Department of Collections

The KITLV collections contain books, journals, magazines and newspapers, photos, picture postcards, prints and drawings, maps and atlases, Oriental and Western manuscripts and archives, and audiovisual materials. Approximately three-quarters of material in the collections pertains to Southeast Asia, in particular Indonesia, and one-tenth to the Caribbean, the rest of it being from or about Oceania and other parts of Asia and the Americas.

The Department of Collections aims to optimize access to its collections in a number of ways. Most of the half a million books as well as manuscripts, archives, maps, audio and video tapes are avaliable in online catalogues, with many search options. In addition, the Southeast Asian Serials Index (SASI) also provides access to articles published in dozens of international journals. Tens of thousands of photographs are digitally available in a special database and every week new additions are made. To facilitate subject searches our Thesaurus is available on-line.

Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9.00 h - 17.00 h

Library:
Tel: + 31-(0)71-527 2420
Email: collections@kitlv.nl

Special Collections
Tel: +31 (0)71-527 2473 / 2637
Email: archives@kitlv.nl

Documents and catalogues of the Special Collections may be consulted in the reading room Special Collections (room 234, on the second floor).