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Datasets of the KB Steven Claeyssens – 19 September 2013
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Datasets of the KB 1.General characteristics 2.Examples 3.Technical characteristics 4.Legal aspects Datasets
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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)
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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
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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
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Datasets of the KB Datasets: examples 3. Periodicals 80 titles Published in the Netherlands, 1850-1940 1.5 million pages tijdschriften.kb.nl
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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
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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
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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
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