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To strengthen mutual ties, show our love for our job and have fun together, employees of the KB National Library of the Netherlands (KB) and the National Archives of the Netherlands (NANeth) made a parody of Benny Benassi’s Satisfaction for […]

This poster is the final poster deliverable of the ODL-project. It sums up all we did during the project and when stapled together with all the other posters we made you create a book. The materials consists of recycled paper […]

At the World Library and Information Congress of the IFLA ODL (21-25 August 2023) participated in the competition for the best poster about an interesting project or in an area of work to be discussed with or shown to other […]

The Innovation Award recognises the three abstracts submitted to the LIBER Annual Conference which best describe innovative work within the overall theme of the event; «Open and Trusted: Reassessing Research Library Values». The awardees were announced at the closing ceremony […]

To make our experiences in the field of digital collections tangible in cooperation with industrial design and art academy students and to share how to set up a virtual lab, ODL has created a DIY toolbox. In three different journeys […]

Throughout the ONB Labs Art Program program, four artists—Lisa Puchner, Katharina Birkmann, Miguel Rangil, and Valentina Rodríguez Morales—harnessed the resources of the ONBs digital collections, such as the AKON archive, Botanical Illustrations, ANNO, and Travelogues, to create thought-provoking and innovative […]

The project ODL fosters creative engagement with digital library collections by means of artistic experiments. The National Libraries of the Netherlands and Austria ran a series of artistic experiments with artists and art students. The project aims for knowledge transfer […]

The ONB Labs Art Program 2022/2023 was ONB’s third artistic experiment to foster creative use of digital library collections. Four art students created four browser based digital artworks. For the release of the artworks in our ONB Labs Artspace we […]

The ONB Labs Art Program was ONB’s third and most extensive artistic experiment for the ODL project. We invited four art students to engage creatively with our digital collections. Take a look at the results! Our third artistic experiment greatly […]

This poster is one of the deliverables of the project with the NLN master students. All 10 projects are summarized in this poster. Credits for the production of this leaflet goes to: Tariq Heijboer & Anne van den Dool, commissioned […]

Haagse Bakkies (Hague less than half filled cup of coffee) is another installation by the Open Digital Libraries under the name «user centered work spaces». This time curated by Huibert Crijns, Dirk Huijsmans and Jessica Wevers of KB National Library. […]

How do artists relate to digital archives of historical library documents? How do artworks based on these archives reflect the specific essence of these documents?For the ONB Labs Web Residency 2022 two artists engaged with two selected digital collections. We […]

Alba Amicorum [2022] A cooperation of the National Library of the Netherlands [KB] and the Royal Academy of Art [KABK], The Hague. 16 second year students of the Interactive / Media / Design [IMD] department developed interactive spatial experiences for […]

This poster is one of the deliverables of the project with the IMD students. All 4 projects are summarized in this poster. Credits for the production of this leaflet goes to: Tariq Heijboer & Anne van den Dool, commissioned by […]

The second ONB Labs Web Residency ran from April 2022 until the end of June. Two residents engaged with historical materials in two very different formats. Both will be presented in the ONB Labs Artspace in September 2022. In April […]

In May ODL project teams gathered in Vienna for a workshop Finally, after a long pandemic the teams gathered on site in Vienna. On the 17th and 18th of May, ODL team members from the KB and the Estonian National […]

On Monday, May 23, the interactive exhibition «Quattuor amicis» opened in which the KB alba amicorum collection takes center stage. The temporary exhibition is a collaborative project between the KB and the KABK (Royal Academy of Art). Creative makers from […]

Call for ONB Labs Web Residency 2022. Deadline for submissions is 19. 04. 2022. ONB Labs is pleased to announce our Web Residency programme 2022. The programme is part of the Open Digital Library project and funded by the European […]

A sneak peek into the process of making an exposition for the KB Atelier The students of IMD are divided in 4 groups: each group will make a prototype according to the assignment (the alba amicorum collection of the KB). […]

On Monday, 21 February 2022, students from the Master Non Linear Narrative and the Bachelor Interactive / Media / Design departments of the Royal Academy of Art visited the National Library of The Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek). This day we organized a kick-off for a […]

A collaboration between the National Library of the Netherlands (KB) and the Royal Academy of Art (KAKB), The Hague. 15 graduating students of the Interior Architecture and Furniture Design department developed interactive spatial experiences for the visitors of the KB […]

This poster is one of the deliverables of the project with the IAFD students. All 5 projects are summarized in this poster. Credits for the production of this leaflet goes to: Tariq Heijboer & Anne van den Dool, commissioned by […]

The «Roots» concept envisions that the digital collection actually overgrows the physical books and furniture in the library. A library visitor can easily bump into data from the growing digital collection and become inspired in the same way as if […]

The «Haagse Bakjes» concept exposes a fundamental role of the library. That of being a neutral space where all opinions and viewpoints are archived, but readily available. Situated near the coffee machine the concept highlights one topic, but offers an […]

The Reflect concept envisions the facade of the library building to attract people passing by through light and sound. Once the attention is caught visitors can interact and investigate data from the digital collection by moving their body. Student team: […]

The KY-O-MI concept makes it possible for the library to expose their digital collection at a satellite location. For example, at the train station or during an event at a university. The inflatable installation creates two access point to the […]

The MEMO concept aims to attract interest for the library through examples. A visitor can pick up an audio playback shell at the entrance and walk through the library tuning in to several stories as told by the voices of […]

The first collaborative project with students from the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK) has been successfully completed. This collaboration, part of the Open Digital Libraries project, revolves around making the KB collection more visible and findable. The first […]

KABK-IAFD «Secret Garden» By – Joshua Holetz, Louise Spisser, Deandra Jauw, Youbin Kang, Victor de Groot The women albums at that time have some interesting qualities. First, these albums are made in very intimate contexts: the albums remain in the […]

KABK-IAFD «Resurrection» By – Chloe Snoeks, Hyemi Lee, Sarang Han, Yunjia Zhou The project stemmed from our distinct experiences and interpretations of the Alba Amicorum. We saw the Alba as a medium for time travel to network with the people […]

KAKB – IAFD «See vs. Know» By – Jaiho Park, Hilde Fledderman

KABK – IAFD «Back to the present» By – Cynthia Bruinsma, Chen Jia, Mik Bakker Images and drawings shown in diverse Alba Amicorum are translated into a series of films, were we grasp the historical symbolism and interpret it into […]

KABK – IAFD «Digging in the Archive» By – Zhao Zhou This project brings objects from existing Alba Amicorum’s to the present. Making research more physical again, reintroducing knowledge sharing and a more intuitive research method within the context of […]

Alba Amicorum How can we display the digital book? How can we discern the experiences and the essence of its content to make it a more present-day source of inspiration? National Library of The Netherlands (KB) would like to show […]

A collaboration between KB, the national library of the Netherlands and TU Delft. Our libraries are cultural jewels which serve as homes for the works of artists and creators, poets and illustrators. Vast archives of analog works are being migrated […]

ONB’s Library Labs present Virtual Artspace Within the frame of the Web Residency 2021 (see previous post), the ONB Labs Artspace was developed, an online platform for the presentation of the work created in the course of the Web Residency. […]

Digital Methods in Humanities and Social Sciences The Baltic Summer School of Digital Humanities 2021: «Digital Methods in Humanities and Social Sciences» took place on 23-26 August 2021. It was organised in cooperation with the National Library of Estonia and […]

On Aug 23-26, as part of the activities in the Open Digital Libraries project, the National Library of Estonia, in collaboration with Centre for Digital Humanities and Information Society at University of Tartu, is organizing a summer school for graduate […]

From the 12th of April until the 9th of May the Austrian National Library’s Labs launched a Web Residency for creative engagement with their digital datasets. The awarded artwork will be presented in the frame of a virtual Artspace. How […]