VLIZ-library
The VLIZ Library is a public marine scientific information centre and boasts a wealth of information on the Flemish coast, the North Sea and the world’s oceans and seas. The collection can be searched online or consulted on site in the library at the InnovOcean site.
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In the VLIZ Library, visitors have free access to the largest collection of marine literature in Flanders.
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Collection
The VLIZ Library manages an extensive collection of (inter)national marine scientific literature. The Library's collection consists of books, maps, periodicals, articles, reports and theses, and can be searched via the online catalogue. Every week an overview of new acquisitions is sent out via e-mail.
More information about the content and strategy of further expanding the library collection can be found in the acquisition management plan (2019 - in Dutch only).
VLIZ supports open scientific communication. Therefore, the VLIZ Library provides the Open Marine Archive (OMA), giving access to the larger part of the Belgian marine literature.
Contact
Publications from the VLIZ Library collection are not available for loan, but all documents can be consulted at the library, and copied or scanned (except for complete books). We provide a document delivery service for all marine literature.
Send your literature requests and submit your publications to library@vliz.be.
The library is only open by appointment at the moment! Please contact us by email or phone number mentioned below.
VLIZ Library
InnovOcean site, Wandelaarkaai 7
8400 Oostende, Belgium
E-mail: library@vliz.be
Phone: +32-(0)59-34 21 37
Fax: +32-(0)59-34 21 31
Cooperation
The VLIZ Library is a partner in (inter)national library and information networks and as such dedicates itself to the support of their projects:
- VVBAD is the Flemish library and archives association, providing support to regional libraries, archives and documentation centres;
- IAMSLIC and EURASLIC, the International and European Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers, support international aquatic information centres and coordinate their operation;
- UNESCO IOC Project Office for IODE.