Luxembourg Learning Centre
The Luxembourg Learning Centre (LLC) is the university library of the University of Luxembourg designed by the Luxembourgish architecture office Valentiny hvp. The LLC is located within the “City of Sciences” on Belval Campus in Esch/Alzette (Luxembourg) and opened its doors for the first time in September 2018 after the three former campus libraries were merged. With its exceptional architecture, comfortable furniture and up-to-date multimedia equipment the LLC attempts to be an innovative scientific library focusing on the needs of the university students and staff. At the same time it is open to anyone in Luxembourg as well as the Greater Region in order to serve as a gateway of knowledge exchange between the University of Luxembourg and Luxembourg society. This is underlined by the close cooperation with the National Library of Luxembourg.
University of Luxembourg
The University of Luxembourg was founded in 2003 when the three, formerly autonomous, institutes of higher education were unified. The University of Luxembourg became, and still is the only public university of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Multilingual, international and research-oriented, this modern institution entertains three faculties and three interdisciplinary centres on three different campus. The main campus in Belval (Esch/Alzette) was opened in 2015 on a redeveloped industrial industrial wasteland formerly used for the production of steel. Around 7,000 students originating from 125 different countries as well as academic staff from 20 different countries are studying and working in this truly international environment.
The National Library of Luxembourg
The National Library of Luxembourg (BNL = Bibliothèque nationale du Luxembourg) is the legal deposit and copyright library for Luxembourg collecting all publications published in Luxembourg as well as those published abroad in connection with the Grand Duchy. The BNL was established in 1899 in place of the municipal library that dated back to 1798. On 1 October, 2019 the BNL opened its new building in Luxembourg-Kirchberg where all collections which were formerly separated on seven locations are now unified. The National Library is a public place open to all and strives to be a cultural meeting place. Furthermore the BNL coordinates the national network of Luxembourg libraries bibnet.lu as well as the Consortium Luxembourg that manages a number of digital libraries on behalf of consortial groupings as well as individual organisations at varying service levels.
LIBER Architecture Group (LAG)
The LIBER Architecture Group is a forum within LIBER, the Association of European Research Libraries. The group seeks to support the exchange of experience between librarians and architects throughout Europe, and strives to raise the level of awareness of new library building projects and trends. LAG organizes seminars biannually together with hosting libraries that usually opened a remarkable building recently, and the group collects and distributes information about new library building projects in Europe.
LIBER (Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche)
Since 1971, LIBER is the voice of Europe’s research library community that comprises some 450 national, university and other libraries. Within its mission of enabling world class research LIBER focuses on key topics such as Copyright Reform, Digital Humanities, Open Access, Metrics, and Research Data Management. In 2009, LIBER became a Foundation with a registered office in The Hague (Netherlands) that participates in many funded projects and high-profile lobbying and organises the annual conferences.