School Library Day

November 10

School Libraries constitute an indispensable element of the educational process, as

they support the formation of attitudes, virtues and habits, such as reading and
research, hence it is necessary to continue promoting their dissemination and use,
as well as creating motivation mechanisms for students. so that the school
population and the community become aware of its importance and contribute to its
development.

Today, libraries are not the same as they were a decade or century ago. Changes
are constant in education and these study and research centers have also
changed. Now technology has helped improve and spread this educational activity.

Technology should not be considered something negative for libraries, but rather as
a complement for the better development of the activities carried out within it.

THE BOOK PARTY

On November 10, 1922, the so-called “Book Festival” was held for the first time
throughout the country, thanks to a government resolution of August of the same
year prepared by Mr. Ciro Napanga Agüero, which issued the establishment of the
Book Festival, officially with the purpose of collecting books or money to found
School Libraries in the absence of a budget allocated to satisfy this need.

On November 10, “School Library Day” is permanently incorporated into the school
civic calendar and its celebration every year has been consolidated in the country's
schools and colleges through activities aimed at promoting and stimulating the use
of the library. School library.