The first edition of the Wealth of Nations that made the headlines in the Old Library of the House of Representatives in 2018 turns out to have been the bargain...
CfP – Technology and Transformation
The Yearbook for Dutch Book History publishes Dutch and English articles on the book history of the Low Countries, in all time periods. For the 30th Y...
Season 2 of The Fagels: Unlocking the Collection
In the spring of 2021 The Library of Trinity College and the KB National Library of the Netherlands published a series of videos about the history of the Fagel ...
Fagel Videos: Traces of the family in The Hague
The Library of Trinity College and the KB National Library of the Netherlands are working together to open up the Fagel Collection. As a part of the project, we...
New Job: Curator of Library Collections at the Rijksmuseum
Press release Rijksmuseum 8 February 2021 It is with great pleasure to announce that I will be joining the Rijksmuseum as their new Curator of Library Collectio...
Five rare pamphlets from the Library of the House of Representatives
The Library of the House of Representatives in the Hague is a historical reference collection that has been used by generations of Dutch parliamentarians. One o...