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Attention: this Thursday and Friday no heating in our building

Due to necessary repair work, the heating system in the KB building will be switched off on Thursday 16 February and Friday 17 February.
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KB-gebouw en omgeving.

Libraries make their foreign language collections easier to find

Bibliotheeknetwerk.nl has published a new tool that provides an overview of all non-Dutch language books that libraries in The Netherlands have on offer. The dashboard shows which titles are available in which form (physical books, e-books, audiobooks) and in which location.
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Overzicht van het dashboard. Met tabellen, grafieken en een kaart van Nederland.

The KB has a new Research Agenda

The KB has updated its Research Agenda. Read here about the topics the KB will be researching over the next 4 years.
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