Netherlands: new digital platform launched

A new digital platform has been launched to make historical works available to the public.


Delpher is the result of collaboration between The Dutch Royal Library and several university libraries.  The aim is to make millions of historical works available to the public.

So far 90,000 18th and 19th century books have been made available.  Also featured are 100 million newspaper articles from 1618 to 1994 and 1.5 million pages of 19th and 20th century magazines.  More content is to follow.

Source: future of copyright.