List of libraries in Colombia
Libraries by department
[edit]- Biblioteca del Tercer Piso, Santo Domingo, est.1894[1]
- Biblioteca Diego Echavarría Misas, Itagüí (in Spanish)
- Biblioteca José Félix de Restrepo, Envigado (in Spanish)
- Medellín
- Biblioteca de la Universidad de Antioquia (in Spanish)
- Biblioteca EPM network (in Spanish)
- Biblioteca Luis Echavarría Villegas (in Spanish)
- Biblioteca pública Piloto, (in Spanish), est.1954[2]
- Library park (Colombia), Medellín
- Bethlehem Library, Medellín
- Biblioteca de España (Medellín)
- La Quintana, Medellín
- León de Greiff Library, Medellín
- San Javier Library, Medellín
- Biblioteca del Centro Cultural Comfamiliar Atlántico, Barranquilla (in Spanish)
- Biblioteca Piloto del Caribe, Barranquilla (in Spanish)
- Biblioteca Pública Departamental Meira Delmar, Barranquilla (in Spanish)
See also: List of libraries in Bogota (in Spanish)
- Bartolomé Calvo Library, Cartagena[4]
- Biblioteca Pública Municipal Raúl Rodríguez Perilla, Macanal[5]
- University of Caldas library, Manizales[6]
- University of Cauca library, Popayan[6]
- Biblioteca Pública Kankuaka, Valledupar[5]
- Biblioteca pública municipal Albán Cundinamarca, Albán (in Spanish)
- Biblioteca pública municipal Francisco Samper Madrid (in Spanish)[7]
- Red Municipal de Bibliotecas Públicas de Soacha Joaquín Piñeros Corpas, Soacha (in Spanish)[7]
- Biblioteca Pública Rural De Charras, San José del Guaviare[5]
- Biblioteca Departamental Olegario Rivera, Neiva (in Spanish)[7]
- Biblioteca pública Miguel Ángel López, Maicao (in Spanish)
- Biblioburro, travelling library in Magdalena
- Biblioteca Pública Municipal Remedios La Bella, Aracataca
- Biblioteca Pública De Villavicencio German Arciniegas, Villavicencio
- Biblioteca pública Julio Pérez Ferrero, Cúcuta (in Spanish)[7]
- University of Quindio library[6]
- Biblioteca Jorge Roa Martínez, Pereira (in Spanish)
- Biblioteca Gabriel Turbay, Bucaramanga, est.1982[2]
- University of Sucre library[6]
- Biblioteca Pública Municipal Alfonso Palacio Rudas
- University of Tolima library[6]
- Biblioteca Departamental Jorge Garcés Borrero, Cali (in Spanish)[7]
- Cali Community Public Library Network, Cali (in Spanish)
- Biblioteca del Centenario, Cali (in Spanish)[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Juan Guillermo Gómez García (2008), "Lectura, lectores y lectoras o el universo del libro en Tomás Carrasquilla" [Reading, readers or the universe of the book in Tomás Carrasquilla], Estudios de literatura colombiana (in Spanish) (23), Medellín, Colombia: Universidad de Antioquia, ISSN 0123-4412
- 1 2 3 Anabel Torres (1993). "Colombia". World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services (3rd ed.). US: American Library Association. pp. 218–220 – via Internet Archive.
- 1 2 "IFLA Members" (PDF), ifla.org, Netherlands: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, 2026-09-02
- ↑ "Red de Bibliotecas" [Library Network], banrepcultural.org (in Spanish), Colombia: Banco de la República, retrieved 2026-09-14
- 1 2 3 4 5 Directorio - Red Nacional de Bibliotecas Públicas [Directory – National Public Library Network] (in Spanish), Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia, retrieved 2026-09-14
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Colombia". World Guide to Libraries 2017. Vol. 1 (32nd ed.). Germany: De Gruyter Saur. 2017. p. 151+. ISBN 9783110517514 – via Internet Archive.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Sistema Nacional de Información Cultural de Colombia" [National Cultural Information System of Colombia], sinic.gov.co (in Spanish), Bogota: Ministerio de las Culturas, retrieved 2026-09-14
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.
Further reading
[edit]- in English
- William V. Jackson (1971). "Libraries in Colombia". In Allen Kent; et al. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science. Vol. 5. New York: Marcel Dekker. pp. 282–315. ISBN 978-0-8247-2023-0.
- Susan Freiband (1975). "Art libraries and librarianship in Colombia". ARLIS/NA Newsletter. 3. US: Art Libraries Society of North America. JSTOR 27945414.
- Edwin S. Gleaves; Uriel Lozano Rivera (1994). "Colombia". In Wayne A. Wiegand; Donald G. Davis Jr. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Library History. New York: Garland. pp. 164–166.
- in Spanish
- Directorio de Bibliotecas Colombianas [Directory of Colombian Libraries] (in Spanish), Bogota: Instituto Colombiano para el Fomento de la Educacion Superior, 1969
- Jose Ignacio Bohorquez (1971), Estado Actual de las Bibliotecas en Colombia [Current State of Libraries in Colombia] (in Spanish), Colciencias
- Luz Posada de Greiff (1989). "Las bibliotecas en Antioquia". Revista Interamericana de Bibliotecología (in Spanish). 12. ISSN 0120-0976.
- Hernán Alonso Muñoz Vélez (2014). La biblioteca aldeana de Colombia y el ideario de la República liberal. Bibliotecas y cultura en Antioquia 1934-1947 [The Village Library of Colombia and the Ideals of the Liberal Republic: Libraries and Culture in Antioquia, 1934–1947] (in Spanish). Editorial Universidad del Rosario. OCLC 966485294.
- Orlanda Jaramillo (2016). "Bibliotecas públicas en Colombia: territorio de paz" [Public libraries in Colombia: land of peace]. El profesional de la información (in Spanish). 25 (5). doi:10.3145/epi.2016.sep.12. ISSN 1386-6710.
- Sandra Patricia Bedoya-Mazo (2017). "Iniciativas y proyectos para fortalecer la biblioteca escolar en Colombia: una revisión histórica" [Initiatives and Projects to Strengthen School Libraries in Colombia: A Historical Review]. Revista Interamericana de Bibliotecología (in Spanish). 40. Medellin, Colombia: Universidad de Antioquía. doi:10.17533/udea.rib.v40n3a08. ISSN 0120-0976.
External links
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- "Bibliography Search: Colombia", Bibliography of Library History, 1990-Present, US: American Library Association Library History Round Table – via Penn State University Libraries
- "Library Map of the World: Colombia", ifla.org, Netherlands: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions