Professor Wiel Kusters, an expert on the works of Pierre Kemp, integrated this collection into the Maastricht University (UM) heritage collection and was therefore chosen to present and explain these works for the first time.

The presentation was held on 15 May at the University Library’s inner city location. Those present included representatives of the Maastricht culture and heritage institutions, ambassadors of the Jesuit collection and members of the Maastricht University Arts and Culture Committee.

Maastricht Academic Heritage Fund

During the festivities, director of the University Library Ingrid Wijk informed attendees of the plans for the recently founded Maastricht Academic Heritage Fund. With this fund, the library hopes to expand, conserve and digitise these special UM collections and make them available to a wider audience as well as to research and education. The fund is part of the University Fund Limburg/SWOL.

Anyone interested in contributing to the fund and helping to ensure that the special collections of Pierre Kemp, Charles Eyck and the Jesuits remain accessible can become a friend of the fund. The first fund activity was the creation of a series of cards depicting the choreographic fantasies of Pierre Kemp. These cards can be purchased individually or as a set. For more information on the Maastricht Academic Heritage Fund and the Pierre Kemp cards, please visit http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/library/mahfund.htm.

Explanation of choreographic fantasies

In 1931, poet and painter Pierre Kemp created twelve so-called choreographic fantasies. Eleven of these are now part of the UM heritage collection while the twelfth, entitled ‘Ideal Baby Competition’, has yet to be found. What Kemp intended for these remarkable revue or ballet creations remains unknown. His personal archives reveal that he hoped to send them to America. Some of these performances seem to correspond to what innovative theatre artists and scenographers were doing at that time in the United States. Presumably he was visually inspired by several images published in the 1931 monograph by Joseph Gregor and René Fülöp-Miller entitled Das amerikanische Theater und Kino (American Theatre and Cinema). This book was part of Kemp’s reference library, which has been included as a special collection in the University Library at Maastricht University. (Literature: Wiel Kusters, Pierre Kemp, een leven. (Pierre Kemp: A Life) Nijmegen: Vantilt, 2010, 331-333.)

Photo impressions by Jonathan Vos (Maastricht):

For more information see:

• http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/mj12/mj12_pm_sidebar.html 
• http://youtu.be/KGs547njZ7U

• Saturday 12 May: 09.00 – 18.00 (limited service*)
• Sunday 13 May: 09.00 – 18.00 (limited service)
   

* Limited services are offered:
The library can be used as a place to study or to meet fellow students.

The information desk is closed, which means that you cannot consult journals / consult or borrow books from the closed stacks. Other books from the library (with the exception of the Learning and Resource centre books) can be borrowed via the self-lending machine. If you wish to return books, please place them in the book return box at the library entrance.

•  Saturday 5 May (Liberation Day)
• Thursday 17 May (Ascension Day)
• Friday 18 May
• Sunday 27 May (Whitsun)
• Monday 28 May (Whitsun) 

In the build-up to the exam period the Randwyck Library has extra opening hours on:    

• Saturday 12 May: 09.00 – 18.00 (limited service*)
• Sunday 13 May: 09.00 – 18.00 (limited service)

* Limited services are offered:
The library can be used as a place to study or to meet fellow students. The desks are closed, which means that you cannot consult journals / consult or borrow books from the closed stacks. Other books from the library (with the exception of the Learning and Resource centre books) can be borrowed via the self-lending machine. If you wish to return books, please place them in the book return box at the library entrance.

• Saturday 5 May (Liberation Day): 11.00 – 22.00 (limited service*)
  The Coffee Corner will be open from 12.00 – 17.00
• Thursday 17 May (Ascension Day): 08.30 – 22.00 (limited service)
  Coffee corner: 09.00 –  19.00
• Friday 18 May: 08.30 – 22.00 (limited service)
  Coffee corner: 09.00 –  19.00

In the build-up to the exam period with extra opening hours:

• Monday 21 May until Friday 25 May: 08.30 – 24.00 (from 17.00 limited service)
  Coffee corner: 9.00 – 19.00
• Saturday 26 May: 09.00 – 22.00 (from 09.00-11.00 and from 14.00 limited service)
  Coffee corner: 10.00 – 20.00
• Sunday 27 May (Whitsun): 09.00 – 22.00 (limited service)
  Coffee corner: 10.00 – 20.00
• Monday 28 May (Whitsun): 09:00 – 22.00 (limited service)
  Coffee corner: 09.00 – 19.00
• Tuesday 29 May until Friday 1 June: 08.30 – 24.00 (from 17.00 limited service)
  Coffee corner: 09.00 – 19.00

* Limited services are offered:
The library can be used as a place to study or to meet fellow students. The desks are closed, which means that you cannot consult journals / consult or borrow books from the closed stacks. Other books from the library (with the exception of the Learning and Resource centre books) can be borrowed via the self-lending machine. If you wish to return books, please place them in the book return box at the library entrance.

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Do you have these or other questions about legal (literature) research? Please contact Angélique Bessems of the University Library (a.bessems@maastrichtuniversity.nl).

Inner City Library will be open on:

• Monday 30 april (Queen’s Day): 08.30 – 22.00 (limited service*)
  The Coffee Corner will be closed.
• Saturday 5 May (Liberation Day): 11.00 – 22.00 (limited service)
  The Coffee Corner will be open between 12.00 – 17.00

• The Randwyck Library will be closed on both days.
  

* Limited services are offered:
The library can be used as a place to study or to meet fellow students. The desks are closed, which means that you cannot consult journals / consult or borrow books from the closed stacks. Other books from the library (with the exception of the Learning and Resource centre books) can be borrowed via the self-lending machine. If you wish to return books, please place them in the book return box at the library entrance.

From now on you can ask us (2 master students, trained by the University Library) for help if you’re stuck with an essay, thesis or just a quick assignment. Does any of the following sound strangely familiar to you?

• I am stuck writing my paper and I think I need some help
• I would like to improve my finished assignment or thesis
• I need help navigating the library’s online and print resources
• I need to find good scholarly articles on my assignment topic
• I need help creating a research question and research plan

We can help!

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Job description, qualifications and skills

Depending on the student’s (IT) skills and interests, several tasks can be addressed:

• Documenting recurring workflows and FAQs stemming from EleUM, using the EleUM blog. Skills: Expert knowledge of Blackboard and WordPress.
• Designing and developing a website serving large PDF documents from special collections, based on Tallcomponents software. Skills: ASP.NET, PDF.
• Restoring of ejournal acquisition webpages based on the SFX knowledge base. Skills: MySQL, Transact SQL, ASP(.NET), Shell scripting.
• Upgrading and improving the current e-reader webpages. Skills: Information analyses and functional design, development in ASP.NET.
• Integrating the library services into Windows 8 METRO interface. Skills: MS Visual Studio, MS METRO APPS.

Motivated and determined students, registered at Maastricht University, with strong interpersonal and communication skills, first rate Dutch and English language skills and demonstrable experience in an ICT workenvironment. A recommendation of a faculty member will be considered an advantage.

Conditions of Employment

Maximum monthly salary in Euros: minimum € 360,-  to maximum 419,- (0,2 fte) gross per month for a determinate period of time. Contract duration: 0,5 year. The terms of employment of Maastricht University are set out in the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities (CAO). Furthermore, local UM provisions also apply. For more information check the Maastricht University website at http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl > My UM > A-Z Terms of Employment.

More information?

Please contact Maarten Seegers (Manager Systems Department) via 043-3885033 / m.seegers@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Application and Selection Process

Applicants are invited to submit a letter containing motivation and contact details of academic referees accompanied by a detailed CV before 1 June 2012 to the attention of povacatures@maastrichtuniversity.nl. Short-listed candidates will be invited for an interview on 5 June 2012.

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