ARGENTINE POPULAR LIBRARIES WIN EMBASSY "RAFFLE" AT BOOK FAIR

May 31, 2007

Ten popular libraries serving almost 300,000 people outside of the city of Buenos Aires are now receiving the boxes of Spanish language childrens books that they won in a raffle at the U.S. Embassy booth during the Buenos Aires Book Fair. Two of these libraries, founded as "citizen information centers" based on the U.S. library model, serve predominantly indigenous populations. One such library in Las Breñas, province of Chaco, mounted an exhibition of the books received and warmly thanked the Embassy for its largesse.

The winners are:

Biblioteca Escolar Popular en EET No. 5 “Ing. Juan Col” - Las Breñas, Chaco

Biblioteca Popular Cervantes - Empalme Villa Constitución, Santa Fe

Biblioteca Popular Escolar de Frontera “Soberania Nacional” - San Antonio, Misiones

Biblioteca Pública Popular y Municipal Alfonsina Storni - Coronel Charlone, Buenos Aires

Biblioteca Popular Municipal Alpachiri – Alpachiri, La Pampa

Biblioteca Popular Bernardino Rivadavia – Cañada de Gomez, Santa Fe

Biblioteca Hijos del Barrio Piedrabuena - Ciudad de Buenos Aires

Biblioteca Popular Homero Manzi - La Plata, Buenos Aires

Biblioteca Popular Mariano Moreno – Verónica, Buenos Aires

Biblioteca Popular Pablo Rojas Paz – Glew, Buenos Aires