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The aim of this paper is to explain some ways of innovation that are being extended to Spanish public libraries, and to consider that these changes require a more flexible model of management and service. To illustrate these new models we describe libraries such as Alhóndiga Bilbao, [...]Abstract
The public library and the promotion of reading is still an indissoluble tandem, meaning the library has a large responsibility for the promotion and dissemination of authors and their works. The goals of these cultural activities must be explicit and clearly defined, and must offer [...]Abstract
The Sedic Health Science Group organized the 1st Technical workshop on health science libraries in the 21st century: electronic, virtual, digital and hybrid. The aim was to update the view of health science libraries within the technological environment, sharing professional experience, [...]Abstract
Based on the idea of a just-in-time library, not just-in-case, and a shift from supply to demand as the engine of management, 10 library innovation actions are proposed. Examples of these actions are: Less is more; Don't buy, rent; No storage for just-in-case; Discard old habits and [...]