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FARO
The journal of FARO
‘faro | journal of cultural heritage’ is the interdisciplinary professional magazine of FARO (available only in Dutch).
faro appears four times a year (March, July, September and December). On average it counts 48 pages and is distributed to the cultural heritage sector in Flanders and abroad, to libraries and to (local) cultural policy workers.
Annual subscription
Annual subscriptions merely cost 15 euro, to be transferred to the following account number: 068-2490488-40 (mention: ‘subscription faro 2011’) and to the attention of FARO, Priemstraat 51, 1000 Brussels.
Confirm your subscription by sending an e-mail to abonnementen@faronet.be with your complete name (surname + last name) or the name of the institution, address (street name, house number, postal code and municipality) and your telephone number.
For subscriptions from foreign countries:
IBAN-code: BE02 0682 4904 8840
BIC-code: GKCCBEBB
Subscriptions follow the calendar year and should be cancelled before the end of the year. Subscribers will receive a reminder at the start of every new year.
Exchange subscription
For all information about exchange subscriptions, which we heartily support, contact the librarian: annemie.vanthienen@faronet.be.
Library
Hours
The library can be visited each weekday (except Tuesdays) on appointment only between 9am and 4:30pm. Please make an appointment via e-mail or phone (+32 (0)2 213 10 60).
Location
The FARO library is located on the premises of FARO, Priemstraat/Rue du Poinçon 51, 1000 Brussels. It is easily accessible using public or private transportation.
Catalogue
The library collection is available through the LIBIS catalogue. Each quarter, new acquisition lists are posted on this website. The library also offers a handy selection of online magazines and publications. Open access magazines available for public consultation are linked to directly, while other (paid) publications have to be consulted at the FARO library itself.
The library is a specialty library, accessible to anyone working in the cultural heritage field and affiliated ones. People who do scientific research or have a strong individual interest in cultural heritage are welcome to visit the library as well.
Heritage practices, both national and international, make up the core of the library collection, as it is closely linked to the professional objectives of FARO. There is a strong focus on national and international developments regarding research, policy and practices involving (among others):
- folk culture and European etnology
- cultural and historical anthropology
- cultural sociology
- cultural history
- interculturalism
- local/regional history
- safeguarding/ conservation and management
- museology, archival and library sciences
- public policy in the cultural heritage field
- document and archive management
- heritage policy and vision
- object registration
- food studies and culinary culture
- …
Consulting and lending publications
Nearly the entire library collection is publicly consultable. Apart from reference works and magazines, most of the publications are available for lending. Once you’re a registered member, you can lend a maximum of three publications. Lending itself is free, though we ask you to deposit a warranty of € 25. The loan period is 1 month.
Provisions
You are free to use the vistors’ computers or your own laptop in the library. It is possible to log in on FARO’s wireless network and to take photocopies (0,05 eurocent per photocopy).
FARO is connected to LIBISNet and participates in Impala, which allows you to request publications or copies through a different library (all usual applicable rules apply). The price of this service is variable per library, so it is best to inform at your local library before placing a request. It is not possible to request publications located at other libraries through the FARO library.
Requesting information
If you like, FARO can assist you with tracking and localization of certain publications, the composition of thematic literary lists, as well as provide photocopies (10 eurocent per photocopy + shipping costs). Please contact the library staff for more information.
Documentation centre
The documentation centre supports FARO’s operations. The collection is mostly comprised of ‘grey literature’ (annual reports, policy plans, grant requests, etc.) and newsletters of heritage organizations. Many documents are conserved for a limited time only. Documents from this collection can be consulted by external parties upon request and specific motivation.
Questions?
The library staff is here to help you, whether it is before, during or after your visit. Please contact us at:
- bibliotheek@faronet.be
- Tel. +32 (0)2 213 10 60
- Fax +32 (0)2 213 10 99
- FARO library, Priemstraat/Rue du Poinçon 51, 1000 Brussels
FARO. Flemish interface centre for cultural heritage
In January 2008 two organizations, Culturele Biografie Vlaanderen vzw (CBV) and Vlaams Centrum voor Volkscultuur vzw (VCV) merged and became one organization: FARO. Flemish interface centre for cultural heritage (FARO. Vlaams steunpunt voor cultureel erfgoed vzw). FARO is the legal successor of CBV and VCV and is a not-for-profit organization.
FARO is the interface centre for the sector of tangible and intangible cultural heritage in Flanders and is subsidized by the Flemish government. The Flemish Minister of Culture is responsible for the implementation of the cultural heritage policy. The functions of FARO are defined in the Cultural Heritage Decree (2008) and the interface centre is supervised by the Flemish Ministry of Culture, Youth, Sports and Media, Agency of Arts and Heritage (Agentschap Kunsten en Erfgoed van het Vlaams Ministerie Cultuur, Jeugd, Sport en Media).
FARO is housed in building De Priem, in the heart of Brussels.
The name ‘FARO’
The Flemish Cultural Heritage Decree of 2008 is inspired by models and visions developed in the European Convention of Faro: Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society (Council of Europe, 2005). A ‘(cultural) heritage community’ “consists of organizations and people who value specific aspects of cultural heritage, which they wish, within the framework of public action, to sustain and transmit to future generations.” It is one of the main assignments of the new interface centre to develop and translate the ideas which are presented in the Faro Convention for the Flemish cultural heritage sector.
The word ‘faro’ has the same meaning in several different languages (Spanish, Italian, Portuguese), namely ‘lighthouse’. It refers to Pharos, an island that used to be just off in front of the coast of Egypt where one of the Seven Wonders of the World could be found namely the lighthouse of the same name. Metaphorically speaking the name expresses several aspects of what FARO as an interface centre can mean for the cultural heritage sector in Flanders: to function as a reference point and a beacon where people, governments, organizations and institutions can rely on.
Behind the Pharos lighthouse there was Alexandria, where the temple for the muses was build: the M(o)useion (the word museum derived from this). Also to be found there was the Great (lost) Library of Alexandria, which is now, with the aid of UNESCO, being rebuild (Bibliotheca Alexandrina).
Faro has several other meanings, the most famous one in Brussels is probably the name of the locally brewed lager beer ‘Faro’.
The objectives of FARO
FARO’s aim is to strengthen and support the cultural heritage field in Flanders, within the framework of the Cultural Heritage Decree and with the intention to realise the main objectives of the decree:
- to develop an integrated cultural heritage policy, namely to stimulate qualitative management, long term sustainability and the unlocking of the cultural heritage;
- to start up a network of cultural heritage organizations to cultivate, to represent, to acknowledge and to valorise the different ways the public participates in and experiences cultural heritage;
- to stimulate a further development of the different cultural heritage practices, museum, archival and library sciences, and ethnology;
- to create awareness with regard to cultural diversity within the cultural heritage policy.
In the Cultural Heritage Decree the mission of FARO is described as a cluster of assignments with the aim to support and develop practices and knowledge in the cultural heritage sector and to develop communication and outreach initiatives for the public.
Every five years FARO submits a strategic plan to the Flemish Minister of Culture and the Flemish Government, who grant a subsidy. Annually FARO draws up an action plan.
FARO is interested in cultivating contacts with other institutions and organizations at home and abroad to develop (inter)national programmes, projects, networks et cetera. Exchanges are also possible.
Board
Paul Van Grembergen (president), Heidi De Nijn, (vice-president), Stefaan Top, (vice-president), Paul Catteeuw (treasurer), Fauzaya Talhaoui (secretary), Bruno De Wever, Anne Milkers, Johan Roelstraete, Inge Schoups, Joost Vander Auwera
Assembly
Joost Caen, Paul Catteeuw, Lodewijk Collin, Heidi De Nijn, Christine De Weerdt, Bruno De Wever, Sylvie Dhaene, Yelena Kharitonova, Lone Leth Larsen, Isabel Lowyck, Anne Milkers, Johan Roelstraete, Inge Schoups, Fauzaya Talhaoui, Stefaan Top, Joost Vander Auwera, Jan Van Der Stock, Paul Van Grembergen, Eva Van Hoye, Henri Vannoppen
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