In the last year 1,157 readers have been discharged, meaning that the Library Network counts with a total of 16,914 users.
In addition, 3,509 students from various schools participated in 50 sessions of meetings with the author that have developed between January and May and 2,350 students of all educational levels have been part of the 48 visits that has been in the Children's Library same period
The Councillor for Education of the City of Lorca, Francisco Montiel, has released statistical data for the first semester programs concerning school visits, meetings with the author, the loans, the activities carried out during the year as well as the all readers and new users of the Municipal Network of Libraries of Lorca.
Francisco Montiel said that last year 1,157 readers have registered in the Municipal Library Network, of which 579 are adult users, 574 are children and 4 groups.
Of these new members, 468 have been discharged from the Library Pilar Barnes, 377 in the Children's Library and the remaining 312 in the libraries of all pedanías.En are now 16,914 readers are there Library Network , with 13,265 adults, 40 groups and 3,609 children, representing an increase of 6% over the same period last year.
The mayor of Education has indicated that with respect to loans made by the Network of Libraries of Lorca in 2014 stood at 44,623 representing an increase of 53.4% ​​over the previous year when a total of 23,831 loans were made.
What they have requested more users are books with a figure of 31,795, followed by audio, CD-ROM, audio and magazines material.
Montiel has stressed that the most read titles among adults are "Love in the Time of Cholera" and "Fifty Shades of Grey" as the most read by children and young people are "the world of letters" and " Barracuda treasure ", also in the Reading Club the most widely read book was" The Flight of Jim Thompson "followed by" The Book of Illusions of Apaul Aster ".
On the other hand, the DVDs provided adult audiences are "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" meanwhile "Peppa Pig" 3rd full season and "The Adventures of Tadeo Jones" have been more movies provided to children and youth.
Councillor of Education has reported that in addition, in the first half of the year, the Municipal Library Network has continued to campaign training library users, with programs of school visits and other local groups.
Children's library Cultural Center hosted 48 visits this program 2,350 students at all educational levels in different schools in the municipality.
They have also participated 3,509 students from various schools in 50 sessions of meetings with author who has organized the Library Network in collaboration with the Anaya, SM EDEBÉ and publishers.
This year there have been nine authors who participated: Ana Alonso, Anna Manso, Pablo Albo, Carles Cano, Pablo Aranda, Llanos Campos, JL Martin Nogales, Luis Alfredo Gomez Cerda and Leante.
Notably, the Municipal Library Network Lorca working intensively on their social outreach of reading as the best means of access to culture and personal development, with numerous activities aimed largely at children and young people closely with schools in the city.
Some of these activities have been developed during the first months of the year were the XXXth edition of the Children's Competition "Premio María Fernández-Moon" in which a total of 1,520 stories were presented, and the VIth edition of Tales Storytelling Contest for Secondary Education "Angels Pascual Award" in which 202 stories of various schools were exposed.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca