'Public Domain Portal') is a digital library launched by the government of Brazil in November 2004.
[1] It was founded as part of the Secretariat for Distance Education (Secretaria de Educação à Distância) of the Ministry of Education (Ministério da Educação) with the goal of preserving and sharing cultural artworks that are in the public domain.
Literary works are available in PDF format and include contributions from a multitude of sources: different Brazilian universities (and their respective virtual libraries), international organizations such as UNESCO, and the work of volunteers and similar organizations.
Although it focuses on works by Brazilian authors and in Portuguese, it accepts collaborations in all languages, provided that they are in the public domain.
In order to facilitate the work of volunteers and prospective contributors, the website hosts a list of notable Brazilian authors with works under the public domain at the time it was prepared, in 2003, made by the National Library of Brazil.