The Centre Cultural La Nau of the University of Valencia hosts since 18 January a series of conferences to present the first results of the European project Europeana Regia. This is a very important project which has allowed for the digitization of 874 medieval and Renaissance manuscripts of great material and historic value from five major European libraries, which can be now consulted via Internet.

The initiative has the support of the European Commission: Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris), which acts as a coordinator; Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (Munich); Herzog August Bibliothek (Wolfenbüttel), Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique (Brussels) and Libraries and Documentation Service of the University of Valencia.

The project was developed from January to June 2010. Victoria García Esteve, head of the Libraries and Documentation Service of the University of Valencia, explains that Europeana Regia unites two apparently conflicting objectives: "It offers open access to invaluable material to the public, not only to research staff. It also allows for the consultation, conversation and archiving in the best quality.”

‭‪Series of conferences: ‬‬

EUROPEANA REGIA: Bibliotecas para Europa (Libraries for Europe). Location: La Nau Building. Paraninmf / Aula Magna ‬ ‬ ‭ ‪ Calle de la Universitat, 2. Time: 19:30

‭‪SERIES OF CONFERENCES. Coordinated by Francisco M. Gimeno Blay‬‬‬‬

• ‭21 March 2012: Europeana Regia: Tres bibliotecas para Europa (Three libraries for Europe). Francisco M. Gimeno Blay (University of Valencia)‬‬‬
• ‭‪25 April 2012: Tesoros de la Universitat de València: De Nápoles a Europeana (Treasures of the University of Valencia: from Naples to Europeana). Mª Cruz Cabeza Sánchez-Albornoz (Historical Library. University of Valencia) and Francisco M. Gimeno Blay (University of Valencia)‬‬
• ‭‪2 May 2012: Los manuscritos humanísticos: exquisita materialidad (Humanistic manuscripts: exquisite materiality). Stefano Zamponi (Università di Firenze)‬‬
• ‭‪28 May 2012: Las bibliotecas humanísticas: bibliófilos y lectores (Humanistic Libraries: bibliophiles and readers). María Luisa López-Vidriero Abelló (Real Biblioteca. Palacio Real. Madrid)‬‬‬

Europeana Regia is an international project of digitisation of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, funded by the European Commission. http://www.europeanaregia.eu‬‬

Last update: 18 de january de 2012 17:59.