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In addition, through the YouTube channel of the Lorca Library Network, official acts are being followed from Santander today, Friday, this morning at 12 noon with the projection of the videos of the Libraries before COVID19 and rural Libraries; and this afternoon, starting at 4 pm with the screening of the Hospital Libraries video ". The Councilor for Education of the City of Lorca, Antonia Pérez, has reported the celebration by the Lorca City Council, tomorrow Saturday, October 24, of Libraries Day. The mayor of Education and Libraries has detailed that "the Lorca libraries will celebrate it with a storytelling session for children, planned in the auditorium of the" José María Campoy Camacho "Cultural Center, with reduced capacity and all the recommended sanitary measures.

In addition, through the YouTube channel of the Library Network, the official acts from Santander are being followed today, Friday 23 October, this morning at 12 noon with the projection of the videos of Libraries Day: Libraries against COVID19 and Rural Libraries, and this afternoon, starting at 4 pm with the projection of the video of Libraries Day, Hospital Libraries ". Antonia Pérez has recalled that "since 1997, every October 24 is commemorated the Day of Libraries.

The proposal comes from the Spanish Association of Friends of Children's and Youth Books, supported by the Ministry of Culture, in memory of the destruction of the Sarajevo Library, burned down in 1992 during the Balkan conflict ". Pérez Segura has detailed that "this year's edition is held under the slogan 'Libraries, always by your side', and is focused on highlighting the important role that libraries play by offering access to culture, knowledge and entertainment in any place and circumstance ". The councilor recalled that "they want to value the capacity that libraries have shown, regardless of their type or ownership, to continue offering their services in circumstances as complex as those derived from the health crisis of COVID19, and also highlight , the great work carried out by libraries located in rural areas or in special environments such as hospitals or prisons etc., the importance of all those initiatives and library extension services that are launched to bring library services closer to any type of user, in any circumstance and anywhere ". In addition, the City Council of Lorca has launched, among others, the project "We bring it to you", a collaborative initiative of the Mayor's Office, the Library and the Municipal Service of the ORA to take the readings home to all those who cannot go to the library.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca