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BibloRed is the District network of Public Libraries and Alternative Reading Spaces of Bogotá, Colombia. It is a system that seeks to provide citizens with the opportunities to engage with books, reading, writing, orality, culture, research, science, technology, and innovation. Its 145 spaces operate under the guidance of the Mayor's Office of Bogotá, initially through its Secretariat of Education (2001–2013) and later through its Secretariat of Culture, Recreation and Sports (2013 - Currently).
Since 1998, BibloRed has managed information and knowledge, promoted inclusion in written culture, and encouraged the development of oral skills among the city's inhabitants. Furthermore, its spaces are open for the public construction of knowledge and the cultural empowerment of communities. Through these means, it fosters freedom and social as well as individual prosperity as fundamental tools for human development.
In 2024, BibloRed comprises 145 reading spaces distributed throughout the city: the books are in motion on Transmilenio with the 12 Book Stations (Bibloestaciones); they reach every district with the 95 Bus Stops for Books in Parks (Paraderos Para libros Para Parques - PPP), the BibloMóvil, 2 Itinerant Libraries, 4 Reading Rooms, and 2 Trust Libraries. Additionally, it provides access to a collection of over 800.000 physical material in the 32 Public Libraries (major, local and from the neighborhoods), and more than 3'000.000 digital resources in the Digital Library of Bogotá.
The Network is a program of the Secretariat of Culture, Recreation, and Sports of Bogotá that operates under the concession model, where a private entity manages and executes public budgets. From a Central Office, an operator promotes the execution of the budget in coordination with each of the libraries, ensuring efficiency in budget administration, as well as quality and innovation in its programs and services.
Bogotá's libraries, besides offering books, have been characterized as cultural activity centers, including spaces for activities such as art exhibitions, musical shows, film projections, computer access, handicraft courses, co-creation labs, etc. This has allowed libraries to become dynamic cultural centers for the neighbors and districts to which they belong. The four main libraries are located in public parks, so in the surroundings of their buildings, spaces for physical and recreational activities are available.
Founded in 1998, BibloRed opened its doors to the public in 2001 with the services of the Virgilio Barco Public Library, El Tunal - Gabriel García Márquez y El Tintal - Manuel Zapata Olivella park libraries. That same year, the local and neighbourhoods existent libraries were integrated. In 2010, the fourth major library, the Julio Mario Santo Domingo, was delivered to the city. The four library parks of BibloRed have become architectural and urban icons of the city which, along with the local and neighborhood libraries, represent the other dimension of public space at the service of access to information and culture.
Since its inception, under the premise of opening libraries for everyone, libraries for the city, BibloRed has promoted a significant transformation of social imaginaries of the public libraries by ensuring spaces for all kind of audiences: children, youth, adults, seniors, women, LGBTI population, ethnic minorities, among others, find accessible and inclusive spaces within the Public Libraries Network.
During the 2010 decade, BibloRed stood out in the "Bogotá cómo vamos" survey for being one of the public entities with the best management, performance, and favorability, achieving citizen recognition as an important public asset in administration.
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BibloRed
BibloRed is the District network of Public Libraries and Alternative Reading Spaces of Bogotá, Colombia. It is a system that seeks to provide citizens with the opportunities to engage with books, reading, writing, orality, culture, research, science, technology, and innovation. Its 145 spaces operate under the guidance of the Mayor's Office of Bogotá, initially through its Secretariat of Education (2001–2013) and later through its Secretariat of Culture, Recreation and Sports (2013 - Currently).
Since 1998, BibloRed has managed information and knowledge, promoted inclusion in written culture, and encouraged the development of oral skills among the city's inhabitants. Furthermore, its spaces are open for the public construction of knowledge and the cultural empowerment of communities. Through these means, it fosters freedom and social as well as individual prosperity as fundamental tools for human development.
In 2024, BibloRed comprises 145 reading spaces distributed throughout the city: the books are in motion on Transmilenio with the 12 Book Stations (Bibloestaciones); they reach every district with the 95 Bus Stops for Books in Parks (Paraderos Para libros Para Parques - PPP), the BibloMóvil, 2 Itinerant Libraries, 4 Reading Rooms, and 2 Trust Libraries. Additionally, it provides access to a collection of over 800.000 physical material in the 32 Public Libraries (major, local and from the neighborhoods), and more than 3'000.000 digital resources in the Digital Library of Bogotá.
The Network is a program of the Secretariat of Culture, Recreation, and Sports of Bogotá that operates under the concession model, where a private entity manages and executes public budgets. From a Central Office, an operator promotes the execution of the budget in coordination with each of the libraries, ensuring efficiency in budget administration, as well as quality and innovation in its programs and services.
Bogotá's libraries, besides offering books, have been characterized as cultural activity centers, including spaces for activities such as art exhibitions, musical shows, film projections, computer access, handicraft courses, co-creation labs, etc. This has allowed libraries to become dynamic cultural centers for the neighbors and districts to which they belong. The four main libraries are located in public parks, so in the surroundings of their buildings, spaces for physical and recreational activities are available.
Founded in 1998, BibloRed opened its doors to the public in 2001 with the services of the Virgilio Barco Public Library, El Tunal - Gabriel García Márquez y El Tintal - Manuel Zapata Olivella park libraries. That same year, the local and neighbourhoods existent libraries were integrated. In 2010, the fourth major library, the Julio Mario Santo Domingo, was delivered to the city. The four library parks of BibloRed have become architectural and urban icons of the city which, along with the local and neighborhood libraries, represent the other dimension of public space at the service of access to information and culture.
Since its inception, under the premise of opening libraries for everyone, libraries for the city, BibloRed has promoted a significant transformation of social imaginaries of the public libraries by ensuring spaces for all kind of audiences: children, youth, adults, seniors, women, LGBTI population, ethnic minorities, among others, find accessible and inclusive spaces within the Public Libraries Network.
During the 2010 decade, BibloRed stood out in the "Bogotá cómo vamos" survey for being one of the public entities with the best management, performance, and favorability, achieving citizen recognition as an important public asset in administration.