Edsger Dijkstra's Library (Housed and Archived in Leuven, Belgium)
An archivist is cataloging the extensive personal library and scientific papers of computer science pioneer Edsger W. Dijkstra. The collection, recovered from his home in Nuenen, includes notebooks, manuscripts, and personal records spanning his academic career.
Why it matters
Preserving the primary source materials of a foundational figure in computer science provides invaluable historical insight into the evolution of modern programming and logic.
Dijkstra's home in Nuenen — anno January 2011 — contained a large collection of scientific books, booklets, papers, manuscripts, etc. A large part of that collection is now archived by me in Leuven and will be discussed on this page. For the complete inventory, see below .
The article is a factual report on an archival project with no political or social agenda.
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