<s>
The	O
Nederlandse	B-Library
Centrale	I-Library
Catalogus	I-Library
(	O
NCC	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
official	O
Dutch	O
bibliographic	O
catalog	B-Library
and	O
metadata	O
index	O
system	O
that	O
links	O
to	O
and	O
consolidates	O
the	O
catalogs	O
of	O
over	O
400	O
libraries	O
in	O
the	O
Netherlands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
database	O
is	O
updated	O
by	O
the	O
libraries	O
that	O
participate	O
in	O
the	O
Gemeenschappelijk	B-Library
Geautomatiseerd	I-Library
Catalogussysteem	I-Library
(	O
GGC	O
;	O
Shared	O
Automated	O
Cataloguing	O
System	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
catalog	B-Library
data	O
has	O
been	O
digitized	O
and	O
is	O
openly	O
accessible	O
online	O
,	O
in	O
multiple	O
languages	O
,	O
via	O
the	O
Dutch	O
website	O
,	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
GGC	O
identifier	O
is	O
synonymous	O
with	O
PPN	O
(	O
PICA	B-Library
Production	I-Library
Number	I-Library
)	O
,	O
which	O
derives	O
its	O
name	O
from	O
PICA	O
,	O
makers	O
of	O
PiCarta	O
,	O
the	O
main	O
producer	O
of	O
library	O
systems	O
in	O
the	O
Netherlands	O
that	O
was	O
acquired	O
in	O
2007	O
by	O
OCLC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NCC	O
,	O
using	O
OCLC	O
technology	O
,	O
offers	O
interlibrary	O
loan	O
among	O
participating	O
institutions	O
,	O
which	O
includes	O
Article	O
Exchange	O
—	O
a	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
secure	O
article	B-Algorithm
sharing	I-Algorithm
platform	B-Device
that	O
automatically	O
deletes	O
articles	O
after	O
a	O
specified	O
number	O
of	O
downloads	O
and	O
number	O
of	O
days	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NCC	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1919	O
through	O
the	O
initiative	O
of	O
Philipp	O
Christiaan	O
Molhuysen	O
,	O
PhD	O
(	O
1870	O
–	O
1944	O
)	O
,	O
librarian	O
and	O
biographer	O
of	O
the	O
Dutch	O
Royal	O
Library	O
and	O
notable	O
pioneer	O
of	O
library	O
science	O
,	O
who	O
,	O
among	O
other	O
things	O
,	O
spearheaded	O
the	O
first	O
effort	O
on	O
record	O
to	O
centralize	O
a	O
catalog	B-Library
for	O
all	O
books	O
in	O
Dutch	O
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
effort	O
culminated	O
in	O
massive	O
collection	O
catalog	B-Library
cards	I-Library
stored	O
at	O
the	O
National	O
Library	O
of	O
the	O
Netherlands	O
in	O
The	O
Hague	O
.	O
</s>
