1. Datasets of the KB Steven Claeyssens – 19 September 2013

2. Datasets of the KB 1.General characteristics 2.Examples 3.Technical characteristics 4.Legal aspects Datasets

3. Datasets of the KB Datasets: general characteristics Collections of digital data (metadata, data) Born digital or the result of mass digitisation (reborn digital) Dutch cultural heritage material, primarily text New units of publication (distant reading)

4. Datasets of the KB Datasets: examples 1. Early Dutch Books Online (EDBO) 11,240 volumes; 9,710 titles Books published in the Netherlands, 1781-1800 2 million pages www.earlydutchbooksonline.nl

5. Datasets of the KB Datasets: examples 2. Historical Newspapers 1,457 titles Published in the Netherlands and former colonies, 1618-1995 ca. 9 million pages kranten.kb.nl ca. 99 million articles

6. Datasets of the KB Datasets: examples 3. Periodicals 80 titles Published in the Netherlands, 1850-1940 1.5 million pages tijdschriften.kb.nl

7. Datasets of the KB Datasets: technical characteristics Machine readable access Documents in PDF and/or JPEG (Semi-)structured in XML Metadata in Dublin Core OCR with word coordinates Access via SRU and OAI-PMH

8. Datasets of the KB Datasets: legal aspects In theory: as ‘open’ as possible Public Domain = Public Domain Metadata by KB = CC0 In practice: most datasets are hybrid Solution: negotiating rights for KB site and for researchers

9. Datasets of the KB Thank you for your attention. Questions? www.kb.nl/dataservices E dataservices@kb.nl E steven.claeyssens@kb.nl T @sclaeyssens