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Library
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The
CNL library is a reference library. Its books may only be consulted
in the reading room.
The use of our library is free of charge. The
collections specialize in Luxembourgiana and consist of around
25,000 items, including various archive funds and works on humanities
and social sciences, such as history, philosophy, music, literary
criticism and various specialized studies.
Reference works (encyclopedias, bibliographies,
volumes on national and literary history...), daily and weekly
Luxembourg newspapers and magazines as well as a vast collection
of Luxembourg and foreign periodicals on literature and history
are freely accessible to the visitor.
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Archives
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The CNL collects documentary records about Luxembourg
and foreign authors who are connected with our literary history.
The
coverage includes manuscripts, letters, correspondance, personal
documents of renowned writers, photographs, sound recordings,
videograms, copies in microform, posters and a vast collection
of press reports.
The
CNL possesses also an important number of audio-visual documents
concerning Luxembourg.
The
archives of Luxembourg authors like Nik Welter, Batty Weber, Marcel
Noppeney, Edmond Dune, Aline Mayrisch de St. Hubert, Rosemarie
Kieffer, Paul Brück are also to be found at the CNL.
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Services
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The CNL offers its services to scholars and all those who are interested
in literary subjects. The CNL acquires its documents in three different
ways: purchase, deposition and bequest. They are preserved for posterity
and made accessible to scholarly research.
In order to
allow both the Luxembourg and foreign public to discover and rediscover
the literature and authors of the Grand-Duchy, the CNL has edited
a number of publications: exhibition catalogues, bibliographies
on Luxembourgiana, re-editions of Luxembourg literary works.
The CNL offers
also a variety of socio-cultural events: conferences, debates,
reading sessions, theatre and cabaret evenings, film and slide
projections, guided tours, exhibitions and various educational
services.
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Consulting the Library
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In its reading room, the CNL offers various possibilities
for research and documentation:
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the library's and archives' slip card catalogue (entries prior
to 1995)
- ALEPH 500, an integrated database and search tool developped
by Ex-Libris, which allows you to search through many Luxembourg
libraries - the CNL has adopted this system in 1997
- the Internet - the CNL offers free and unlimited access to the
World Wide Web
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