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March 29, 2006
Reading habits and books acquisition, 2005
The Federación de Gremios de Editores de España (FGEE) has just published the Barómetro de hábitos de lectura y compra de libros, 2005, (Barometer for reading habits and books acquisition). In this barometer, which has been periodically published since 1999, it is offered, each three months, the reality about reading habits and acquisition of books in Spain, in order to give a comprehensive summary of the target year. According to this barometer, the real reading habits have developed in a positive way. The figure of readers for 2005 is over the figure for previous years, reaching by 57% of the population. Literature and above all novels, are the most read. The most read book is The Da Vinci Code, as it was in 2004, followed by The shadow of wind. Don Quijote de La Mancha, in its fourth centenary, took the fourth place. A worrying fact is that for third year, the percentage of people who took from a library the last book they read has decreased. It was by 3.5% in 2005. The most common way to gain access to books is by buying them, by 47.3%. Libraries take also the last place as a way of information about books. An special section is dedicated to the use of libraries. By 28.5% of readers have visited a library during the last year and by 80% of them was a public library.
Permanent link: P.URL | Category: Reading | Published: March 29, 2006
March 27, 2006
Children’s and young people books
The publishing house SM has published the Anuario sobre el libro infantil y juvenil, 2006, (Yearbook about children's and young books), with all the interesting data about the evolution of the literature for children and young people (LIJ) in Spain. It includes the most important data, as statistics about children’s and young people books, analysis of the features and trends, the tratement of LIJ in the press, the social life of LIJ, etc. In a similar way the magazine Delibros publishes, in its 196 issue for this month, the item "La Literatura Infantil y Juvenil en la Sociedad de la Información" (Children’s and young literarure in the Information Society). The Federación de Gremios de Editores de España (FGEE)has just published Libros infantiles y juveniles editados en españa en el periodo 1999-2005, (Books for children and young people publishe in Spain in the period 1999-2005). It is a catalogue of current tittles about children’s and young people literature in Spain, in all its official languages. In that publication, which is online in the website of FGEE, it is ofered the data for finding a book and a publishin house, and there is a brief summary of each one.
Permanent link: P.URL | Category: Book and publishing | Published: March 27, 2006
March 22, 2006
Directory about Information Literacy practices
The UNESCO and the IFLA have put online the Internacional Information Literacy Resources Directory. It is a database about information literacy (in spanish "Alfabetización informacional", ALFIN) and it is divided in five sections: products, publications, organizations, training of trainers, and resources about ALFIN. The diretory is an international project managed by Jesús Lau, from the Veracruzana University, in Mexico. Queries can be done in it about 300 experiences and resources.
Permanent link: P.URL | Category: Information resources | Published: March 22, 2006
March 15, 2006
The European Library
The European Library, is a website where about 50 Europe’s NaTional Libraries offer a common access to their collections. It is a part of the TEL project, sponsored by the European Commission and it has been a fact since January 2004. At source, it is GABRIEL, GAteway and BRIdge to Europe's National Libraries, that joins TEL since summer 2005. Queries can be done in all the participant libraries at the same time, or in a selective way, in specific collections. Theres is an special place inside the site for the most historically interesting digitalized works. It is the first move towards the European Digital Library.
Permanent link: P.URL | Category: Digital libraries | Published: March 15, 2006
March 07, 2006
Endowment for public libraries
The Ministerio de Cultura (Culture Department), as it was planned in the Plan for Reading Promotion for 2005-2006, where it was announced an extraordinary plan for the bibliographic endowment in public librares, that would allow them to reach the international indicators set by the IFLA/UNESCO (at least 1.5 books per inhabtant), has reached an agreement with the Autonomous Communities (CCAA) in order to provide 9.6 million Euros for the acquisitions of bibliographic holdings. They will be distributed according to the inhabitants in each CCAA. Regions will provide a similar figure. In order to carry on this initiative it as been created a working group formed by Autonomous Communities in charge of libraries and the Ministerio. To guarantee the observance of the agreement, there is a commission joined by the Admnistración General del Estado, the Autonomías and the Federación Española de Municipios y Provincias, as it was said in a ministerial press release.
Permanent link: P.URL | Category: Public libraries | Published: March 07, 2006
