Organisations have 4 proposals to cabinet formulators in plea to put digitization higher on the Netherlands’ political agenda
2000 organisations have released a plea, spearheaded by the KB, to put digitization on the agenda for the new government.
KB welcomes Ministry’s plan to make websites easier to archive, but it needs to happen faster
The ministry of OCW will amend the law governing web archiving. This will make it easier for the KB to archive websites in the future.
KB stands up for free access to information
The KB stands up for freedom of information and democracy. That's why, on 15 December, the documentary The Librarians was showed in the KB.
Chris Breedveld is the new Chair of the KB Board of Governors
From 1 November, Chris Breedveld is the new chair of the KB Board of Governors.
What the Dutch 2026 National Budget says about culture, heritage and reading promotion
2026's Dutch National Budget included mentions of libraries and culture.
New multilingual read-aloud videos on Jeugdbibliotheek.nl
Visitors to Jeugdbibliotheek.nl can now view read-aloud videos in Farsi and Papiamentu. Videos in Arabic, Turkish, Spanish and other languages were already available.
Friends of the KB donate unique copy of Couperus novel
The Friends of the KB association has donated a unique hand-bound copy of Couperus' Psyche to the KB.
University Libraries & National Library (UKB) receive grant for 'Materiality as Data'
UKB will receive a grant from Stichting Pica for starting a shared framework to describe books as physical objects.
KB stresses importance of speeding up website archiving legislation
The KB and other heritage organisations urge the government to make haste with new laws around archiving digital heritage.
KB’s reach among academic researchers increases
Compared to two years ago, the awareness and use of the KB has increased among researchers in the humanities and social sciences. This is according to measurements by market research companies Motivaction and Dialogic.
