Introduction

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UTRECHT

Universiteit Utrecht / Letterenbibliotheek

Utrecht University / Library of arts and humanities

Drift 27, 3512 BR Utrecht
Tel: 030-2536200, Fax: 030-2536282, E-mail: bibliotheek@uu.nl, r.w.g.schumacher@uu.nl
Staff Rogier Schumacher (subject librarian for art history)
Opening hours Mon-Fri 9.00-22.30; Sat 9.00-18.00; Sun 10.00-18.00

Conditions of use Consultation free; loans on presentation of a library card, obtainable on presentation of a valid ID
Services ILL / Internet / online searches / audiovisual equipment / microform reader-printer / scanner / photographic services / café
WWW-site http://www.uu.nl/nl/bibliotheek

Size 350,000 volumes in open shelves; 2,800 current periodicals. The art history collection includes 100,000 monographs, of which the major part in open shelves, 175 current and 300 discontinued periodicals
Character and emphasis In 1988 the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of Utrecht University opened its library, the result of a merger of some twenty departmental libraries. It houses the faculty's collections in the fields of language and literature (Classic, Romance, Germanic, Celtic, Slavonic, Oriental languages), history, history of art, archaeology, history of music and musicology, history of theatre and dance. Its holdings includes special collections of old and rare books, photographs, slides, sound recordings, and a copy of the Princeton Index of Christian art. The library of the Institute of the History of Art, founded in 1907, consists of about 80,000 books on the history of Western art and architecture from the Middle Ages onward; special emphases on iconology and iconography, emblem books, and the sources and history of the theory of art.

Special collections

• Iconology and emblematics: the library of the Institute for the History of Art has always been famous for its collection of books on iconology and emblematics. Of great importance are the Van der Kellen Collection, the Max Friedländer Collection and the Landwehr Collection (emblem books); these include 6,500 volumes of early and rare imprints.
• A complete and updated copy of the Princeton Index of Christian Art, including subscription to the online database
• Documentation on microfiche: The Marburger Index (incl. France, Italy, Spain/Portugal, Benelux, Switzerland); Lugt Art Sales Index; emblem books
• A collection of 350,000 photographs of works of art, including the Corpus Gernsheim (photographs of drawings; discontinued)
• Artists' books (ca. 1965-1975), discontinued

Access Open shelves; infrequently requested titles, and old and rare editions in closed stacks

Catalogues

• Online union catalogue of Utrecht University Library (http://aleph.library.uu.nl). The online catalogue is included in NCC

Publications

• Handleiding collectie kunstgeschiedenis. Inleiding en systematisch indelingsschema. Utrecht 1993 (out of print)
• Online Onderzoekgids Kunstgeschiedenis (Research guide for art history), in Dutch only
• A. van der Zwaag, Het kunstenaarsboek als wetenschappelijke bron. Utrecht 2003. Undergraduate thesis, including inventory of the collection of artists' books