Given the demand from users to increase reading posts and taking advantage of the space formerly occupied by the Tourist Office on Thursday 11 March, the Mayor of San Pedro del Pinatar, José García Ruiz accompanied by the Councillor for Culture, Mark David Gracia Antolinos inaugurated the expansion of the Library of Lo Pagán wrapped by a large group of people, municipal corporation, directors and teachers from the municipality colegiosdel regular users of the Library of Lo Pagan.
The new Children's Room of the Library of Lo Pagan is aimed at users from 0 to 12 years, the new children's area that doubles the space of the library has Bebeteca (reading area for babies and children 0 to 3 years endowed with mattresses, pillows, books to look, touch and play, books to the bathroom, etc.. computers with Internet access, Comicteca, area (dictionaries, encyclopedias and books on various subjects), a space dedicated to books in other languages English, Arabic, French, etc.. Not to mention the loan of DVDs and CDs also be screened a week later for child users.
The Library expansion is in line with the ongoing commitment of the Department of Culture for the promotion of reading.
The mayor of culture said that "we have tried to create a play space without becoming playroom where users can watch a movie, do homework while listening to music, read stories sitting in the pot, hidden in the castle or lying on the mats" .
A new feature is included in the Library have new educational materials all related to reading and writing to promote a taste for them throughout the game, the head of the Library of Lo Pagán, María del Carmen López revealed what The most important innovation of the new cultural space, "we have launched a service that we believe is linked to libraries.
This is to encourage and provide children with processes such as reading and writing through play by helping them develop graphomotor, literacy, reading comprehension, create stories cartoons helped by temporal sequences, etc.
Despite being linked to reading, writing and role of libraries, we are not aware of any initiatives of this kind in any other Spanish library (or world) so we have encouraged them to create certain of the importance of " .
The mayor, who enjoyed the new space in the company of some children who attended the inauguration, said: "The library becomes more than ever now in place for meeting and socializing.
This is a place to participate in various tasks related to access to information, to children's literature, a place to consult encyclopedias, daily newspapers, surf the internet or rent a DVD and that fortunately has been expanded to provide better service to the neighbors. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Pedro del Pinatar