Francisco Oliveira Martins and José Miguel Júdice, Founder Partners of PLMJ are, respectively, Treasurer and Chairman of the recently created Association of Friends of the National Library.
The aim of the new entity is to organise the contribution of the civil society for the enrichment, the preservation and the information campaigns of the main documental heritage collected in the largest Portuguese bibliographical institution, particularly proposing to finance the edition from the patrimony of the National Library and to stimulate relations with similar entities.