Las colecciones digitales en España: situación actual y perspectivas de futuro

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