The Open Preservation Foundation (OPF) has welcomed the National Library of Portugal (Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal) as its latest affiliate member.
Founded in 1796, the National Library of Portugal (NLP) holds the largest historical and cultural bibliographic collection in the country with over 3.5 million items from a wide range of genres, both in print and manuscript.
NLP acts as the National Bibliography Agency responsible for legal deposit for the Portuguese National Bibliography, the National Union Online Catalogue – PORBASE, established in 1987, and for the National Digital Library, launched in 2001. Since 2001, the NLP has been developing its digitisation programme and over 26,000 documents (2.5 million images) are currently available through the National Digital Library web site.
The NLP joins OPF members from archives, libraries, research institutions, universities, and service providers collaborating on shared solutions for effective and efficient digital preservation.
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