The University Library and the Humanities: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

Anne Baillot (1)

1 IdL - Institut für deutsche Literatur

This paper describes the birth of the University Library at the Berlin University in the early 19th century and at the University of Chicago in the late 19th century. It compares the way both university libraries conceive their mission today and the way they relate to their historical roots.

Mots clés: libraries; Intellectual history

Mots clés: Histoire intellectuelle

Domaines: Littératures

Anne Baillot. The University Library and the Humanities: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. The Changing Role of the Humanities in the Academy and Society: Historical and Transnational Perspectives, Sep 2011, Berlin, Germany. ⟨hal-00676073⟩