About a dozen users of the Day Centre for the Elderly in Puerto Lumbreras attended a day of promoting reading in the Municipal Library.
In addition, older participated in a literary encounter with the poet lumbrerese Carmen Martinez.
The users of the Day Centre for the Elderly in Puerto Lumbreras this morning visited the Harbour City Library and participated in a workshop with poetry and reading, coinciding with the celebration of Book Week.
About a dozen members of the Day Centre For The Elderly in Puerto Lumbreras participated in a conference to promote reading in the local library.
Thus, the largest have visited the facilities of the Library, and have participated in various activities such as poetry and reading, as well as workshops for exercising memory through books.
In addition, older participated in a meeting with the literary writer and poet Carmen Martínez lumbrerense.
At this conference was also attended by the Mayor of Puerto Lumbreras, M ª Ángeles Tunisia, and the Councillor for Cultural, Maribel Martinez.
Thus, the Councillor for Culture explained that "the City seeks to promote reading among the elderly, and in turn raise awareness of the services provided from the Network of Municipal Libraries Puerto Lumbreras. Thus the largest known facility Municipal Library which is registered to the network of libraries in the Region of Murcia, and includes reading rooms, internet access, media library, and newspaper Comicteca on three floors and more than 560 meters. "
The library is distributed in reading and study rooms, and consultation rooms for adults.
It also has a children-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.
In addition, the nursery has Jarita Reader mascot, a turtle that serves to promote the habit of reading and study in the smallest village.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras