French attention for our Special Collections
The Société bibliographique de France, a French society of book researchers and book historians, interviewed our curator Alisa van de Haar about the Groningen Special Collections department. In the (French language) interview, Van de Haar talks about the history of the collection and the most important challenges for the future. Also, she highlights a number of top pieces from the Special Collections.
| Last modified: | 14 February 2019 4.59 p.m. |
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