BOLD is the online directory of Belgian libraries. This directory was developed by the User Forum Workgroup on Libraries of Belnet , the Belgian Academic Network. The BOLD-project was financed by OSTC , Belgian Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs. You can search by the name of the library or institution, the name of persons working in the libraries or the name of the city in which the library is situated. Furthermore a navigation tool directs you to libraries holding collections in specific subject areas.
Librarians can register their library in the directory free of charge.
Entries that are registered are secured by password. This enables librarians to update the information at any time. In order to guarantee quality of data, new entries are first verified by the BOLD editor before being added to the database. The directory is not limited to academic or scientific libraries only. Also public libraries, corporate libraries, documentation centres, ecclesiastical libraries, special libraries and libraries of institutions for higher education can register themselves.