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Frontal view with Carol's statue
View from the south The Central University Library of Bucharest (Romanian: (Romanian: Biblioteca Biblioteca Centrală Universitară Universitară is a "ucharest,, located across the street from the #ational the #ational $useum of %rt %rt of Romania& Romania& li!rary in central "ucharest
History When the /niversity of "ucharest was "ucharest was created in 01, there was no central university li!rary2 this role was played !y the Central 3tate *i!rary of "ucharest until 045& That institution was moved to and housed in the university !uildin6, and in 017 was specially reor6anised for the university's needs !y the scholar %u6ust Tre!oniu *aurian& 8t had an unmistaka!le university universit y 9uality, !ein6 !ein6 6overned !y a special university committee (includin6 the rector, the faculties' deans, the school ephor and and the chief li!rarian as secretary, and the deans were always consulted for selection and purchasin6& #evertheless, the need for a proper central university li!rary !ecame increasin6ly apparent&
The present Central /niversity *i!rary was founded in 045 as the Carol 8 *i!rary of the /niversity Foundation& 8t was !uilt on land la nd !ou6ht !y in6 Carol 8 of Romania for Romania for the ;Carol 8 /niversity Foundation; ( Funda Fundaț ia Universitară Carol I and desi6ned !y French architect <aul =ottereau& =ottereau& The !uildin6 was completed in 04+ and and opened on $arch 04 045& 5& 8n 4, 4, the !uildin6 was e.tended !y the same architect and the new win6 was opened on 4 $ay 4& 8t !e6an with an initial initial stock of +,>> volumes of !ooks and periodicals& The collection collec tion 6rew to 7,)1 volumes in 044, +,>0> volumes in 4, and 4,>>> volumes in 4& 8n 44 (after (aft er its reor6anisation re or6anisation on ) ?uly 40 as the Central *i!rary of "ucharest /niversity, the collection contained 51,41 volumes2 in 41>, a!out a million2 and over ) million in 47>& @urin6 the Romanian Revolution of 404, 404, a fire was started in the !uildin6 and over 5>>,>>> !ooks, alon6 with +,7>> +,7>> manuscripts, were !urnt were !urnt&& 3tartin6 in %pril 44>, the !uildin6 was repaired and moderniAed, !ein6 reopened on )> #ovem!er )>>&
Branch Libraries 8n parallel with the development of the central li!rary, a more comple. network of specialised li!rary !ranches was developed& For e.ample, the *i!rary of the *aw Faculty was founded in 07+B 71 (!ased on <rofessor %le.andru *ahovary's donation of !ooks2 in 00 the %rchaeolo6ical 3eminary's *i!rary was esta!lished throu6h <rofessor =ri6ore To Tocilescu cilescu's 's 6rant2 and in 04) the *i!rary of the 3lavic *an6ua6es 3eminary !e6an, !ased on 8on "o6dan's donation& These li!raries functioned within the Faculty of *etters& 3pecialised li!raries were also founded in the 3ciences Faculty, such as the $athematical 3eminary's *i!rary (after 04>, the *a!oratory for %nimal <hysiolo6y *i!rary (04), on the !asis of <rofessor %le.andru V VitAu's itAu's 6rant2 and the *a!oratory for <lant $orpholo6y *i!rary (04+, usin6 <rofessor @& Vo Voinov's !ook donation& /ntil 014, the Faculty of $edicine had only the customary collection, !ut !y 00 had a wellBor6anised, specialised li!rary& 8n 6eneral, these li!raries were founded and developed usin6 teachers' donations, state 6rants and, after 04>, a percenta6e (usually > of studentBpaid tuition&
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