NIWI | Netherlands Institute for Scientific Information Services

NIWI, the Netherlands Institute for Scientific Information Services, is an institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). NIWI formally started on 1 September 1997, out of the merging of six existing institutes in the area of providing scientific information.

NIWI aims at providing scientific information on the influence of digital networks and on the practice of science in multiple fields. In the domain of research on the Dutch language and culture, the institute encourages the use and the availability of digital information, digitalisation projects, data archives and bibliographical databanks. NIWI is the library for the KNAW, and consists of a large collection biomedical journals and a historical collection. NIWI provides information about research and researchers in The Netherlands, in all scientific fields.

NIWI has its main office in Amsterdam, and, in addition, a branch in The Hague.