Functions
According to a decree of the Senate of Colombia, the library's stated functions are:
- To advise the Ministry of Culture as it concerns the formulation of policies on the bibliographic and periodical national heritage
- To guide the plans and programs about creation, promotion, and strengthening of public libraries and the complementary services that are rendered by them
- To direct and coordinate the national network of public libraries.
- To collect, organize, increase, conserve, preserve, protect, record, and spread the bibliographic and periodical heritage of the nation, sustained in different mediums of information.
- To plan and design policies related to reading and its contribution to the development of the education and intellect of the Colombian people
- To design, organize, and develop the bibliographic heritage to contribute to the strengthening of the national identity
- To establish and maintain relations with national and international organizations, with the goal of promoting and developing programs of popular culture and cultural exchange together, in the themes related to books and reading
- To provide advice to, and collaboration with, different scientific, cultural, and educational organizations that develop programs of investigation and cultural diffusion
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