Medellin, Colombia: Libraries as a Catalyst for Economic Growth and Community Development

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San Antonio Mayor´s Summit

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City of Medellín,
Background: Government Policy
Library Parks
Library Network
Awards: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
EPM
EPM Foundation

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Plaza Botero Medellín - Colombia

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Medellin Skyline

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Metro of Medellín

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1700 en total
1700 en total
Christmas Lighting – Medellín River

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Medellín

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Background
Education - Security - Transparency - Coexistence
Keywords:
Educating City
Citizens
Participation
Social Inequalities
Violence
Knowledge
Social Responsibility
Sergio Fajardo Valderrama

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“Medellin la másEducada”. Transforming Medellin into the most educated city in the country
“Medellin Solidaria y Competitiva”
Preparing for competitiveness with social responsibility.

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Education Plan Medellín 2004 - 2008
Initial Education
Educational stimuli to allow access
and reduce number of drop-outs.
No one excluded
Educational facilities to offer quality
coverage.
Elementary and secondary education.
available to everyone, respect
of diversity.
Right to high quality
education access.
Financing to allow access and
reduce number drop-outs.
Higher education
More high quality and relevant
opportunities
The road to higher education.
Network for technical and technological training and institutional strengthening.
“Sergio Fajardo Valderrama 2004 – 2008”

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Development Plan 2008 - 2012
Líne 3
Líne 1
Líne 2
Economic development
and innovation.
Medellin, a solidary and
fair city.
Development and welfare
for citizens.
Líne 6
Líne 4
Líne 5
Democratic institutions
and citizen participation.
Spaces and environment
for people
City with regional and
global projection.
“Alonso Salazar Jaramillo 2008 – 2012”

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Library Parks
5 in operation (Visited by 9.611.782 people average monthly attendance for library park: 54.999)
2 designed
3 in design process
5 other

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Library Parks

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San JavierLibrary Park

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España
Library Park

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La Quintana
Library Park

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La Ladera
Library Park

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Belén
Library Park

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San Cristóbal
Library Park

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Doce
de Octubre
Library Park

Library Parks, Centres of Integration and Services.
Concept is generating a service integration space: park, library,
information center, cultural events, entrepreneurship and more.
Sustainable development
Cultural diversity
Knowledge, information and reading
Technological platform and connectivity
Citizen and community participation
Communication for development and networking
Entrepreneurship communities ( CEDEZO)
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ICT
La Quintana
Library Park

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ICT
EPM Library

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ICT
EPM Library

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IDB Assembly Medellín 2009

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Virtual Information

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www.reddebibliotecas.org.co

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Municipal libraries and the metropolitan library network
Área Metropolitana
del Valle de Aburrá

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The public libraries network
35 interconnected libraries creating a collaborative knowledge network.
The use of ICT as a learning resource to enhance library management, human capacity and services, and to reduce costs.
The network integrates resources and services from:
The Pilot Public Library and it’s 6 branches
5 new Library Parks
8 municipal Libraries (City of Medellín)
12 municipal Libraries (other cities un the Metropolitan Area)
The EPM library
The library from Centro Colombo Americano

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Central node Pilot Public Library
Coordinator of the Medellin library network, Metropolitan Area
Santo Domingo
La Ladera
La Quintana
San Javier
Belén
La Piloto

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Medellín Pilot
Public Library
Founded in 1952
by UNESCO

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www.reddebibliotecas.org.coMedellín library network website
total registered users : 15.629yearly hits: 1.285.5251.700 computers connected to Internet

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Special Events

Public catalog
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Integrated Catalog
MARC format
Digital library
Loan renewals
Address changes
Due date reminders
Fines

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Libraries events calendar

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Virtual Communities
Cinema lovers
Librarians

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Multimedia Area

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Tell me a story

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Virtual Library

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Received Award
Global knowledge partnership award (GKP) received in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,2007.
Is an international recognition given to institutions such as the network of libraries Medellín Metropolitan Area promote multi-sector partnerships for TIC projects.
challenger final in Stockholm 2008
Network portalwww.reddebibliotecas.org.cowas nominated for the awards online Colombia in 2009

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Access to knowledge award, ATLA 2009
Awarded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Awarded in 2009 IFLA congress in Milan:
“Libraries Help Bring Together the People of Medellin, Colombia
Libraries are typically seen as places of learning and knowledge.
But in Medellin, Colombia, a city once fractured by violence,
the library has become a powerful symbol for community building”.

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The eight strategic areas of investment are:
1.Retrieval of content from historical records social use. 2.Creation and promotion of new and relevant content for the community. Creation of collective memory. 3.Homologation of public libraries’ digital catalogs and creation of learning objects. 4.Expand's technology platform in network libraries.
5.Develop an online program for the teaching of basic English. 6.Expand the public catalog. 7.Develop an appropriation and divulgation plan. 8.Implement a series of indicators to evaluate performance

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Heritage
Fernando GonzálezPhotographer: Gabriel Carvajal
José HoracioBetancur Photographer: Gabriel Carvajal

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Medellín historical file

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THANK YOU!
Clara Patricia Restrepo de Toro
Foundation Manager
EPM
crestrep@fundacionepm.org.co

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