Given the relevance of defining forms of institutional cooperation, the Regional Directorate for Education, through the Regional Network of School Libraries, and the Network of School Libraries, under the administration of the Ministry of Education and Science, have established a cooperation agreement.

This Protocol defines the forms of coordination between both entities. The teachers who belong to the coordinating team of the Regional Network of School Libraries and the coordinators of regional school libraries will have the possibility of accessing to important guiding documents, namely the Evaluation Model of School Libraries and the benchmark skills on Learning with the School Library, already implemented nationwide.

The protocol now signed between the two entities also aims to share good practices, resources and consolidated projects.

The Regional Network of School Libraries Programme was launched in the Autonomous Region of the Azores under the Regional Reading Plan with the aim of creating a network of school libraries under the guidance of the Regional Directorate for Education, using platforms and information systems.

The Regional Network of School Libraries is founded on the library coordinators, who ensure its operation in schools and plan activities according to the school audience, always taking into account the link with the curriculum and the proximity to the community. Its primary goals concern the development of multiliteracy and the creation of a community of readers.