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Every day, they seek to honour the memory of two institutions that, although created in the 18th century, look forward to the future by firmly committing themselves to a strategy of modernisation.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">聽</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">Our two main objectives are, on one hand, to rely on the involvement of everyone who works here in order to link the library to the most innovative information systems. On the other, it is to put ourselves on par with similar international institutions. In achieving these two objectives, we will fight for democratic procedures and do everything we can to further internationalise our institution. 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