Royal Library of Belgium

KBR is the national scientific library and collects all Belgian publications. The institution preserves, manages and studies more than 8 million documents, a rich cultural and historical heritage.

KBR provides access to all information in its collections, facilitates research and offers a broad cultural experience. It’s a unique and inspiring place with a wealth of outstanding knowledge – all protected and made accessible for you.

KBR offers numerous information sources for scientific and historical research. The special collections held at KBR have their own dedicated departments: Coins and Medals, Manuscripts, Maps and Plans, Music, Prints, Rare Books and Newspapers.

The library building includes the Palace of Charles de Lorraine, where temporary exhibitions are held, and its own museum, dedicated to the Library of the Dukes of Burgundy.

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Recent Submissions

Simplifying Subject Indexing: A Python-Powered Approach in KBR, the National Library of Belgium

Lowagie, Hannes; Van Woensel, Julie
Towards a Belgian Federal Open Science Cloud (FedOSC)

Chambers, Sally; Fremout, W.; Bruyninx, C.Kauranne, SamVanholsbeeck, M.Claessen, E.Bercegeay, Marie-SophieMonteny, F.Osstyn, D.Haex, D.Deriemaecker, N.Strobbe, FrancisMiglio, A.Chambers, SallyFremout, W.Bruyninx, C.Kauranne, SamVanholsbeeck, M.Claessen, E.Bercegeay, Marie-SophieMonteny, F.Osstyn, D.Haex, D.Deriemaecker, N.Strobbe, FrancisMiglio, A. et al.
Pratiques de valorisation des ressources électroniques à KBR : retour d'expérience

Bercegeay, Marie-Sophie
Intra-Belgian Book Translations between French and Dutch from 1970 to 2020 : BELTRANS status report third year

Allaert, Nina; Lieber, Sven; Folie, ClaraGoethals, EwoudSirjacobs, TimothyVan Camp, Ann et al.
Drawing from the Archives. Comics Memory in the Contemporary Graphic Novel

Crucifix, Benoît
DATA-KBR-BE: Facilitating data-level access to KBR’s collections for Open Science: Annual Report 2022-2023

Chambers, Sally; Lemmers, Frédéric; Verbruggen, ChristopheVerstockt, StevenVan Hulle, DirkPham, Thuy-AnAli, DilawarMilleville, KenzoVan den broek, AlecBekius, LamykBirkholz, Julie M.Deseure, BrechtLu, TanDe Potter, PieterjanDucatteeuw, Vincent et al.
DATA-KBR-BE: Facilitating data-level access to KBR’s collections for Open Science: Annual Report 2021-2022

Chambers, Sally; Lemmers, Frédéric; Verbruggen, ChristopheVerstockt, StevenVan Hulle, DirkPham, Thuy-AnAli, DilawarMilleville, KenzoDillen, WoutBekius, LamykBirkholz, Julie M.Jacquet, AntoineDeseure, BrechtLu, TanDe Potter, PieterjanDucatteeuw, Vincent et al.
DATA-KBR-BE: Facilitating data-level access to KBR’s collections for Open Science: Annual Report 2020-2021

Chambers, Sally; Lemmers, Frédéric; Pham, Thuy-AnAli, DilawarMilleville, KenzoVerstockt, StevenDillen, WoutBirkholz, Julie M.Jacquet, AntoineDe Potter, PieterjanDucatteeuw, Vincent
NewspAIper Demo

Ali, Dilawar; Milleville, Kenzo; Van den broeck, AlecVerstockt, Steven et al.
BELTRANS status report second year

Lieber, Sven; Folie, Clara; Goethals, EwoudSirjacobs, TimothyVan Camp, AnnDebruyne, EmmanuelBrems, ElkeMeylaerts, ReineVandepontseele, SophieVanasten, Stéphanie et al.
Implementation of a daily MARC assessment with open source tools at KBR, the Royal Library of Belgium.

Lowagie, Hannes; Király, Péter
BELTRANS status report first year

Lieber, Sven; Van Camp, Ann; Goethals, EwoudSirjacobs, TimothyFolie, ClaraVanasten, StéphanieDebruyne, EmmanuelBrems, ElkeMeylaerts, ReineVandepontseele, Sophie et al.
Du texte à l’image. Les plans de Jacques de Deventer, un exemple d’appropriation cartographique de l’espace ?

Dupont, Colin
Cartographie et Pouvoir au XVIe siècle. L’atlas de Jacques de Deventer

Dupont, Colin
Plaidoyer pour une politique de préservation : analyse de risques à la section des Cartes et Plans de KBR

Dupont, Colin; Gersten, Tatiana; Pairon, KarinTotolidis, Electre et al.
Jacob van Deventer (1500-1575) Helmont, Bynderen

Dupont, Colin
BESOCIAL: Evaluation of the Belgian pilot social media archive (Task 4.3)

Mechant, Peter; Vlassenroot, Eveline; Theys, Tim
BESOCIAL: Report on WP2 Preparation of pilot for social media archiving and WP3 Pilot for access to social media archive.

Messens, Fien; Geeraert, Friedel; Chambers, SallyBirkholz, Julie M.Vlassenroot, EvelineMechant, PeterHeyvaert, PieterRolin, EvaWatrin, PatrickDenis, Lise-AnneMichel, AlejandraLieber, Sven et al.
BESOCIAL: User documentation of Social Feed Manager and Instaloader

Lieber, Sven; Heyvaert, Pieter
BESOCIAL: Quality Control (task 3.2)

Mechant, Peter; Vlassenroot, Eveline; Messens, FienGeeraert, FienChambers, Sally et al.