CERL 2025 : Engaging with Founding Collections in the 21st century
Le séminaire 2025 du Consortium européen des bibliothèques de recherche (Consortium of European Research Libraries) se tiendra le 21 octobre à Edimbourg sur le thème “Engaging with Founding Collections in the 21st century“.
La Bnu sera représentée par Elise Girod, directrice adjointe du pôle “Cultures et Savoirs”. Son intervention intitulée “The founding collections of the National and university library of Strasbourg (Bnu) : how the legacy of the past continues to shape a strategy for the future” se propose d’interroger les collections fondatrices de la Bnu (constitution, évolution et actualité).
Abstract : The Bnu library has recently celebrated the 150th anniversary of its founding. Established in a very critical time, after a war, and in order to compensate for the loss of the city of Strasbourg’s former prestigious library, its founding collections reflect the turbulent history of a border region and the complex relationship of its inhabitants to their identity. If these collections are more relevant than ever to question our present identity, both as an institution and as a community, this legacy raises many other issues, such as the reason for the one-of-a-kind status of the library, the actions we undergo to promote access to world heritage treasures and research materials, and our responsibility for transparency as a cultural institution. Our previous strategic plan focused very much on embracing the digital turn, whereas the current 5-year plan goes back to the roots. It was developed based on the analysis of our strongpoints, of what makes the Bnu a unique institution. The founding collections certainly played a central part in the thinking that lead to this plan named “Openings”, a title that holds great promise.
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Catherine Soulé-Sandic (20 octobre 2025). CERL 2025 : Engaging with Founding Collections in the 21st century. Lieu de recherche : le carnet de la Bnu. Consulté le 9 juin 2026 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/14zd1







