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Information about the KB. Who is on our board of governors, who is a member of our management?

What will you find in our Delpher newspapers dataset? And how do you use the dataset? Delpher newspapers features 2 million digitised newspapers, dating from 1618 until 1995. Some of the files can be freely accessed and downloaded.

Learn how you can contact the KB. 

Since the start of the war, Dutch libraries have been accumulating a large collection of books and teaching materials for Ukrainian refugees. They vary from free printed and digital reading matter, to language aids, support for job-seekers, and meetings to make people feel at home in the Netherlands.

The KB, National Library of the Netherlands, is set to build an innovative, new book repository in which the National Library will store the Netherlands’ written heritage safely and sustainably for the foreseeable future.

The KB is set to build an innovative, new book repository in which the National Library will store the Netherlands’ printed and written heritage safely and sustainably for the long term.  Read the frequently asked questions about the new repository.

In 2021, the KB, National Library of the Netherlands, reached six million users with its digital services. 

The National Library of the Netherlands was founded in 1798. The KB has since developed into an academic library, with a focus on humanities and social sciences.