The British Library aims to house the most comprehensive collection of publications from around the world. It receives a copy of every publication produced in the UK and Ireland. Its Dutch language collections contain over 60,000 titles from the 15th century to present day. The collections grow by around 1,800 titles per year and include prints, maps, and manuscripts covering subjects like art, history, literature and contemporary culture. While there is no single Dutch collection, items can be found across the library in various collections through subject searching and digital resources.

1. Welcome to the British Library– The
World’s Knowledge
Marja Kingma 23 November 2013

2. The BRITISH LIBRARY National Library for UK
Useful pages:
About us
Catalogues
Readers Pass Registration
Help for Researches
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4. About the British Library
We receive a copy of every publication produced in the UK
and Ireland
The collection includes well over 150 million items, in most
known languages
3 million new items are added every year
We have manuscripts, maps, newspapers, magazines, prints
and drawings, music scores, and patents
The Sound Archive keeps sound recordings from 19thcentury cylinders to CD, DVD and MD recordings
We house 8 million stamps and other philatelic items
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5. Foreign Language Collections in the BL – WHY???
ANTONIO PANIZZI aimed to “build up the best collection of
books in every European language outside the countries of
origin". BL’s USP
Antonio Panizzi (1797-1879)
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6. Dutch Language Collections - Statistics
60,000 titles from 1500 – present day and growing
17,500 early printed works (15th – 17th Cent.)
Growth approx 1800 titles per year
Subjects: Art & Architecture, History, Literature, Language
studies, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Contemporary Culture,
Bibliography
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7. Dutch Language Collections - Acquisitions
Printed books
published in
Dutch, Frisian
and Afrikaans
About / from
Low
Countries,
South-Africa
(only in Afr.)
Research
level /
representing
Antiquarian
and Second
hand
Can be
borrowed!
Suggestions
Welcome!
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8. Dutch Language Collections – Early printed works
Controversial titles
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9. Dutch Language Collections – Antiquarian Acquisitions
Filling the gaps
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10. Dutch Language Collections – Antiquarian cataloguing
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11. Dutch language collections – Collections, Activities, Projects
COLLECTIONS
ACTIVITIES
MAPS
EXHIBITIONS
PAMPHLETS
EVENTS
SOUND
DIGITIZATION
PROJECTS
PROMOTION
COLLECTION
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12. POSITION DUTCH LANGUAGE COLLECTIONS’ IN BL
HOW TO FIND STUFF FROM DUTCH COLLECTIONS?
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13. Dutch Language Collections
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Explore / Archives and Manuscripts
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Dutch pages on bl.uk
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Leaflet European Studies
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E-resources:
 Art Sales Catalogues online
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AAS: India Office Records
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Social Sciences (urbanisation)
No physical Dutch Flemish Collection
No easy way to identify what is ‘Dutch’.
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14. Dutch Language Collections
Special Collections
 Pamphlets
 Emblemata
 Maps : Beudeker Collection
 Newspapers: Dutch underground press 1940-1945
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15. Beudeker collection: maps and views of the Lowlands
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16. Dutch language collections Underground press
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MAGE ‘WA Man’ by Theun de Vries in: Publish and be Free Anna Simoni (BL), opp pag 203.
Open Access Rare Books and Music Reading Room RAR 098.12
General Reference Collection 2725.aa.1 / X.700/16639
Document Supply 77/1952
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17. Dutch Language Collections - Collaborations
British Library - University of Sheffield Concordat
PhD student projects – Torgrim Hannas collection
PhD student working with French curator on WWI project.
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18. Dutch Language Collections- Collaborations… cont.
Universities UCL, KC
Organizations – ANS, Dutch Church
Governmental representatives
Individuals
BL projects
Europeana, Google Books , Web Archive
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19. Dutch Language Collections - Questions
ANY QUESTIONS
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20. Dutch Language Collections - Contacts
CONTACTS
marja.kingma@bl.uk
Dutch-Enquiries@bl.uk
Tel.: 020 7412 7764
Leaflet European Studies
Follow us on Twitter! @BL_European
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21. Secondary colour palette
Images used courtesy of
Website publishers:
http://www.icob.nl/icob/index.php
http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/images/view_photog.php?photogid=2280
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