Recorded April 15, 2019.

In conversation with Trinity Long Room Hub Visiting Research Fellow Alex Alsemgeest (Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands) chaired by Laura Shanahan (TCD) organised in collaboration with the Library of Trinity College Dublin.

Alex Alsemgeest is a book historian and researcher with the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands. Alex has more than a decade of experience in some of the leading research libraries in the Netherlands and Sweden. His research interests include book trade, natural history, the history of libraries and collections and Swedish-Dutch cultural history. He has published in both popular magazines and academic journals. His book, In krabbengang door kreeftenboeken, was nominated for best book on nature in the Netherlands in 2016.

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