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Monday, 11th January 2010

Dutch Royal Library Announces Plans to Digitize All Dutch Language Materials Beginning in 1470

From the Newspaper Article (Mechanical Translation via Babel Fish):

Near the end of this section of the article, it mentions that they also plan to archive web sites.

The Royal Library wants digitise all Dutch books, newspapers and illustrated magazines as from 1470. Moreover there one digital library come which is for everyone by means of Internet accessible, must.

This has today announced the KB at the presentation from its policy plan up to 2013.

THE KB will make agreements concerning the copyrights to be able guarantee free access to digital collective. „In close cooperation with all parties concerned want we there for care that there a common national information infrastructure within which the possibilities of the digital world are optimally exploited, thus director Bas Savenije of the KB, comes. „Now have split up the information offer strongly in the Netherlands still.

THE KB wants couple the offer of all Dutch libraries and doorzoekbaar and available to make. To the common infrastructure national bibliotheekpas belong according to Savenije. „So that everyone obtains this way simple and cheap possible and in the same way to all library-collective at the same time. A complete, rather accessible catalogue, in which can search the customer integratedly all collective not yet exists.

In 2013, the KB ten wants per cent of all Dutch books, newspapers and illustrated magazines has digitised, such a 73 millions page. Sixty millions page want scan the KB itself; the rest is boarded.

THE KB the coming three years wide 10,000 Dutch Internet sites harvesten (to archive). Also the KB in 2013, wants minimum half of all purely digital publications, such as many illustrated magazines, scientifically stores in the `e-depot'; such a twenty millions documents.

Source: NRC Handelsblad (via Twitter)

See Also: Library's Strategic Plan to 2013
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