Open AccessPublic Libraries National Network
Author(s) -
Maria José Costa Sampaio Moura,
António Marta Braga
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iasl conference proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2562-8372
DOI - 10.29173/iasl7915
Subject(s) - promotion (chess) , general partnership , reading (process) , subject (documents) , public relations , business , administration (probate law) , political science , public administration , library science , computer science , finance , politics , law
Exactly 20 years ago I was asked to build a program for the promotion of public reading in Portugal, which would be supported by a partnership between central and local administration, aiming to create and develop public libraries with all the modern requirements, then pioneering, in our subject. The technical and financial support, conceived as program-contracts – which only after, were generalised for other purposes – was taken as a model for several more recent networks of cultural equipments, as it was considered a success case at a national and international level.