Virtual International Authority File
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The Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) is an international authority file. It is a joint project of several national libraries and operated by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC). The project was initiated by the German National Library and the Library of Congress.
Participating libraries
- Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- National Library of Australia
- Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
- National Library of Israel
- Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico
- Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
- Kungliga Biblioteket
- Swiss National Library
- Biblioteca Nacional de España
- National Library of the Czech Republic
- Getty Research Institute
- Library of Congress
- Vatican Library