ULiège Library conserves an exceptional heritage that has been under construction since the university's foundation in 1817.
You can consult the heritage collections in the following ways.
- On-site
- Online
On-site
Heritage collections reading room
The heritage collection reading room makes it possible to consult:
- old or precious documents that have been ordered from the stock;
- documents that have been ordered from the stock, which, due to their size or state of conservation, are not available for home borrowing;
- documents that have been ordered from other institutions via inter-library loan, where the proprietary institution does not allow home borrowing;
- the collection of documents relating to old books, which are available through open access.
Opening hours and access
opening-hours
Liège city center, A3 building, first floor (entrance through the inner courtyard)
Place Cockerill, 1
4000 Liège
Contact us
uliege.library.consultation@uliege.be
+32 (0) 4 366 52 29
Marie Delcourt room
The manuscripts and incunabula section is located in the Marie Delcourt room, in the back wing of the central building.
Access
By appointment only.
Liège city center, A3 building, first floor (entrance through the inner courtyard)
Place Cockerill, 1
4000 Liège
Contact us
Tél. +32 (0) 4 366 52 70
manuscrits@uliege.be
Online
High-quality digital copies of documents from heritage collections are available online.
DONum
DONum (Dépôt d’Objets Numérisés) is a portal that hosts collections of digitised items from the collections of the various University of Liège departments. These items, which vary widely in nature (manuscripts, scientific tools or instruments, works of art, etc.), are both testaments to centuries of study and research and sources for our current researchers and students. Making these ‘items’ accessible online also enables us to establish the best possible conditions for conserving the originals.
Contact : Renaud Adam
Legito
The Legito catalogue lists nearly 36,000 references from a heritage collection of more than 41,000 documents:
- incunabula and ancient documents that were printed before 1831;
- certain rare or precious documents that were printed after 1830;
- mediaeval, modern and contemporary manuscripts;
- archive collections.
Galleries
The galleries give you access to selections of documents from heritage collections
- Historical heritage of Liège
- Maps and plans
- Archive collections
- Incunabula
- Manuscripts
- Old press
- Digitalization and scientific presentation