BNP
Name :
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in
the national language(s) and script(s) : Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
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in
English : National Library of Portugal
Location/Address :
Campo Grande, 83
1749-081 Lisboa
Portugal
Web site :
Contact :
Inęs
Cordeiro: icordeiro@bnportugal.pt
Short description of the institution:
The library was created by Decree of 29
February 1796, under the name of Royal
Public Library of the Court. It was transferred to the purposed–design building it currently occupies,
in the Campo Grande area, in 1969.
The process
of computerising the Library began in the 1980’s, alongside a broader project
intended to support all of Portugal’s libraries in this respect, which resulted
in the creation of the National Bibliographic Database – PORBASE. Since then, it has steadily intensified its
participation in initiatives of professional collaboration at both the national
and the international level, participating in a variety of projects and
initiatives co-funded by European programmes, and developing actions upon
collaboration agreements for research, advanced training and technical
developments.
Short description of the authority data:
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subjects
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authority records
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provided in the authority records in Unimarc (A)[1]
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Source data found
Data provided to VIAF and number of records :
Complete database of authority records
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Quantity/number
of records:
As of April 18, 2013: total 980.222
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Persons
– 505.736
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Corporate
bodies – 117.863
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Geographical
names – 11.815
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Family
names - 512
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Titles
– 3.253
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Topical
subjects – 65.546
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UDC
authority records – 275.497