BiblioLED is a Portuguese public library for digital reading and borrowing, launched in January 2025. The borrowing service is accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week, via smartphones, tablets, online readers and e-readers.[1][2]
The free borrowing service includes digital books and audiobooks made available through participating municipal libraries that are part of the Portuguese National Network of Public Libraries (RNBP).[3]
Although the largest percentage of books available are in Portuguese, the platform also has ebooks available in English, French and Spanish.
Operation
The BiblioLED catalog consists of a national collection available to all libraries participating in the RNBP and 25 regional collections, accessible only within each Intermunicipal Network and Metropolitan Network. The user must be registered at a public library in a metropolitan or intermunicipal region in order to use the available catalog, and can simultaneously request two books and one audiobook, which are available for 21 days.[4]
References
- ^ “In Portugal: De Marque’s BiblioLED Project Is Activated”. publishingperspectives.com. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
- ^ “Serviço online de empréstimo de livros electrónicos BiblioLED arranca esta segunda-feira”. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- ^ “Serviço online de empréstimo de livros eletrónicos BiblioLED disponível em 27 de janeiro”. SIC Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- ^ “Portugal: Who’s Afraid of Libraries?”. SIC Notícias. Retrieved 5 February 2026.