As with all national libraries the BNP is also responsible for maintaining copyright records, issuing catalog numbers and serving as a central repositary for the nation's libraries.
In recent years the insitution has begun to digitize its entire collection of historical and contempory documents into a new National Digital Library that is shared and accessible with comparible European institutions.
Including documentation of all ages, types and subjects, the collection of the National Library of Portugal is constantly evolving and acquiring new works through both purchase and donation, always of course with a specific focus on Portuguese literature.
The BNP also organises, encourages and support activities of specific national bibliographic interest. In 2004 and 2005 over 2,500 volunteers from every part of the Nation and every part of Society worked together on the "Bible Script" to produce three handwritten manuscripts of the Holy Scripture.
This blog post is part of a series during the World Cup aiming to highlight the wide spread of joomla across the world.