ferjorosa/bne-hemeroteca-publications

BNE Hemeroteca Publications Dataset

Enriched metadata and cover images for historical Spanish publications from the Biblioteca Nacional de España (BNE) - Hemeroteca Digital.

Why this dataset? The BNE provides an open data CSV with basic publication information, but it lacks key details such as descriptions, number of issues, and direct links to content. This dataset enriches that data by scraping the full metadata from each publication's detail page.

Use cases:

• Explore the archive — Quickly browse and filter what's available in the Hemeroteca
• Topic modeling — Analyze descriptions and metadata to discover thematic patterns
• Access original issues — Use issues_link to explore and download scanned issues, then apply OCR to extract full text

Note: Generated on December 22nd, 2025.

Fields

Field	Description
image	Cover image (when available)
issn	International Standard Serial Number
title	Main title
other_title	Alternative titles
collection	Collection name
description	Detailed description
geographic_scope	Geographic coverage area
publication_place	Place of publication
date	Publication date range
language	Language(s)
issues_count	Number of issues available
total_pages	Total pages
detail_link	Link to publication detail page
issues_link	Link to browse issues

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

dataset = load_dataset("ferjorosa/bne-hemeroteca-publications")
sample = dataset["train"][0]
print(sample["title"], sample["description"])

Citation

@dataset{bne_hemeroteca_publications,
  title={BNE Hemeroteca Publications Dataset},
  author={Fernando Rodriguez},
  year={2025},
  url={https://huggingface.co/datasets/ferjorosa/bne-hemeroteca-publications},
  note={Compiled from Hemeroteca Digital (Biblioteca Nacional de España)}
}

License

CC0 1.0 (Public Domain). Original content provided by the Biblioteca Nacional de España.