The municipal library network Cartagena again take a year reading the street on the occasion of the celebration on April 23 World Book Day.
And for that, under the theme Open Book Week book of Cartagena, has organized a week of activities to develop both on the streets of the city and in the areas of communication offered by new technologies, read internet.
The variety of this program, presented by the Councillor for Culture, Rosario Montero, and the manager of the Hospital Santa María del Rosell, Manuel Ángel Moreno, passing the Reading Carts, in addition to providing information on the flowers and give away libraries books in the municipal markets, the campaign pounds of sugar, sugared customized by the cafes in the city, the contest for fiction in Size does not matter, read it, stories in 50 words to be voted by the Internet and puppet shows for Children, by Irene Puppets.
This year, as a novelty, will be held in conjunction with what they call Rosell Reading Cure, lending books to patients, attendants and medical personnel, for, according to the center manager, make more bearable the stay hospital and, in turn, encourage reading, an activity that we start with a desire for continuity.
Montero has highlighted three other activities of interest, such as the Second Meeting of the Network Gatherings Municipal Library, to be held on Monday 19 April with the participation of Maria Duenas, author of 'The time between seams' and 90 commentators from around the county, and, closing the week to coincide with World Book Day, April 23 Voices for Carmen will be held, chained to a reading of La Rambla, Carmen Conde, a relaxed reading which accompany, as a novelty, neck massage therapists by the Department of Sports, as announced Rosario Montero.
This will be in the morning, and afternoon, ending the activities of World Book Day by presenting Looking back, an anthology of stories told by students of the Center for Adult Education Adult Regional Center of Cartagena to be at 17.00 hours in the Artillery Park, and for children, in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento, the puppets represent Aladdin Irene from 18.30 hours.
LIBRARY NETWORK
Municipal Library Network is composed of 9 centers, with about 93,000 documents available and an average of 250,000 visitors a year.
As the number of members on the library is 42,000 and the number of loans so far this year, amounting to 40,904.
Also produced numerous inquiries over the Internet, with monthly average of about 1,800 about them.
Among the most borrowed books are the three titles of the trilogy Milennium, the Swede Stieg Larsson, The Hand of Fatima ", Ildefonso Falcones, and he lost command of Dan Brown, so the most popular genres are still novel and historical intrigue, mystery, followed closely by the black gender or police.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena