Data sets

https://digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/interfaces/OAI-PMH?metadataPrefix=oai_dc&set=col-861&verb=ListIdentifiers

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Finnish Civil War And Independence

A selection of ephemera from the events of 1917 and 1918 in the midst of Finnish civil war. The collection offers documents on the Red Guards, the White Guard, inserts for the newspapers, declarations and food supply.

User interface: Doria
APIs: Doria OAI-PMH (use parameter set=com_10024_111871)
Doria OpenSearch (use parameter scope=10024/111871, e.g. search mannerheim)
Individual documents may be downloaded from Doria.
License: CC0

Finnish journals -1939

Digitised collection of generic journals in Finland until end of 1939.

Description

Detailed description (in Finnish)

Note that 1921-1939 is opened by agreement with Kopiosto and National Library for year 2023.

User interface

Journals at digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi

Data downloads

Zip packages, which custom XML contains metadata, ALTO XML, and raw text of a page.

Data package contains journal material until 1910.

APIs

License

Finnish newspapers' layout analysis (METS package) 1771-1917

The layout analysis files from digitisation for Finnish newspapers, years 1771-1917.

Description

Zip packages, which contain METS XML for each binding. METS xml standard contains layout information of the materials and technical processing information.

Note! Due to improvements in materials, the few years back created ALTO XML export packages are not fully in sync with the METS information. I.e. some binding id's that exist in ALTO exports can be missing from METS, which have been generated in early September 2018.

User interface

Newspapers at digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi

Data downloads

https://digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/opendata/submit Pick (Other)

APIs

License

Terms of use (in Finnish).

Finnish newspapers 1771-1939

Digitised collection of newspapers published in Finland from the 18th century up until 1939.

Description

Note that materials of 1918-1939 is opened by agreement with Kopiosto and National Library for year 2023

User interface

Newspapers at digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi

Data downloads

Zip packages, which custom XML contains metadata, ALTO XML, and raw text of a page. Data packages contain material of newspapers until end of 1917 and journals until end of 1910.

APIs

Digi OpenURL

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Fragmenta Membranea Collection

The Fragmenta membranea collection contains the vast majority of the remains of books written and used in the eastern parts of medieval Sweden, the Diocese of Turku. The Fragmenta membranea database contains 9,319 digitized parchment leaves meaning 18,638 pages which come from approximately 1,500 different medieval manuscripts.

User interface: Fragmenta membranea
APIs: Fragmenta OAI-PMH
OpenSearch (e.g. search Gloria)
Individual documents may be downloaded from Fragmenta Membranea.
License: CC0

History of the books

A broad collection of books and other texts from the 18th and 19th centuries ranging from devotional books and broadside to educational material and fiction. There are also catalogues from book actions.

User interface: Doria
APIs: Doria OAI-PMH (use parameter set=com_10024_144026)
Doria OpenSearch (use parameter scope=10024/144026, e.g. search rakkaus)
Individual documents may be downloaded from Doria.
License: CC0

Illustration base type classifier model file

Illustration base type classifier model file for newspaper, journal etc. illustration categorization.

User interface

nlf_basetype_classifier.pb
nlf_basetype_classifier_labels.txt

Some examples of concept here: https://blogs.helsinki.fi/digitalia/?s=tensorflow&submit=Search

Classifier model file can be used with TensorFlow (https://www.tensorflow.org/guide/saved_model )

When using the file, please cite:

https://digi.nationallibrary.fi , Digital Collections of National Library of Finland, Illustration classifier model file of Digitalia, 30.9.2019.

Data downloads

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Manuscript collection

Digitised material from the Manuscript Collection. Versatile material includes Medieval and sixteenth-century manuscript books, Mannerheim's Fragment Collection, Paul Scheel's letter collection, parchment Letters, J.J. Tikkanen's sketch books and Väinö Raitio’s musical manuscripts. Also the main card index of the Manuscipt Collection is available.

User interface: Doria
APIs: Doria OAI-PMH (use parameter set=com_10024_109242)
Doria OpenSearch (use parameter scope=10024/109242, e.g. search Mannerheim)
Individual documents may be downloaded from Doria.
License: CC0

Maps and Atlases of Finland

A collection of digitized maps about Finland ranging from the 16^th century to 20^th century. Map types include Town maps, general maps of provinces and regions, nautical charts, town and parish maps, and Atlases.

User interface: Doria
APIs: Doria OAI-PMH (use parameter set=com_10024_78800)
Doria OpenSearch (use parameter scope=10024/78800, e.g. search Turku)
Individual documents may be downloaded from Doria.
License: CC0

Nordenskiöld Map Collection, The

A selection of digitized maps from the Nordenskiöld Collection. The maps depict the development of Western countries' geographical knowledge. They cover all continents, with a particular emphasis on Arctic areas. There is an almost complete series of the Geographica, the classic cartographic work by Claudius Ptolemy, as well as a considerable number of works related to the discovery of America.

User interface: Doria
APIs: Doria OAI-PMH (use parameter set=com_10024_97216)
Doria OpenSearch (use parameter scope=10024/97216, e.g. search Belgia)
Individual documents may be downloaded from Doria.
License: CC0

OCR Ground Truth Package for Finnish Fraktur

Package contains 450 page images and ALTO XML files for each page, with the proofreading done by the Finnish native speakers.

Description

The pages of fraktur range from the year 1836 until 1910. The package can help in creating own postcorrection algorithms for OCR text recognition.

There is also an Excel file for all of the 471 903 words, which contains result given to the word by Tesseract and FineReader. If a tool hasn't found corresponding word, then the given cell is empty, so select the words in the Excel, which you need.

NB! The ground truth package does not contain the data for the 1918 due to copyright reasons.

User interface

Data downloads

API

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License

Terms of use (in Finnish).

OCR Ground Truth Package for Swedish Fraktur

Package contains page images and ALTO XML files for each page, with the proofreading done in Swedish by the Finnish native speakers.

Description

The pages of fraktur range from the year 1771 until 1915. The package can help in creating own post correction algorithms for OCR text recognition.

Note1. the tiff files exif metadata lacks resolution information, so if the coordinates of ALTO do not match, be aware that images has been done either 200 or 300 dpi.

Note2. The ground truth package does not contain the data of the 1918 or later due to copyright reasons.

User interface

Data downloads

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Raita: Early Finnish Recordings

Raita is a collection of digitized early Finnish sound recordings.

User interface: Doria
APIs: Doria OAI-PMH (use parameter set=col_10024_66373)
Doria OpenSearch (use parameter scope=10024/66373, e.g. search Verdi)
Individual documents may be downloaded from Doria.
License: CC0

Technical Ephemera Collection

Digitised collection of technical ephemera (selection of brochures, ads, leaflets, price catalogues and instruction guides)

Description: Detailed description (in Finnish)
User interface: Ephemera at digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi
Data downloads: -
API: -
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Tesseract3 Finnish fraktur model

Tesseract 3 Finnish fraktur model

User interface

Copy the file to the Tesseract’s TESSDATA directory.

You can utilize the file in Tesseract via:

tesseract input.jpg out -l fi_frak_nlf

See also tesseract 3 in Github: https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract

Data downloads

API

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License

https://digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/collections?id=742

Translocalis clippings 1820-1885

Description

Translocalis is a digital database for reader letters written in different locations and published in Finnish papers up to the year 1885. The Translocalis database contains 72 000 reader letters from Finland and abroad. In the name of the collection, trans refers to an object going over or through something and localis refers to a space or location. Combined, Translocalis expresses something more than local, which these local letters represented. The Finnish-speaking press started out on a nation-wide level and became more regional and local only during the latter half of the 19th century.

User interface

Data downloads

Zip package, which contains

individual text file for each clipping text
Log of downloaded clippings
Clippings metadata excels 1820-1883 and 1884-1885

Folder Structure:

translocalis_data/year/ISSN/txt/388373_2973653_1457-4403_1868-04-09_15_page-2

File name is formulated by article_id, binding_id, issn, publishing date (YYYY-MM-DD), issue, and page on which clipping has been taken.

Clippings metadata (2 files)

(part until 1883): translocalis_clippings_export_1820_1883.xlsx

(1884-1885): translocalis_clippings_export_1884_1885.xlsx

Fields in metadata excels:

Main title - name of the newspaper

ISSN - (International Standard Serial Number), i.e. newpaper identifier

Date - Publishing date of thee number

Issue - Issue number of newspaper (can be empty, or contain A, Bs e.g. for extra editions)

URL - link to the clipping page

Title - Title eof the article

Keywords - keywords of clipping (see Wiki for full explanations of translocalis_xyz fields)

Category - category of the article

Subject

Notes - if any extra notes

Created - when clipping was created

OCR - text contents of the clipping

APIs

Digi OpenURL

License

https://digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi

Uusi Suometar (1457-4721) ALTO XML

ALTO XML files of newspaper Uusi Suometar (1457-4721) years 1869-1917.

Description

ALTO XMLs as they have been produced in the digitisation.

Year 1918 excluded.

User interface

Data downloads

https://digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/opendata

API

-

License

https://digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi

Uusi Suometar (1457-4721) REOCR ALTO XML

The REOCR'd ALTO XML files of newspaper Uusi Suometar (1457-4721) years 1869-1917.

Description

ALTO XMLs as they have been produced in the digitisation.

Year 1918 excluded.

User interface

Data downloads

https://digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/opendata

API

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License

Arto in the National Library search service

Metadata

Arto

ARTO is an aggregation of metadata on Finnish periodical and monograph articles. Formerly a discrete database, it is now part of Melinda.

User interface

Data downloads

MARC records

APIs

License

CC0

Fennica

Fennica - the Finnish National Bibliography is a database dedicated to Finnish publication activities.

Description

The database in based on the National Colllection materials provided pursuant to provisions in the Act on Collecting and Preserving Cultural Materials and it complies with international recommendations on national bibliographies.

Detailed description in English: Repository description: Fennica , and in Finnish: Tietovarantokuvaus: Fennica

User interface

Fennica in the search portal of the National Library

Data downloads

MARC records

APIs

License

CC0

Fennica-LD

This is the Linked Data version of Fennica - the Finnish National Bibliography.

Description: The original data from Fennica as well as auxiliary data sets including the subject authorities (YSA and YSO) and the corporate name authority has been combined into an RDF representation.
User interface: Fennica Linked Data browser
Data downloads: RDF Linked Data (N-Triples and HDT formats)
APIs: Linked Data
License: CC0

Finna.fi

Finna is a search service that aggregates metadata from Finnish archives, libraries and museums.

Description: The Finna.fi main index contains metadata from over 100 institutions, including the main bibliographic databases.
User interface: Finna.fi
Data downloads: -
APIs: Finna REST API
License: CC0

Melinda

Melinda is the National Metadata Repository (union catalog).

User interface

Melinda OPAC

Data downloads

MARC records

APIs

License

CC0

Viola

Viola is the Finnish national discography and the national bibliography of sheet music.

Description

Viola contains references on Finnish sound recordings since 1901 and Finnish sheet music since 1977. It contains information about musical publications as well as single works and pieces therein. Formerly a discrete database, it is now accessible as part of other cataloguing information of the National Library.

User interface

Viola in the search portal of the National Library of Finland.

Data downloads

MARC records

APIs