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Trust The Process

https://wvanwezenbeek.github.io/blogs/2026/02/27/Trust-the-process.html

Published: February 27, 2026 00:00

A year ago we started our futuring exercise. A total of 28 colleagues started exploring the future of the KB, National Library of The Netherlands,, via the method of applied strategic foresight. Not to make predictions, but to increase our thinking…

Bot In The Loop: The Other Way Around

https://wvanwezenbeek.github.io/blogs/2025/12/21/Bot-in-the-loop-The-other-way-around.html

Published: December 21, 2025 00:00

It’s that time of year for some reflection. In principle, when doing this, you look back on the whole year. I notice that we already have plenty to look back on in just these last few weeks. On 15 December, we had the screening of The Librarians (post only…

What Can We Do?

https://wvanwezenbeek.github.io/blogs/2025/10/10/What-can-we-do.html

Published: October 10, 2025 00:00

In my blog post from April 2025, I referred to Reijer Passchier’s book (‘The Curse of Big Tech’), which was recommended during the SURF Course on Digital Sovereignty (for Executives in the field of education & research) organised earlier this year.

Identity: Who Am I? Who Are We?

https://wvanwezenbeek.github.io/blogs/2025/07/21/Identity-Who-am-I-Who-are-we.html

Published: July 21, 2025 00:00

As a good habit, I write a blog before starting my summer holidays. Last year was all about working as Director General of the KB | National Library of The Netherlands, so it would make sense for me to reflect on that. And I do so in part. Partly, because…

Make Everything Of Value Resilient

https://wvanwezenbeek.github.io/blogs/2025/05/21/Make-everything-of-value-resilient.html

Published: May 21, 2025 00:00

While threats to national and international heritage as a result of geopolitical tensions and cybersabotage have increased significantly, Dutch heritage institutions are insufficiently prepared for disasters, digital or physical attacks. We published an…

No Twist In Our Sovereignty

https://wvanwezenbeek.github.io/blogs/2025/04/21/No-twist-in-our-sovereignty.html

Published: April 21, 2025 00:00

Puzzles to solve, but how? It keeps occupying my mind. This has to do with finding the right mix of the public values that are connected to justice, humanity and autonomy, and the “neutral” position of the library (or not?). I have now attended three of…

Open Education Revisited

https://wvanwezenbeek.github.io/blogs/2025/02/24/Open-Education-Revisited.html

Published: February 24, 2025 00:00

Last year I had a brief keynote (here is the blog that I wrote about it) at TU Delft Library during Open Education Week. In the meantime I started as Director General of KB | The National Library. There is much that I learned about us as National Library.…

Wrapping Up 100 Working Days

https://wvanwezenbeek.github.io/blogs/2025/02/05/Wrapping-up-100-working-days.html

Published: February 5, 2025 00:00

I started as the KB’s new Director General last September and, since then, I’ve met many colleagues and reported on our exchanges in this column. These visits were invaluable to me and I hope you also enjoyed the glimpses behind the scenes at the KB. How…

Discovering The Kb

https://wvanwezenbeek.github.io/blogs/2024/12/26/Discovering-the-KB.html

Published: December 26, 2024 00:00

We recently finished my seven “discover columns” as I mentioned some weeks ago. Here are the remaining five columns.

Giving Credits

https://wvanwezenbeek.github.io/blogs/2024/10/23/Giving-CRediTs.html

Published: October 23, 2024 00:00

I have been working as a Director General at the KB for almost two months now. Just too early for an overall reflection, but also already that long that I can say that it feels very good to walk around the building, talk to the colleagues in the KB, and…