Presentation on British Library's Dutch Language Collections for students from the University of Sheffield on 8 May 2014.

1. DUTCH LANGUAGE
COLLECTIONS at the
BRITISH LIBRARY
Marja Kingma, 8 May 2014

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Dutch language collections in the BL?
• Cross-border topics
• Close Relationship with Britain
• “.. The study of the Dutch-Indonesian
conflict and its aftermath is… a topic
for international discussion. … too
important to leave to Dutch historians
alone.” Jaap Harskamp, The
Indonesian Question. Introd P. X
• http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregio
n/europe/netherlands/index.html

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Coverage Dutch Language Collections
• Printed resources 1500 –
present day
• Published in the Netherlands,
Flanders in Dutch, or other
languages.
• Not necessarily about the
Low Countries (Brill)
• Subjects cover Humanities
and Social Sciences
• Approx. 70,000 titles, 18,000
Early printed material

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Dutch Language Collections - Formats
• Printed books and journals
• Printed newspapers
• Pamphlets (microfiche)
• Atlases and Maps
• Online resources (Online
Gallery - Turning the Pages –
Dutch Baroque Gardens)
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/dutchgardens/accessibl
e/introduction.html

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Dutch Language Collections – Activities
• Acquisitions, new and antiquarian,
donations
• Answer queries from readers and
researchers
• Manage collections
• Give presentations
• Collaborate on exhibitions
• Attend events to promote DLC
• Write blogs / tweet

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Dutch Language Collections – External
resources
Delpher
DBNL.nl
STCN
Google Books
FlickrCommons
Facebook, Twitter,
Pinterest, etc, etc.
Go Explore! (BL cat)

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Thank you