The Library Network has received a batch of 180 books children's literature through the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports that promotes Project Competition Reading Promotion in collaboration with the FEMP and Coke Foundation.
Has been awarded the annual program that drives the Library Network of Puerto Lumbreras to encourage reading among the population.
During the past year the Municipal Library received 18,996 user visits.
The Municipal Library of Puerto Lumbreras has earned a prize Competition Projects Reading Promotion Maria Moliner through organized to promote reading habit among the population initiatives.
Thus, the Councillor for Education, Culture and Tourism, Maribel Martinez, said that "it is an honor to the town for awards in the field of promotion of reading."
Specifically, during Book Week, the Department of Education and Culture activities held each year as school competitions, workshops encourage reading for people with disabilities or Storytelling.
All these activities have been awarded in the Contest Animation Projects Maria Moliner Reading a lot of books comprising 180 titles that will be used for the collection of the Municipal Library of Puerto Lumbreras.
This Project Competition Reading Promotion aims to encourage actions to encourage reading and the social integration of the libraries of municipalities with fewer than 50,000 inhabitants.
18,996 users attentions during the past year
Furthermore, the Councillor for Culture and Tourism, Maribel Martinez, said that during the past year, "the number of users increased Library Network, and received a total of 18,996 visits."
Among the most requested services over the last year included more than 3,100 adults over 2,300 loans and child and youth loans, books, DVD's, etc..
In addition there have been a total of 5,600 sessions Laptop last year.
So, the library is distributed in reading and study rooms, and consultation rooms for adults.
It also has a child-youth room where students can access the loan of books, music CDs, movies and comics.
In this room the books are categorized by colors corresponding to ages in order to facilitate the loan and quick reference to all audiences.
Another new feature in this room is the pet child Jarita Reader, a turtle that serves to promote the habit of reading and study in the smallest village.
On the other hand, also supply and service the OPAC catalog.
Through this tool, users get updated information in real time on nearly 15,000 volumes contained in the Library.
In addition, this automated reports catalog titles that have different libraries in the Region of Murcia, allowing the status of service of documents, as well as the inclusion of the new integrated catalog titles.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras