The document discusses the roles and strategies of the Chilean Library of Congress (BCN). It aims to be a social space that promotes understanding of legislative processes and issues. It also aims to be a memory of Congress and a tool that supports parliamentary work. Some of its key roles and strategies include being an advisory service for MPs, providing internet tools to link and network citizens, and stimulating citizen participation and understanding of MPs' roles. It provides various public portals and blogs. It also uses social media and Web 2.0 tools to develop collective knowledge and understanding of MPs' roles. The BCN works to provide easier access to Chilean legislation through its LEGIS information system. It also aims to dissemin

1. 24th Annual IFLA Pre-Conference of Library and Research Services for Parliaments
Ottawa, 6 to 8 of august, 2008

2. ROLES OF THE CHILEAN
Soledad Ferreiro / sferreiro@bcn.cl
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

3. A SOCIAL SPACE to promote
comprehension and knowledge of
national legislative processes and
priority issues
An area where citizens can
recognize the role of Congress
and political parties: MEMORY
A tool that SUPPORTS MP
commitments and parliamentary
work and MP capacity for early
warning of new scenarios in
the country and worldwide
ROLES OF THE
LIBRARY
SOCIAL SPACE MEMORY CONGRESSIONAL ADVISORY SERVISES

4. To provide Internet tools for linking
and NETWORKING CITIZENS
To stimulate citizen participation
and a better UNDERSTANDING
OF MP ROLES
To provide a new, easier and more
user-oriented, INFORMATION
SYSTEM for access to CHILEAN
LEGISLATION
Strategies for
citizens
SOCIAL
SPACE
SOCIAL SPACE MEMORY CONGRESSIONAL ADVISORY SERVISES

5. TOOLS FOR LINKING AND
NETWORKING
PUBLIC PORTAL
bcn.cl
ASIA PACIFIC PORTAL
asiapacifico.bcn.cl
INTEGRATED GEOGRAPHIC
INFORMATION SYSTEM
(SIIT)
bcn.cl/siit
SOCIAL SPACE MEMORY CONGRESSIONAL ADVISORY SERVISES
Portals

6. SOCIAL SPACE MEMORY CONGRESSIONAL ADVISORY SERVISES
TOOLS FOR LINKING AND
NETWORKING

7. SOCIAL SPACE MEMORY CONGRESSIONAL ADVISORY SERVISES
TOOLS FOR LINKING AND
NETWORKING

8. SOCIAL SPACE MEMORY CONGRESSIONAL ADVISORY SERVISES
TOOLS FOR LINKING AND
NETWORKING

9. TOOLS FOR LINKING AND
NETWORKING
BLOG LEGAL
Leyesciudadanas.bcn.cl
VIVE ASIA
viveasia.bcn.cl
LIGAS MAYORES
ligasmayores.bcn.cl
SOCIAL SPACE MEMORY CONGRESSIONAL ADVISORY SERVISES
Blogs

10. SOCIAL SPACE MEMORY CONGRESSIONAL ADVISORY SERVISES
TOOLS FOR LINKING AND
NETWORKING

11. SOCIAL SPACE MEMORY CONGRESSIONAL ADVISORY SERVISES
TOOLS FOR LINKING AND
NETWORKING

12. SOCIAL SPACE MEMORY CONGRESSIONAL ADVISORY SERVISES
TOOLS FOR LINKING AND
NETWORKING

13. UNDERSTANDING THE
ROLE OF
THE MPs
Understanding the Library
as a space for social
interaction, BCN considers
Web 2.0 as a partner in the
development of collective
knowledge
SOCIAL SPACE MEMORY CONGRESSIONAL ADVISORY SERVISES

14. UNDERSTANDING THE
ROLE OF
THE MPs
SOCIAL SPACE MEMORY CONGRESSIONAL ADVISORY SERVISES

15. UNDERSTANDING THE
ROLE OF
THE MPs
FACEBOOK
YOUTUBE
FLICKR
PODCASTER
SOCIAL SPACE MEMORY CONGRESSIONAL ADVISORY SERVISES
2.0 Social
network tools

16. UNDERSTANDING THE
ROLE OF
THE MPs
SOCIAL SPACE MEMORY CONGRESSIONAL ADVISORY SERVISES

17. KNOWLEDGE
OF THE LAW
LEGIS
INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR CHILEAN LEGISLATION
SOCIAL SPACE MEMORY CONGRESSIONAL ADVISORY SERVISES

18. Translate legal texts into
Mapudungun
(Ley fácil “Easy-to-understand
Law”)
Provide information about
legislative issues concerning
aboriginal peoples
Contribute to disseminating
parliamentary work within groups
that use minority ethnic languages
Serve as repository of documents
translated into Mapudungun,
generated by different public or
private organizations
SOCIAL SPACE MEMORY CONGRESSIONAL ADVISORY SERVISES
CULTURES
WATCHING
OURSELVES FROM DIFFERENT

19. Legislative, social and political
recorded information produced by
the Chilean Congress, throughout
its history, or by other actors and
witnesses, as heritage for present
and future generations
SOCIAL SPACE MEMORY CONGRESSIONAL ADVISORY SERVISES
POLITICAL
MEMORY

20. Interviews of political actors, former
and present MPs
Records of witnesses
Following Footsteps and Trodden
Paths
SOCIAL SPACE MEMORY CONGRESSIONAL ADVISORY SERVISES
POLITICAL
MEMORY