National Reading Development Program 2.0 for years 2021-2025

p class="text-align-justify">As part of the multi-annual program "National Reading Development Program 2.0 for years 2021-2025", Priority 1. Improving the offer of public libraries, Direction of Intervention 1.2. Building a nationwide network of libraries through the introduction of an integrated library resources management system, the free Alma system and the Primo search engine will be implemented in the Wroclaw University Library and the departmental libraries of the University of Wrocław network.

Thanks to the signed agreement, the National Library in Warsaw and the University Library will work in a common catalog environment. The implementation of the Alma system and the Primo search engine will start at the end of 2024 and will last until October 2025. By implementing Alma - the latest generation library system - the libraries of the University of Wrocław will be able to co-catalog in real time according to uniform cataloging principles using the National Library Descriptors.

The National Library will provide training for employees of the libraries of the University of Wrocław in the use of the Alma system, cataloging publications in particular disciplines, and deduplication of records. The National Library will participate in the entire process of implementing the new system at the University of Wrocław.