This research aimed to study the effects of the Second World War on the Koninklijke Bibliotheek. The effects of the cultural politics imposed by the Nazis were considered, including censorship for...Show moreThis research aimed to study the effects of the Second World War on the Koninklijke Bibliotheek. The effects of the cultural politics imposed by the Nazis were considered, including censorship for libraries. In addition, the effects of the threat of air raids were examined, such as the measures the library took to safeguard their collection. Finally, the many effects of the war on the functioning of library services and activities are analysed in this study.Show less
This thesis explores the use of Linked Open Data at academic libraries and in particular, Leiden University Libraries. It answers the question of what Linked Open Data is and how Leiden University...Show moreThis thesis explores the use of Linked Open Data at academic libraries and in particular, Leiden University Libraries. It answers the question of what Linked Open Data is and how Leiden University Libraries can implement Linked Open Data in their daily practices. In three parts, it explores the realm of Linked Open Data. The first part explores the concept of Linked Open Data. It entails a short history and the technical aspect of transforming regular data to Linked Open Data and the benefits of Linked Open Data. The second part focusses on the role of Linked Open Data at libraries that are at the forefront of Linked Open Data. The third part describes the specific situation of Leiden University Libraries and how they can integrate Linked Open Data in their daily activities. The practical implementation of Linked Open Data is tested in two case studies.Show less
During an internship project at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (the National Library of the Netherlands; KB) in The Hague the library’s Special Collections’ department requested a project be set up to...Show moreDuring an internship project at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (the National Library of the Netherlands; KB) in The Hague the library’s Special Collections’ department requested a project be set up to examine the catalogue objects then described only as ‘collections’. Previous digitization projects had shown that these collections often contained prints or Plano’s that had remained uncatalogued as individual objects. The goal for this Plano project was to find and identify the objects in these collections and add them to the library’s catalogue as new, individual entities. During the first stages of the project over 2500 individual prints were discovered to be part of these ‘collection’ catalogue objects. Among these were eight folders of collected materials accompanied by handwritten notes and indexes. These folders were identified as the work of historian Georges-Joseph Gérard (1734-1814). This thesis argues that the eight folders are a part of Gérard’s planned Monumenta Historiae Belgicae project, a large-scale project with the intention of collecting all available source material on the history of the Southern Netherlands. Was the project important enough for Gérard to cut prints out of undamaged books, or did he acquire the source materials through other methods? The folders from the KB show that Gérard was not only an avid note-taker, but also a collector of prints.Show less
