VIAF Information Sheet

NAME:

In the national language(s) and script:  Fundação Biblioteca Nacional

In English: Brazilian National Library 

PICTURE:

LOCATION/ADDRESS:  Av. Rio Branco, 219, Centro Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil 20040-008 

WEB SITE:   https://www.bn.gov.br/

CONTACT:

Contact through webform available on the website bn.gov.br

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE INSTITUTION:

The Brazilian National Library (BN) is the responsible agency for the implementation of government’s policy of capture, storage, preservation and diffusion of the Brazilian intellectual production. With more than 200 years of history, it is the oldest Brazilian cultural institution.

It has a heritage of approximately 9 million items and, therefore, was considered by UNESCO (Organization of United Nations for the Education, Science and Culture) as one of the main national libraries in the world. To preserve this immense set of works, the library has restoration and conservation laboratories, binding workshop and centers of microfilming and digitization.

BN collections constantly grow from the legal deposit law – which assures the register and storage of the national intellectual production, beyond enabling the control, elaboration and spreading of the current Brazilian Bibliography, as well as the defense and preservation of the national language and culture -, besides donations and exchange with several institutions all around the world.

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE AUTHORITY DATA

Authority data available to search at acervo.bn.gov.br/sophia_web

Described entities: persons, conferences, corporate bodies, titles, name/titles

Number of records (july 2017): 373.437 authorized records