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KB, nationale bibliotheek

The national library. Publishes the Dutch national bibliography, the STCN and the author thesaurus as linked data under CC0.

www.kb.nl

kb.nl
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47datasets in our index
94%with an API or map service in the metadata
1sources explained
1examples with their data

What they publish

Counted across all indexes we harvest; modified between June 2019 and 16 October 2026.

Where it is

  • KB linked data25
  • NDE Datasetregister17
  • data.overheid.nl3
  • Open Archieven2

Formats

TRIG39JSON34XML3

Subjects (per the publisher)

Nederlandse Staatscourant2Cultuur en recreatie2Kunst1

Sources explained

KB, National Library of the Netherlands (linked data)

KB, nationale bibliotheek (Den Haag)Netherlands, title

On data.bibliotheken.nl the KB publishes its catalogues as linked data under CC0: the Dutch national bibliography NBT (4,911,178 books), the Short Title Catalogue Netherlands (STCN, 225,218 titles printed before 1801, with 651,395 copies), the Dutch author name thesaurus (2,816,677 persons), the Brinkman subject headings and DBNL titles and authors. Together 258,524,625 statements, queryable with SPARQL (as of 16 October 2026).

OpenAPIHeritage and culture
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Examples with their data

Printed titles from the Low Countries per year (STCN, KB): 1,364 titles in 1800, 49 times as much as in 1540

Heritage and culture · 1800

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