Bibliographic heritage in the Network of State Archive Libraries (REBAE) A view from the present to the past

Abstract

This paper presents the origin and development of the collections that form part of the Spanish bibliographic heritage located in the specialized libraries of the State Archives, institutions that safeguard the documents produced by a wide range of organizations. It describes the singularity of these bibliographic collections and their provenance, which in many cases is connected to the origin of the archives where they are kept. It analyses the nine libraries that form part of REBAE, the Network of State Archive Libraries, whose collections are described in their collective catalogue, CCBAE.