The article offers news briefs related to books and printing in the Netherlands in 2005. Graphic designer Jan Lavies passed away on January 4 in Gorinchem. The exhibition "Door Boekband bekoord' was on view at the Groningen University Library from March 23 to June 19. Museum Meermanno in the Hague organized an exhibition featuring school plates and other educational materials used in the former Dutch East Indies from June 11 to September 11.