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Global access to knowledge is one of the most interesting challenges for librarians at the moment. Network cooperation at the local, regional, national and international level is essential to achieve this goal. The Ministry of Culture’s library policy in recent years has allowed for the creation of the needed cooperation structures so that all administrations and all types of libraries can collaborate together in projects and initiatives targeted at the joint development of their networks and systems, which provides for the acknowledgement of libraries as key democratic institutions in education, cultural, social and research and development policies.

Spain’s national agency for library coordination (Direccion General del Libro, Archivos y Bibliotecas, Subdireccion General de Coordinacion Bibliotecaria) has launched a series of initiatives to disseminate and preserve the national bibliographic heritage. The digitization of collections and their internet distribution (using well-known standards such as DC, OAI-PMH,OAIS, Premis, SRU/SW) is their most recent project. In addition to all the benefits this brings, their efforts to build consensus for the project is especially appreciated. Of particular significance, they have secured the cooperation of Spain’s autonomous communities (i. e., regional governments), all of their initiatives incorporate technology and procedures compliant with the action Digital Libraries of the EU’s VII Framework Programme.

HA COMENZADO SU ANDADURA el Consejo de Cooperacion Bibliotecaria que impulsara el desarrollo de las bibliotecas espanolas de manera que se consolide el servicio publico que garantiza el acceso a la informacion y promueve la creacion de nuevo conocimiento.