year had a number of projects, different. However, highlights the value of the bet to the collective work, the recovery of public space as the square, the sidewalk, new technologies, the municipal area that we are expecting that the yield in Cordoba city loan, to appropriate as citizens, it genuinely.
Overall, the projects were 7, worked against the odds, which is trying to draw a metaphor to say despite the uncomfortable conditions for others offered by this library: two garages crammed with books, computer equipment, bindery, working people and people looking for what read or do.
Projects:
reading workshop, led by James Bolger, was a bet on a new experience to share with college students who proposed to invite children in the community of La Vaquita pitch, to participate . From August to December, on the sidewalk, cold, heat, joy, visiting Mauritius as Coudet, with many shared criollitos under the shade of the tree and a sign over the kids when they have opportunity to have books quality and no pressures, no barriers: the genuinely enjoy and read!
Bookbinding Workshop : coordinated by Natalia Zella, this year we're betting the formation of new binders through scholarships for students of any race who believed that by arranging books, a little help to their studies can be found. Natalia produced three young. Accession
Digibepé : how could it be otherwise, the program joined BPRA Digibepé of CONABIP, through the work of the librarians Natalia and Maria Ines Zella Garrone, Veronica Lencinas, with the touch of his wand, bonded developments with technological innovations like Tweeter, which meant that everyone we learned after five minutes load on the database, which book is available in the BPRA.
Art Workshop, coordinated by Anita Gauntlett, gathered more than 25 children in a number of years experience that we put into practice not discouraged by the lack of suitable space. Anita was not afraid of the village, where he worked with other children excited about the activity. It was a free workshop and experience, as the reading workshop, which was also free, allows us to evaluate and reflect, where it is worth investing the funds. First Node
Digibepé : through a Cooperation Agreement between the BPRA and CONABIP, put into practice what we propose as a model of ideological work: it is much more than a strategic alliance between State and Civil Society, redefines the value they place public policies to citizen proposals. As an institution, we proposed this model CONABIP work in 2007, based on experience Puntobiblio. The National Agency did not say "no", but "we will evaluate." It took a year and a half test with experts from what was the proposal, its feasibility, its impact, strengths and weaknesses. But the proposal was enriched with the integration of a task force of computer specialists, libraries and programming. A project
criticized and even could say fought, from the beginning, locally, no one believed in Puntobiblio, its history, but today is one of the technological tools most frequently consulted by libraries and librarians even beyond the borders of Argentina.
Like any new program, triggers concerns, distrust, criticism. Are all welcome, all we learn, we can not give an answer based on the technology because it belongs to the Task Force and in due time will surely be known. But we can say, as an institution, the conviction of working as well as citizens from the grassroots, to present a project to a State Agency, it evaluates it, enrich it and make it up by putting the same library that introduced him to the couple, to develop ... Well, at least we can hope for is criticism. The problem with critics is that they could discourage libraries to join a new Library Management System, which streamlines the infinity of library work. Some of this criticism, spark debate about their reliability, hazard data availability as "relevant" as what everyone reads ... Orwellian concept of the eye that sees and controls everything (State) in relation to libraries and readers could, in this case, writing for public libraries and an impediment to confidence in new technologies and accessibility .... but this concept actually extends to other activities of the twenty-first century citizens: since today we all know that every time we use a credit card, cell phone, ATM, the email itself! ... Not only the state that has personal data of millions of ours, but other multinationals take advantage of tastes, choices, shopping, services, etc. Questioning the availability of data collections or a reader that has been providing a library owned by the state as a potential risk to a possible dictatorship, in any case, it would be respectable, if in addition to the criticism itself, to include alternative proposals ... But this can also be framed in the particular political and historical context which we live. The fear of not having fear, seems to be stronger than the value of risk doing things.
the outset is known to work in a public library is working with the state average. We are not entirely a private, not completely a public institution. We are a strategic alliance, once again, between State and Civil Society, and in this alliance, we are the citizens who have rights and we would be stupid if we do not defend them. Above all are the priority means ensuring access to information and cultural resources of a people. Jeopardize the latter value would be more dangerous than "be careful" not to make available some personal information such as what books we choose to read this holiday ... In any case, this is a technological solution that is already underway. Who makes the
BPRA Digibepé Node project: students of the career of Library Science at UNC, selected public call: Lucrecia Garcia, Rodrigo Pellegrini, Roberto Cattaneo and Heber Cabrera, coordinated by Veronica Lenci, a member of Task CONABIP Digibepé program, but before However, a member of the Board of the voluntary bpra bpra in several years. Against more than wind and tide, the first node will proceed in Digibepé bpra. If at some point said something different, certainly was not for lack of sleep and rest. This is, without doubt, a collective enrichment project: institutional (libraries are free wishing to join) and community (citizens have access to many more collections and other digital services) ... ie where you look ... the advantages outweigh the disadvantages ...
building projects, and have the plane, and we very nearly the ground, even as we put the Stone Founding .... ya ya .. If 15 years of work did little to strengthen a community project such as the public library, indeed some we are thinking: "What am I doing wrong , step aside and allow new ideas flowing" . It is true that many bureaucratic obstacles, local and national, prevented the work so far. But it is also true that the self should not miss this balance. As for any work, speaking generally and not just the construction itself, to be erected as such requires a collective commitment to the belief that it is necessary. If we are not ideologically convinced also of the need the building, little can be achieved. So, the invitation is on the Christmas table. Include the strong commitment to all voices, all proposals: for example, we are looking for fundraising ideas.
Puntobiblio : publicly apologize attached libraries, the latter part of the year have been a bit in silence and without raising activities ... But let's be clear: it is forbidden to propose. We reached Cordoba Book Fair, with agreements with some local publishers to buy books with discounts, updates to databases of the libraries that shipped with regulator, met. It was a difficult year many ways, I do not mean justified, but the idea is to start next year with a participatory assessment on continuity and work methodology.
If something was missed this year was the boredom. We could say it was a great year of work, challenges, commitment. But what we liked is that bpra this year, more than ever allowed one of its greatest challenges: to facilitate the encounter with the other.
predicting that next year we continue to implement more projects that are humming in our heads, we wish you a very Merry Christmas!
Commission Directive No. 3707
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