The National Library of Poland acts as the central library of the country and is one of the most important cultural institutions in Poland. Its mission is to protect national heritage preserved as documents, be it handwritten, printed or electronic (including sound recordings and audiovisual material). The National Library is also responsible for the long-term preservation and digitisation of Polish written heritage, development of digital library services and coordination of bibliographic and archival standards. In recent years, increasing emphasis has been placed on digital accessibility, online access to collections and the preservation of born-digital cultural resources.
Currently, the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage runs subsidy programmes for:
- Partnership for the book. The strategic goals of the programme are both to improve access to books in all its formats and to strengthen the culture-forming role of bookstores and libraries.
- Reading promotion. The aim of the programme is to support valuable forms of promoting reading, both by co-financing innovative, wide-ranging programmes promoting common reading practices, and by supporting projects promoting the most significant phenomena of contemporary literature.
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