Desafios da Biblioteca Nacional na operacionalização do controlo bibliográfico no âmbito do depósito legal

Abstract

The present work aims to analyse the challenges of the National Library of Mozambique (BN) in the collection, conservation and preservation of the national bibliographic heritage, within the scope of Legal Deposit (DL). Specifically, we sought to identify the legal, normative and administrative challenges and the technical procedures that the library uses to collect, conserve and preserve the national bibliographic heritage. Regarding methodology, this is a qualitative research in terms of approach. As for the objectives, the study is exploratory in nature. To carry it out, we used interviews conducted with BN employees and those from publishers based in the city of Maputo. The results indicate that BN faces various difficulties in achieving national bibliographic control within the scope of Legal Deposit, such as the lack of qualified human resources to operate in tasks related to DL, lack of financial resources and inadequate infrastructure for the conservation of the national bibliographic heritage. For their part, the Publishers reveal that they do not fully understand the objectives of the DL, but comply with it under the law