Abstract

CHAVES SALGADO, Lorena. The Local Issues Section of the Municipal Public Library of Simat de la Valldigna: A testimony of past and present history. E-Ciencias de la Información [online]. 2018, vol.8, n.1, pp.131-150. ISSN 1659-4142.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/eci.v8i1.29926.

The public library fulfills a permanent formative role in the field of knowledge and culture, one of its main objectives is to meet the needs of the community in which it is immersed. Through the provision of various services, one of them being the local issues section, which is responsible for providing citizens with all the information related to the history of the community in its different manifestations. This paper exposes the importance of the contribution and social projection provided by this section contextualizing its work in the population of Simat de la Valldigna in Valencia, Spain. There are also described, by means of examples, different materials that make up this information reservoir. It concludes by highlighting the responsibility of the public library in keeping alive the local history of Simat as a contribution to the preservation of the memory of their ancestors.

Keywords : public library; social envolment; communities; local history.

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