Hans Jansen

Digitization & public private partnerships
at the National Library of the Netherlands
Hans Jansen, Deputy Director General
Dublin, 23 October 2012

Digitization & PPP at the KB

Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB): facts & figures

• Founded in 1798
• Middle-sized national library
• 5 million printed volumes
• 200 million digital pages
• 60 million digitized pages
• 350 staff (280 fte)
• M€ 50 budget
• 180.000 users on-site (2011)
• 6 million users online (2011)

© 2012 Koninklijke Bibliotheek – Nationale bibliotheek van Nederland


Our mission
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• The KB is the National Library of the
Netherlands:we bring people and information
together

• Our core values are: accessibility,
sustainability, innovation and cooperation



Strategic targets for 2025

• We have digitized all Dutch books, newspapers and
periodicals from 1470

• We offer permanent access to all (born) digital & digitized
publications that are published in the Netherlands

• …



Priorities

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1. Digital: full speed ahead
2. Reaching a wider audience
3. Strengthening international cooperation



How much is it?
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• 2,5 million books (M500 pages = ‘all’)

• 4750 newspapers (M13 pages = ‘most important’)

• 10.000 periodicals (M14 = ‘most used/important’)

• In total: 527 million digitized pages (~ M€ 300)



Funding (project costs only!)
• Public / (almost) finished: costs pages
• Parliamentary papers (1814-1995) M€ 12 M2,3
• Early Dutch books (1780-1800) M€ 3 M2,2
• Historic Newspapers (1660-1995) M€ 12,5
M9
• Public / ongoing:
• Periodicals (1840-1950) M€ 1,5 M1,5
• Books (1915-1950) M€ 30 M60
• Microfilms / books (1870-1915) M€ 8 M16
• Public-private / ongoing
• Books (1700-1870) Google M35
• Books (1470-1700) ProQuest
M5


Public private partnerships
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Conditions for KB:

• Non exclusive
• Copies digital files for/at KB
- Free access for at least Dutch taxpayers
- Sharing data with other services
• No free access to index = end of contract
• Temporary contract




Conditions for KB: Google

• non exclusive √
• copies digital files for/at KB √
free access for at least Dutch taxpayers √
sharing data with other services √
• no free access to index = end of contract √
• temporary contract √




Conditions for KB: Google
ProQuest

• non exclusive √ X*
• copies digital files for/at KB √ √
- free access (for at least Dutch taxpayers)√ √
- sharing data with other services √ X
• no free access to index = end of contract √ √
• temporary contract* √ √

* (but) not in line with proposed revised EC Directive on the re-
use of public sector information (2012)


e € 300,000,000 question
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worth the effort?



Yes!
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Enables access to printed collections
that otherwise would become
increasingly invisible

• Digital is source number 1

• Furthers new research opportunities

• Continued return on age-long
investments in (national) libraries



Considerations

• Quality versus quantity: the pyramid model
• Improving the quality of the quantity: IMPACT, language
technology
• Moving from an analog to a digital research environment
• Improving the engagement between libraries and research
communities (ICT scientists and humanities scholars > Digital
Humanities)
• Bridging the gap between managers and the faculty



Considerations
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• In other words: make digital humanities flourish



Thank you for your attention.


Hans Jansen

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