one monitoring tool across applications
The Royal Library needed a flexible solution, capable of integrating with a multitude of applications, but with the possibility of having one dashboard for monitoring purposes across applications.
Since the OneWelcome platform was built based on a microservices architecture, it offers many flexible elements that can be added on request or according to the situation. That’s why the Royal Library uses Kibana, part of the Elastic Stack and natively integrated in OneWelcome’s microservices-based IDaaS platform.
protecting a national heritage and its users
The Dutch Royal Library (Koninklijke Bibliotheek) has been a source of knowledge and inspiration for centuries. Within the library’s vast collection, every written publication in the Netherlands is documented and kept safe for future generations. With growing access to digital sources and the explosion of eBooks and audiobooks, the Royal Library has rapidly shifted to become a digital-first organisation. Creating a digital library available to all citizens of the Netherlands has become the library’s top strategic priority. That’s why they needed to facilitate digital access for their users at scale.
The Royal Library operates according to three core principles: First, their activities aim to foster education and creativity for society. As such, they are publicly funded and serve an essential purpose within Dutch society. This means that inclusion is a crucial part of their operating strategy. The library’s resources must be available to a diverse group of users (the entire Dutch population), including safe, convenient online access.
The Royal Library’s second core principle is its focus on digital-first. To take a leading role in today’s information society, the library doesn’t just keep up with digital developments, it also initiates new forms of collaboration to connect people with its collection, enhance knowledge and drive innovation.
The third core principle in the Royal Library’s mission is to develop partnerships. The organisation works with a diverse range of partners that support them in their mission and vision (for example, organisations that develop educational materials for dyslectic children). This means that the Royal Library not only offers access to its own online resources, but also shares partner content with a broad audience.
