March 15, 2008
Mobile libraries professionals
The Association of Professional Mobile Libraries () 2007, which has been prepared on the basis of surveys of attendees at the Third Congress of National Mobile Libraries, which held in Guadalajara on 19 and October 20, 2007. The first part of this report consists of a contextualization of the mobile libraries in the Spanish state, where they are active in 79 bibliobuses, belonging to 29 different library services: 9 municipalities (9 bibliobuses), 13 provincial councils (42 bibliobuses), 7 governments autonomic (28 bibliobuses). The study from 35 surveys answered by library staff, but also by drivers bibliobuses, in several cases with dual profile (librarian and driver). The paper reported ACLEBIM issues such as certification of personnel, working hours, the access system for the post, seniority, salary or cooperation. It also carries out a qualitative analysis, incorporating questions on the valuation of the work of these professionals. Some data from this assessment can identify a high degree of vocation personnel serving mobile library services, as well as a close relationship with users. The report closes with a number of conclusions, among them this one, as the culmination: "Although much remains to be done and many people to meet, we must look to the future with hope. New technological and managerial greatly facilitate the integration of these services as a part of the library systems. has to come a time when the services can not be accommodated without modernity. It is a matter of time. Which current services arrive in good condition that time, and the creation of new ones, is the responsibility of all, for all of a sudden, for librarians for these services their spare motivation and commitment."
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November 07, 2005
Congress about Mobile Libraries
This weekend has been made the II Congress in Mobile Libraries in Barcelona, three years after the first one. It was organized by the Asociación Castellano Leonesa de Bibliotecas Móviles (ACLEBIM), with the support of the Diputación de Barcelona and the Generalidad de Cataluña. During those two days, they have been thinking over the importance and the suitability of the mobile libraies services. About 100 professionals have taken part in it, among mobile libraries responsibles, and responsibles of libraries services at a provincial level. There was representatives for all the counties in Spain with the exception of Galicia, Asturias y Cantabria ( and Ceuta and Melilla).
It was there Ian Stringer, The president of the mobile libraries department in the IFLA, and there were communications from Spanish experts.
The mobile libraries in Cataluña Plan 2005-2013, was among the most important matters. The plan, that is not approved yet, anticipates to increase the number of mobile libraries to 29 during those years. The objective is that all the municipalities have access to the libray serices in the network. The mobile libraries from Castilla y Leeón (Segovia y Clavileño), Murcia, Castilla-La Mancha, y Barcelona went to the congress as well and we could see the improvements made in that kind of services: The new generation mobile libraries sevices.
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November 04, 2005
Web about mobile libraries
The Asociación Castellanoleonesa de profesionales de Bibliotecas Móviles (ACLEBIM), has put on line an interesting web page, where they gives news about their activities, offer resources and documents about movile libraries in Spain and in the whole world. In this section, it is offered a directory about movile libraries in Spain, links to the institutions that own those kind of libraries, documents,as the guidelines for that kind of libraries, or a bibliography about the matter. It is also included a group of resources about movile libraries out of Spain. Another interesting resource about movile libraries is the bibliography made by the Library of Castilla y Leon.
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