The Simona Maaskant Library is the library at the King's University in Edmonton, first opened in 1981 as The King's College Library, and renamed in 1998 after its chief librarian Simona Maaskant.[1]
| Simona Maaskant Library | |
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 View of Simona Maaskant Library from exterior | |
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| Type | The King's University Library |
| Established | 1981, renamed 1998 |
| Criteria for collection | research publications |
| Other information | |
| Website | Simona Maaskant Library |
History
editThe Simona Maaskant Library was named after Simona Maaskant, who was King's chief librarian between 1981 and 1998.[2][3] On the King's University official website, the institution credits Maaskant with providing "extraordinary leadership in building the library into a beautiful and functional resource for students, faculty, and staff."[4]
Following Maaskant's passing, the King's University introduced the Simona Maaskant Scholarship.[5]
A handful of authors have acknowledged the use of the Simona Maaskant Library in their books, including Sidney Greidanus, Michael Cheney and Khalehla Litschel.[6][7][8]
Main collection
editThe Simona Maaskant Library contains over 75,000 physical materials (books and audiovisual materials) and 200,000 virtual materials such as eBooks and databases.[9]
The library is a member of the NEOS Library Consortium therefore offering its users access to an additional 10 million materials through the consortium.[9]
Gerry Segger Heritage Collection
editThe Gerry Segger Heritage Collection is located inside the Simona Maaskant Library.[10] The collection acts as a research centre for archival materials associated with Dutch-Canadians.[11] In particular, the collection has archived papers and research materials from its namesake Gerry Segger, as well as from Dutch-Canadian entrepreneur Gerry Kuipers.[12] The collection also contains materials on the history of Reformed Christianity in Canada.[13]
References
edit- ^ Janson, Marlies; Optiz, Helmut (2011). World Guide to Special Libraries. Vol. 1. De Gruyter. p. 422. ISBN 9783110917857.
- ^ "Maaskant, Simona Margaretha". The Edmonton Journal. April 29, 1998. p. B6.
- ^ Simona Margaretha Maaskant, March 1953-April 1998 : May Her Memory Be for a Blessing. 1998. OCLC 70529815.
- ^ "About the Library". www.kingsu.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
- ^ "Simona Maaskant". Feliciter. 44. Canadian Library Association: 53. 1998.
- ^ Greidanus, Sidney (1988). "Acknowledgements". The Modern Preacher and the Ancient Text. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. pp. xiii. ISBN 9780802803603.
- ^ Cheney, Michael (1994). "Acknowledgements". Dust, Wind and Agony: Character, Speech and Genre in Job. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell. pp. iv. ISBN 9789122016038.
- ^ Litschel, Khalehla (2018). "Acknowledgements". King Coal: A Social History of Coal Mining in Alberta. FriesenPress. pp. xii. ISBN 9781525516757.
- ^ a b "About the Library". www.kingsu.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- ^ "Preserving Stories of the Dutch-Canadian Immigrant Experience". The Banner. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- ^ Bruinsma, Robert (May 25, 2019). "Saving Dutch-Canadian History". Christian Courier. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- ^ Bjornson, Bonita Schalk. "Biographies of Donors to the Collection: Gerry Kuipers". kingsu.libguides.com. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
- ^ "Gerry Segger Heritage Collection". www.kingsu.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-17.