The position of the Bibliothèque nationale de France in the national networks of cooperation: assessment and prospects

A network of axes associated with the Bibliothèque nationale de France was set up at the end of 1994. The initial objective was exhaustive documentary coverage on the national plan, in conjunction with the collections of the BnF. A second stage has consisted in the setting up of a network of libraries for legal deposit from printers. The BnF is now included in a network of municipal libraries that possess heritage material, research libraries and higher education libraries. New kinds of collaboration, notably focused on digitisation and shared conservation, have emerged in the last few years.
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