As part of our blog series, “Stories from the Research Trenches,” we often invite researchers and colleagues to share their personal experiences. For this installment of the series, we are delighted to have our colleague Marleen Marynissen from KU Leuven Libraries Nexus…
A Story from the Research Trenches: Erasmus+ in Mannheim
As part of our blog series, “Stories from the Research Trenches,” we often invite researchers and colleagues to share their personal experiences. For this installment of the series, we are delighted to have our colleague André Davids from KU Leuven…
Food for thought: The role of the library catalog in an Open Access world
The common way readers use library catalogs is to find out whether they have access to a particular resource through the library they are using. Catalogs of academic libraries thus provide information about what publications a student or staff member…
2025 rare books for Louvain 2025
In 2025, it will be 600 years since a university was founded in Leuven, the forerunner of today’s KU Leuven. In anticipation to these festivities, KU Leuven Libraries, in collaboration with UCLouvain, is putting its academic collection in the spotlight.…
Libraries and Diamond Open Access
The following is the redacted text of a statement given by Demmy Verbeke at the “The Diamond Open Access Model: what impact on research?” webinar organized by Academia Europaea Cardiff, KU Leuven Libraries and the Young Academy of Europe on…
Trial access: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature
Until 31 January 2022 KU Leuven users have trial access to the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature Why Oxford Research Encyclopedias? You are welcome to send any feedback about the trial to your Artes subject specialist.
Trial access: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics
Until 17 December 2021 KU Leuven users have trial access to the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics Why Oxford Research Encyclopedias? You are welcome to send any feedback about the trial to your Artes subject specialist.
Trial access: Eustathius, Commentary on the Iliad/Odyssey (Brill Scholarly Editions)
Until 25 May 2021 KU Leuven users have trial access to two new sources on the Brill Scholarly Editions platform: Eustathius of Thessalonica: Commentary on the Iliad This is the online version of the complete critical edition by Marchinus van…
Over 100.000 e-books accessible for KU Leuven users through Evidence Based Acquisition
In 2021 KU Leuven Libraries Artes is participating in 5 Evidence Based Acquisition Projects. This results in over 100.000 e-books being accessible for a period of 12 months. At the end of this period, a smaller selection of titles will…