The European Studies Library of the European Investment Bank and the University of Luxembourg

Luxembourg, 3 March 2011 - The “European Studies Library” of the EIB and the University of Luxembourg officially opened its doors yesterday. The EIB document collection transferred to the University under an agreement reached between the two institutions in 2008 is now available to the members of the University of Luxembourg and to European and international academic and scientific circles. With this library, the University and the EIB aim to promote Europe, culture and books. At the same time, they are adding another stone to the edifice of cooperation between the two institutions.

Less than three months after the agreement was signed by EIB President Philippe Maystadt and the Chairman of the University’s Board of Governors, Raymond Kirsch, and its rector, Rolf Tarrach, the first documents – some 9000 – have been selected and transported from the EIB’s Kirchberg headquarters to the University’s Walferdange campus. The new “European Studies Library” is housed in specially prepared premises in the Faculté des Lettres, des Sciences Humaines, des Arts et des Sciences de l'Education (FLSHASE).

The works constituting the EIB’s historic collection document the milestones in the institution’s development since its creation in 1958 by the Treaty of Rome. They reflect the Bank's operational priorities and more generally Europe’s economic and political context up to 1980. This is a unique collection containing a large number of rare documents, some of which are the only existing copy.

Researchers and students can visit the library by appointment. Requests must be addressed to bibliotheque@uni.lu.

Further information is available at http://www.uni.lu/university/library/collections/eib_collection