The Netherlands needs to make its heritage more resilient
Wilma van Wezenbeek, Director general of the KB, pleads for more awareness of disasters and physical and digital attacks on heritage, but also for greater openness about incidents.
Wilma discovers: 7.2 million visits to DBNL.org
In this column series, new Director General Wilma van Wezenbeek is getting to know the KB. Today, it is all about functional administration.
Wilma discovers: 781 bespoke requests per month
In this column series, new Director General Wilma van Wezenbeek is getting to know the KB. Today, it is all about Inter Library Loans.
Wilma discovers: 50,000 books, newspapers and magazines a year
In this series of columns, new Director General Wilma van Wezenbeek meets the KB. Today: metadata.
Dutch slavery history tucked away in an English archive
Since 2013, nearly two million scans have been made of archival materials relating to slavery and the slave trade. This blog goes into deeper detail.
The Netherlands is neglecting its digital heritage
De Digitale Stad (The Digital City) has been included in UNESCO's Memory of the World register. Martijn Kleppe, KB board member, explains why we need to carefully preserve our digital heritage.
