The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) named the Biblioteca Gabriel García Márquez in Barcelona, Spain as 2023’s finest new public library of the yr. The determination was introduced August twenty first throughout the 88th IFLA World Library and Information Conference that was held in the Netherlands.
The library was named after Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez and is splendidly fashionable. Its 5 tales are fitted into an octagon form that appears like open books with folded pages. But it’s not simply its distinctive design that received it the title of Best New Public Library of the Year — it’s additionally very community-oriented. Its workshops and different group sources it affords made the IFLA’s judges see it as a library that “…embodies the spirit of interaction with its surroundings and local culture.”
Barcelona’s new library received out over Slovenian, Australian, and Chinese public libraries. In addition to the award, the new library will obtain $5,000 USD.
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