##  [KB LAB](/node/1) 

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## Join us and explore the KB’s digital treasure trove

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.



 

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## Blogs

 

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 [      ![A laptopogram based on a neutral background and populated by scattered squared portraits, all monochromatic, grouped according to similarity. The groupings vary in size, ranging from single faces to overlapping collections of up to twelve. The facial expressions of all the individuals featured are neutral, represented through a mixture of ages and genders.](/sites/default/files/styles/324_182/public/images/PhilippSchmitt-AT%26TLaboratories%20CambridgeDataflock%20%28faces%29-2560x1828.jpg?h=d442967b&itok=Ws2sZDnL)  

## Connecting People and Events: Automating Historical Actor Discovery in Dutch Newspapers

Sarah Shoilee

07 Jul 2026

 

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## A Short Intro to Bias in Book Recommendation

Guest

02 Oct 2026

 

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## News

 

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## Call KB: Researcher-in-Residence (RiR) 2027

 Are you an early career data scientist, social scientist, computer scientist, humanities scholar, or… 28 May 2026

 

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## Datasets

 

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##  Lost Sounds, Written Sources 

 Field Research and the Archive Grooves Artistic Testbed on Written and Digital Music Sources 

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##  Dutch DraCor 

 This dataset contains the Dutch subset of DraCor, edited by Lucas van der Deijl as part of his… 

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## Tutorials

 

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##  Automatically extract XML content with Python 

 A quick-start into working with XML files using Python. The course covers various XML formats.  
 

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