# Simona Maaskant Library

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The **Simona Maaskant Library** is the library at [the King's University](/source/The_King's_University_(Edmonton)) in [Edmonton](/source/Edmonton), first opened in 1981 as The King's College Library, and renamed in 1998 after its chief librarian Simona Maaskant.[1]

## History

The Simona Maaskant Library was named after Simona Maaskant, who was King's chief librarian between 1981 and 1998.[2][3] On the King's University official website, the institution credits Maaskant with providing "extraordinary leadership in building the library into a beautiful and functional resource for students, faculty, and staff."[4]

Following Maaskant's passing, the King's University introduced the Simona Maaskant Scholarship.[5]

A handful of authors have acknowledged the use of the Simona Maaskant Library in their books, including [Sidney Greidanus](/source/Sidney_Greidanus), Michael Cheney and Khalehla Litschel.[6][7][8]

## Main collection

The Simona Maaskant Library contains over 75,000 physical materials (books and audiovisual materials) and 200,000 virtual materials such as eBooks and databases.[9]

The library is a member of the [NEOS Library Consortium](/source/NEOS_Library_Consortium) therefore offering its users access to an additional 10 million materials through the consortium.[9]

## Gerry Segger Heritage Collection

The Gerry Segger Heritage Collection is located inside the Simona Maaskant Library.[10] The collection acts as a research centre for archival materials associated with [Dutch-Canadians](/source/Dutch_Canadians).[11] In particular, the collection has archived papers and research materials from its namesake Gerry Segger, as well as from Dutch-Canadian entrepreneur [Gerry Kuipers](/source/Gerry_Kuipers).[12] The collection also contains materials on the history of [Reformed Christianity](/source/Reformed_Christianity) in Canada.[13]

## References

1. Janson, Marlies & Optiz, Helmut (2011). *World Guide to Special Libraries*. Vol. 1. De Gruyter. p. 422. ISBN 9783110917857.

1. ["Maaskant, Simona Margaretha"](https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/476073016/). *The Edmonton Journal*. April 29, 1998. p. B6.

1. *Simona Margaretha Maaskant, March 1953-April 1998 : May Her Memory Be for a Blessing*. 1998. [OCLC 70529815](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70529815)

1. ["About the Library"](https://www.kingsu.ca/services/library/about-simona-maaskant-library). *www.kingsu.ca*. Retrieved 2020-04-16.

1. ["Simona Maaskant"](https://books.google.com/books?id=yPEOAQAAMAAJ). *Feliciter*. **44**: 53. Canadian Library Association. 1998.

1. Greidanus, Sidney (1988). "Acknowledgements". *The Modern Preacher and the Ancient Text*. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. pp. xiii. ISBN 9780802803603.

1. Cheney, Michael (1994). ["Acknowledgements"](https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002965121). *Dust, Wind and Agony: Character, Speech and Genre in Job*. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell. pp. iv. ISBN 9789122016038.

1. Litschel, Khalehla (2018). "Acknowledgements". *King Coal: A Social History of Coal Mining in Alberta*. FriesenPress. pp. xii. ISBN 9781525516757.

1. ["About the Library"](https://www.kingsu.ca/services/library/about-simona-maaskant-library). *www.kingsu.ca*. Retrieved 2020-04-17.

1. ["Preserving Stories of the Dutch-Canadian Immigrant Experience"](https://www.thebanner.org/news/2015/03/preserving-stories-of-the-dutch-canadian-immigrant-experience). *The Banner*. Retrieved 2020-04-17.

1. Bruinsma, Robert (May 25, 2019). ["Saving Dutch-Canadian History"](http://www.christiancourier.ca/news/entry/saving-dutch-canadian-history). *[Christian Courier](/source/Christian_Courier_(Canada))*. Retrieved 2020-04-17.

1. Bjornson, Bonita Schalk. ["Biographies of Donors to the Collection: Gerry Kuipers"](https://kingsu.libguides.com/c.php?g=196437&p=5161307). *kingsu.libguides.com*. Retrieved 2020-12-23.

1. ["Gerry Segger Heritage Collection"](https://www.kingsu.ca/services/library/heritage-collection). *www.kingsu.ca*. Retrieved 2020-04-17.

## External links

- [Official webpage](https://www.kingsu.ca/services/library/about-simona-maaskant-library)

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