KB LAB

Join us and explore the KB’s digital treasure trove

The KB Lab hosts all experimental tools and data sets based on the KB's digitised collection.

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Datasets

CHRONIC

The CHRONIC dataset consists of metadata for 313K classified newspaper images using computer vision techniques.
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Tools

CHRONReader

With CHRONReader you can search in Delpher's newspaper images using categories and keywords.

SIAMESE

Tool to identify visual trends in advertisements in Dutch historical newspapers.
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News

12 Jun

Call for proposals KB Researcher-in-residence 2019

06 Jun

KB Lab history

30 May

New blog post: Looking for cities in historical newspapers

21 Mar

New: Classified Historical Newspaper Images (CHRONIC) & CHRONReader

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Events

25

Jun

KB Researcher-in-residence consultation

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Jun

KB Researcher-in-residence consultation

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Jul

LIBER DH working group workshop at LIBER conference

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Twitter

KB NL research

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Want to talk about your project before submitting? Register for a consultation with the Lab team and let's talk! Se… https://t.co/nap9kJ4LWn
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KB NL research

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RT : The lovely folks are looking for a KB Lab Researcher-in-Residence to work with their digital collect… https://t.co/kDyACc6tSh
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Are you an early career researcher working with or interested in our digital collections, such as the ,… https://t.co/IMS8fqq6Gd
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KB NL research

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In the spirit of one of our values (open) we have uploaded some documents related to the KB Lab and our history. So… https://t.co/lrpqoy9x2e
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In the KB Lab you can find experimental tools and data built for and from the digital collection of the KB, National Library of the Netherlands.