Founded
1798
Function
National Library of the Netherlands
Status
Autonomous administrative body since 31 August 1993, financed by the Ministry of Education, Culture & Science
Budget
€ 54 million
Board
mr. drs. L.C. Brinkman, chairman of the board
mr. H.J. Bruggink, mr. drs. L. Jongsma, prof. dr. F.M.G. de Jong
Directors
Director General - drs. J.S.M. (Bas) Savenije
Head Dep. Innovation & Development, acting Director General - H.J. (Hans) Jansen
Head Dep. Marketing & Services - dr. E.J.B. (Lily) Knibbeler
Head Dep. Operations - dr. M. (Matthijs) van Otegem
Head Dep. Finance and Corporate Services - dr. E.S. (Els) van Eijck van Heslinga
Staff
276 full time equivalents = 303 employees (end 2010)
Strategy
The KB will work intensively in the coming years to realise a digital library that will offer everyone access to all digital and printed publications that appear in the Netherlands.
Strategic Plan 2010-2013
Major activities
Deposit library for Dutch printed and electronic publications and the national bibliography
Preservation, management, documentation and accessibility of the national cultural heritage
Research library for the history, language and culture of the Netherlands
Centre of expertise for digitization, digital preservation and preservation
Research and development of scholarly information
International focal point for libraries
Participation
The KB participates in the activities of some 30 national and international organisations, including:
Consortium of the Netherlands university libraries and the National Library (UKB)
GII, (Consortium) Gemeenschappelijke Informatie-infrastructuur
SURF Platform ICT en Onderzoek
OCLC, centrum voor bibliotheekautomatisering
International Federation of Library Associations & Institutions (IFLA
Conference of European National Librarians (CENL)
Conference of Directors of National Libraries (CDNL)
Holdings
6 million items = 110 km of library materials (books, newspapers, journals)
12,500 current periodicals 850 m. of microforms
Acquisition
The deposit collection grows by an average of 50.000 books and 83,000 issues of periodicals per year. Annually about 2 million digital items are loaded in the e-Depot system.
Special collections
The KB also houses special collections including: mediaeval and modern manuscripts, old and rare books, pamphlets, book bindings, marbled papers and books on the history of paper, chess- and draughts, newspapers, cookery books and children's books.
Services
Reference and lending, website National Bibliography, interlibrary lending and document supply, reproduction, microfilming and digitization, exhibitions and library tours, corporate publishing.
Accommodation
Net floorspace of the building : 80,000 m2
Library: 37,000 m2, including 28,000 m2 stacks
Other institutions: 15,000 m2
Capacity
500 study seats including 125 with a work station, WiFi available
Library use
15,300 issued user passes
93,350 annual library visit
367,000 fulfilled requests for lending or viewing annually
5,000,000 visits to KB website and KB online services
Opening hours
Monday and Friday: 10 - 18 h
Tuesday to Friday: 10 - 20 h
Saturday: 10 - 16 h
Postal address & visiting address
PO Box 90407, 2509 LK The Hague, The Netherlands
Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 5, The Hague, The Netherlands
How to get to the KB
Coontact
KB website http://www.kb.nl.
Phone +31 70 31 40 911
Fax +31 70 31 40 450
Email via www.kb.nl/contact