All the newsitems from the Boekentoren
From September 8 to 11, 2026, the vibrant city of Ghent will host the 31st biennial IIC Conference 2026 of the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC).
To extend the project for an additional two years (2027–2028), the Glashelder team worked hard in early 2026 on the supplementary grant application to the Flemish government, in which we addressed previous feedback and concerns. This effort clearly paid off, as the continued funding has been approved by the Flemish government.
Discover ‘Operation Parrot’ at the Boekentoren: a theatre concert blending music and history.
Ontdek de Digitale Erfgoedbib met handschriften, oude drukken en erfgoedparels uit de collectie van de Boekentoren.
The new permanent exhibition in the Boekentoren offers a unique insight into the history, workings and vast collections of the University Library. Through a display featuring visual flipbooks, a scale model and heritage artefacts in the display cases, you can discover the story behind this iconic building, as well as the library’s operations and heritage..
The donated photo archive of photographer Michiel Hendryckx, including physical and future digital collections, is preserved by the Book Tower and systematically made available online under an open licence (CC-BY-SA) for research purposes.
Vier 'Taadscapsuules' met Gents dialect gaan tijdens de Week van het Gents voor tien jaar vier verschillende Gentse archieven in.
Robbrecht and Daem Architects entrust their archive to Ghent’s iconic Boekentoren.
Glashelder is een onderzoeksproject dat kunstmatige intelligentie (AI) gebruikt om 61.000 gedigitaliseerde glasplaten te beschrijven en te ontsluiten voor het publiek. Het project onderzoekt hoe AI-technieken effectief kunnen worden ingezet in een erfgoedcontext, waarbij de samenwerking tussen mens en machine centraal staat.
Recently, hetarchief.be has made newspapers available online, including the Gazette van Gent and the war newspapers from the Boekentoren. Digitisation and smart text recognition make the newspapers fully searchable. This makes them an indispensable source for research and education, and preserves the newspapers for the future.
This documentary tells the story of the archive (1960-1990) of the laboratory of human movement decomposition. In 2024, the Boekentoren collection was enriched with some 900 16mm films and the accompanying theses from the Institute of Physical Education of Ghent University. The archive offers a unique insight into the scientific study of sport in Ghent.
Seven manuscripts of the Boekentoren have recently been recognized as Flemish masterpieces. These precious, illuminated manuscripts are invaluable to the Flemish cultural heritage. With this new recognition, the Book Tower now has a total of 59 recognized masterpieces.
World Digital Preservation Day serves to highlight the importance of digital preservation. As a university library, we are strongly committed to digital preservation.
Due to the renovation of the Aula, there is a need to house a collection of busts, which now find a temporary home in the Boekentoren.
Virginie Loveling's 1914-1918 war diary was digitised in 2023. The complex composition of the manuscript consisting of different types of leaves, bookmarks, wrappers, newspaper articles, fold-out pieces of text... eventually led to 4,000 images that can now be studied and used for inspiration.
Tom Waes, together with historians, archeologists and other experts takes us back to our past in the documentary 'Het verhaal van Vlaanderen'. Episode three focuses on the dark Middle Ages and brings one of the masterpieces of our collection into the spotlight.
With the launch of mmmonk.be, a digital platform, we provide access to 820 Medieval manuscripts from the abbey of Sint-Baafs, Sint-Pieters (Ghent), Ten Duinen (Koksijde) and Ter Doest (Lissewege).
The Boekentoren chose to participate in an unique project: the digitization of more than 170.000 glass plates, safeguarded at different heritage organisations in Flanders.
The tower is being filled again.
Boekentoren shortlisted for Ghent Architecture Prize 2021