Zeeland Library
official library of Zeeland, Netherlands
ZB Bibliotheek van Zeeland, the Zeeland Library (Zeeuwse Bibliotheek) in Middelburg, Netherlands, is the largest cultural institution of the province of Zeeland and fulfills the task of public library for Middelburg, scientific library for Zeeland (it is a WSF-library) and the academic library of University College Roosevelt. It also has the function of Provincial Library Central for libraries, schools and institutions in the province.
History
The library was founded in 1985, when scientific, provisional, public, and specialized libraries were merged into one, creating the largest cultural institution in Zeeland and one of the Netherlands major libraries.
Books and services
The library employs 170 staff and lends about 632,000 publications annually. It serves as a provincial service organization, advising institutions and other libraries, offering specialized services in all book-related areas.
Zeeland Library stages and develops cultural events, shows, and educational programs.
Opening hours
Zeeland Regional Library opens from:
09:00 am – 17:00 pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
09:00 am – 20:00 pm Tuesdays and Thursdays
09:00 am – 16:00 pm Saturdays
The library is closed on Sundays.
“Zeeland Library” enters the record as official library of Zeeland, Netherlands. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Zeeland, Library and official can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q620739. VIAF identifies the subject as 148763960. The Library of Congress control number is nb2007005410. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1985.
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This entry incorporates text from “Zeeland Library” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.