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Projects & networks



In its endeavour to become an international reference centre on the topic of Spanish contemporary art, the Documentation, Library and Archive Department takes part in various national and international projects of great interest.




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The Network of Museum Libraries (BIMUS) is an association of the libraries of twenty different centres: the library of the Museo Nacional del Teatro, attached to the National Institute of Performing Arts and Music (INAEM), the seventeen libraries of the museums owned by the state and managed directly by the Ministry of Culture, and recently incorporated libraries of Museo Nacional del Prado y Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Among other services, this network makes it possible for the catalogues of all the member libraries to be consulted online, through a Union Catalogue (http://bimus.mcu.es/).




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INDICATE (International Network for a Digital Cultural Heritage e-Infrastructure) is a European project the aim of which is to draw up a series of policies and best practices in relation to the use of electronic infrastructures for the management of digital cultural heritage in Mediterranean countries. This network is used to search for solutions and promote the implementation of standards and recommendations. The participants include European documentary institutions from the four domains: archives, libraries, museums and filmotheques.