The administration just confirmed that our library stays exactly where it belongs. I am overwhelmed knowing that Pim and Peter Jan will remain in our building to keep the heart of our community beating. We finally secured the space that shaped so many of our lives but let us stay …
March 27, 2024
Final supporters
* We are not asking for donations! Just signatures! *
As you may have heard, the KU Leuven, the encompassing head organisation over LUCA School of Arts, wants to move the library of Sint-Lukas Brussels from its current location. This would be in an effort to consolidate the libraries of other higher education institutions into a mega-library situated at Pacheco close to Rogier. In this new situation, the librarians would sit on a separate floor from the books, which would create a 'silent' library. This is the complete opposite of the current atmosphere of the library which is a place of conversation.
Pim and Peter Jan, the librarians at Bibliotheek Sint-Lukas, are well known to the students at school. They play the biggest part in providing the right tools, authors, films, artists, inspiration for community-building. Having them leave to a new location would make a big rupture within this school. Not only would this displace a centre of knowledge away from the school, but also deprives the students of easy access to resources and new discovery.
The Sint-Lukas library is an enormous part of the student culture: students use the space for studying, meeting & relaxing. It is a place where art disciplines meet, where knowledge is accessible, where questions find their answers. The library is an integral part of the life and energy of the school. The Sint-Lukas monthly book club is organised by the library, the Cine-capella in the library is the new state-of-the-art screening room used often by the student-run cinema club, the vitrines and front tables of the library offer new spaces for exhibition and research; there is no end to the enrichment that our library offers. To remove the library from Paleizenstraat 70 would be a tragedy and an insult to the librarians and students who together make our library special in a beautiful symbiosis.
Updates
March 16, 2024
Seeing one thousand signatures on this page hits home because it proves that this library is truly the heartbeat of our school. Pim and Peter Jan have helped so many of us through the toughest projects and I am overwhelmed that you all feel the same need to protect their space. We are showing the university that this library is not just a room full of books.
Reached 1,000 supporters
March 15, 2024
March 6, 2024
Seeing one hundred signatures appear for our library feels surreal. Pim and Peter Jan are such a core part of my daily life at school and it means the world to see that so many others feel the same way about our space.
Reached 100 supporters
March 4, 2024
249 Comments
As a former Luca tutor, I cannot possibly imagine how could someone conceive of not having the library at the very heart of the school. A school without a library - is a school without a heart. Please rectify, now.
I spent half of my schooltime in that library and some of those books still speak to me. It’s a nescesity to provide a library for students in order to contextualise their work. Without the closeness of the works of others we might as well all quit!
Specialized art libraries should be logistically be available on campus. The information that a library provides is unmissable for students and teachers. This action will hollow out the schools academic integrity life general life on campus
The only place were the Luca library belongs is where it is right now and this also includes the kindest en most helpful staff Pieter - Jan and Pim. For many, including myself, it would be ans taking away our trusted habitat.
As a LUCA alumni, I support this petition to not remove the library from the Brussels campus. This place was the heart of my experience in LUCA and to deprive current and future students would be a huge mistake. Students need a space to gather and to access knowledge comfortably and in campus.
Boekeeee
I'm a student of KU Leuven who comes to the library very frequently. I think having a KU Leuven library in this area of Brussels is very important.
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The administration just confirmed that our library stays exactly where it belongs. I am overwhelmed knowing that Pim and Peter Jan will remain in our building to keep the heart of our community beating. We finally secured the space that shaped so many of our lives but let us stay …
March 27, 2024
Final supporters
* We are not asking for donations! Just signatures! *
As you may have heard, the KU Leuven, the encompassing head organisation over LUCA School of Arts, wants to move the library of Sint-Lukas Brussels from its current location. This would be in an effort to consolidate the libraries of other higher education institutions into a mega-library situated at Pacheco close to Rogier. In this new situation, the librarians would sit on a separate floor from the books, which would create a 'silent' library. This is the complete opposite of the current atmosphere of the library which is a place of conversation.
Pim and Peter Jan, the librarians at Bibliotheek Sint-Lukas, are well known to the students at school. They play the biggest part in providing the right tools, authors, films, artists, inspiration for community-building. Having them leave to a new location would make a big rupture within this school. Not only would this displace a centre of knowledge away from the school, but also deprives the students of easy access to resources and new discovery.
The Sint-Lukas library is an enormous part of the student culture: students use the space for studying, meeting & relaxing. It is a place where art disciplines meet, where knowledge is accessible, where questions find their answers. The library is an integral part of the life and energy of the school. The Sint-Lukas monthly book club is organised by the library, the Cine-capella in the library is the new state-of-the-art screening room used often by the student-run cinema club, the vitrines and front tables of the library offer new spaces for exhibition and research; there is no end to the enrichment that our library offers. To remove the library from Paleizenstraat 70 would be a tragedy and an insult to the librarians and students who together make our library special in a beautiful symbiosis.
Updates
March 16, 2024
Seeing one thousand signatures on this page hits home because it proves that this library is truly the heartbeat of our school. Pim and Peter Jan have helped so many of us through the toughest projects and I am overwhelmed that you all feel the same need to protect their space. We are showing the university that this library is not just a room full of books.
Reached 1,000 supporters
March 15, 2024
March 6, 2024
Seeing one hundred signatures appear for our library feels surreal. Pim and Peter Jan are such a core part of my daily life at school and it means the world to see that so many others feel the same way about our space.
Reached 100 supporters
March 4, 2024
249 Comments
De bibliotheek van Sint-Luks Brussel is effectief veel meer dan een bibliotheek. Het is onmiskenbaar een kenniscentrum, maar ook een ontmoetingplaats voor docenten en studenten. De bibliotheek en haar medewerkers vormen mee de ziel van de campus, hun verankering op de campus is dus essentieel.
As a former Luca tutor, I cannot possibly imagine how could someone conceive of not having the library at the very heart of the school. A school without a library - is a school without a heart. Please rectify, now.
I spent half of my schooltime in that library and some of those books still speak to me. It’s a nescesity to provide a library for students in order to contextualise their work. Without the closeness of the works of others we might as well all quit!
Specialized art libraries should be logistically be available on campus. The information that a library provides is unmissable for students and teachers. This action will hollow out the schools academic integrity life general life on campus
The only place were the Luca library belongs is where it is right now and this also includes the kindest en most helpful staff Pieter - Jan and Pim. For many, including myself, it would be ans taking away our trusted habitat.
As a LUCA alumni, I support this petition to not remove the library from the Brussels campus. This place was the heart of my experience in LUCA and to deprive current and future students would be a huge mistake. Students need a space to gather and to access knowledge comfortably and in campus.
Boekeeee
I'm a student of KU Leuven who comes to the library very frequently. I think having a KU Leuven library in this area of Brussels is very important.
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De bibliotheek van Sint-Luks Brussel is effectief veel meer dan een bibliotheek. Het is onmiskenbaar een kenniscentrum, maar ook een ontmoetingplaats voor docenten en studenten. De bibliotheek en haar medewerkers vormen mee de ziel van de campus, hun verankering op de campus is dus essentieel.