He Tierra Estella Bookstorethe library extension service promoted by the Library Service of the Government of Navarrewill soon expand its routes to be able to offer their services in 6 additional locations: Alloz, Armañanzas, Azuelo, Barbarin, Labeaga and Zurucuáin.
In this way, and when they are encountered two years after its launchThis service, which has eight routes, already serves 55 municipalities and 5 schools, providing access to reading and culture to more than 8,700 people, and making it possible to extend the network of public libraries to small towns to which it does not come.
He bookmobile offers a collection of over 7,300 volumes including books, DVDs and magazines, in addition to hundreds of documents provided through the interlibrary loan service.
A set of physical documents which join those available on e-book platforms such as eBiblio, films such as eFilm and magazines such as Infomagazine.
In addition to the loan of these documentsand like the rest of the public libraries of Navarre, the Tierra Estella bookmobile organizes various cultural activities adapted to the needs and possibilities of its users, such as photography and history competitions, storytelling sessions in the schools visited or meetings with writers, the Government reported in a note.
An example is the program that is being carried out during these months of September and October, in collaboration with Teder and other organizations in the region, and which, under the title “Equality on bookmobile routes: dialogue with creative women”brings together five Navarrese writers (Susana Rodríguez Lezaun, Maite Sota Virto, Begoña Pro Uriarte, Naiara Sánchez Inda and Marta Lanz Beunza) in as many places (Salinas de Oro, Murieta, Sesma, Artavis and Villamayor de Monjardin).
MORE THAN 45,000 KILOMETERS IN TWO YEARS
Since its launch, the Tierra Estella Bookmobile It served 19,354 users, with an average of 60 users per day. During this period, 25,461 loans were made and 804 Navarre public library cards were issued. The bookmobile made a total of 323 departures, traveling more than 45,000 kilometers to bring the library service to the most remote places in Navarre.
In addition, The service will participate in the “11th National Congress of Mobile Libraries: bookmobiles to leave no one behind” which will be held in Vic from October 18 to 20. An event where this initiative will be presented in a presentation entitled “Tierra Estella Library: a quality service”.
