The document describes the Biblioteca del Fondo public library in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Spain, including its location, collections, services, areas, activities, and a special collection on world cuisines aimed at bringing together the diverse cultural communities in the neighborhood through food. The library serves around 35,000 people and sees an average of 800 visits and 200 loans per day.

1. Dissabte 28 de febrer de 2015, secció Biblioteca
Pública, a la Biblioteca del Fondo.

2. Santa Coloma de Gramenet
Situation
Santa Coloma de Gramenet is
located at the North-East of the
city of Barcelona.
Population
Total: 120.029 inhab (Idescat, 1/1/2013)
Density: 17.147 inhab/km2.

3. Foreigners: 44,4 % of people born abroad.
Main origins: over 30% from China,
others are Morocco, Equator, Pakistan
and Bangladesh.
More than 70 nationalities
and about 100 different languages are
spoken in the neighbourhood.
Area population: ca. 40000 people
Density: almmost 800 people/ha
http://laguiaplus.com
Fondo Neighbourhood

4. Public Reading Map of Catalonia
Article 28 of the Act 4/1993, of 18 March, of the Catalan Library
System establishes that the Ministry of Culture has
responsibility to prepare and keep updated the Public Reading
Map.
1. The Map has to bring together the needs of public
reading and establish the type of service corresponding to
each town.
2. The Map and the changes made in it are approved by the
Government of the Generalitat, on proposals of the Council of
Libraries and the representative associations of the Local
Authorities of Catalonia.
3. The Public Reading Map of Catalonia is an instrument of
territorial planning: its extent comprises all the territory of
Catalonia.

5. Public Reading Map of Catalonia
Nowadays, the public library system has:
- 600 librarians and a 1000 assistant librarians
- 370 libraries
- 11 Bibliobuses
- Altogether giving service to 410 municipalities covering
almost 95% of the population
3.5 million people have a Library Card
There are over 85000 daily visits

6. Santa Coloma’s Public Library Network
An example of success
MPL, 2014 ed.
#3 Biblioteca del Fondo:
COLLECTION: 27000 items SIZE: 2000 m2
Permanent staff: 2 librarians, 3 ass.lib. Temporary staff (9 months): 2 ass.lib.
Opened: 40h/week (sept-june)

7. Santa Coloma de Gramenet Library Network

8. Biblioteca Central
The Biblioteca Central, located in a
luminous, modern and well-
connected building, is the hub of the
City Library Network
Jardí Can Sistere, s/n,
08921 Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Barcelona.
Opening date 1970,
moved to a new
bulding in 1994

9. Biblioteca Singuerlín - Salvador Cabré
Biblioteca Singuerlín-Salvador Cabré, outstands
for its architectural design: its a singular and
modern building, with airy interiors and natural
light. Its façade gives personality to the cultural
equipment. It hosts a Cinema, and a special
collection devoted to documentary cinema and
author cinema.
Plaça Sagrada Família, s/n
08924 Santa Coloma de Gramenet,
Barcelona
Opening date: 1974
Moved to a new building 2010

10. Biblioteca Can Peixauet
Biblioteca Can Peixauet opened in
2001. It has a special Science Fiction
collection, and hosts an important
collection of documents in Chinese.
Avinguda de la Generalitat, 98,
08923 Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Barcelona
Opening date
29 june 2014

11. Biblioteca del Fondo
Biblioteca del Fondo. Gives service to an
area crowded with more than 35000 people
from both Santa Coloma and Badalona
towns. Located on top of the market place
and next to a kindergarten. It hosts a Special
Collection on “World Cuisines”
Carrer Massenet, 28-30 (planta 1)
08922 Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Barcelona
Opening date
11 september 2014

12. BibliotecadelFondo 3. Surroundings
The market place, where every
Saturday is held a street market

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The Plaça del Rellotge, the heart of
the neighbourhood, where
traditional feasts, concerts and
other cultural gatherings take place.

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4. Building
The building is shared
by the market place, a
supermarket, a
kindergarten and the
library, which occupies
two floors and almost
2000m2.

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5. Services
Information and guidance Self-service Loan
Internet access and Wi-Fi
Courses on information and
communication technologies
Cultural and reading motivating
activities Open return – Book drop 24h

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6. Areas
Children’s Area Journals and Papers
Music and cinema World Cuisines Area
The “Living Room” General Area

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7.Library users and the use of the library
Self-service machines

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Reading and connecting to
internet (wi-fi)

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Reading and connecting to
internet (wi-fi)

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Newspaper and Journal
Reading

21. BibliotecadelFondo
Conference by Carlos Vilagrasa
“Homophobia, lesbianophobia
and transphobia”

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Workshop on the use of tales
as an educational tool
(Organized with the Teacher Training Faculty-
University of Barcelona- ApS-U, UB ).

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Weekly Story telling

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Creative activities

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a space for interaction and exchange
between about 100 nationalities living
in the neighborhood of Fondo
from a common subject: food and
cooking as the cultural and heritage
Specialization
Cuines del Món
(Worl Cuisines)

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Cuines del Món (World Cuisines)
All and every culture shares a meal made from different traditions, habits and
tastes.
Around the fire, the kitchen is the meeting point of connection of the community,
the place where there have been more intimate and friendly conversations,
where one learns, shares and grows.

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In a neighborhood with a great diversity of cultures,
people who share a common space, their needs, their
daily lives,
the library offers a KITCHEN,
a place that wants to bring together,
enriching one another,
like we do when we mix in our own kitchen, the old, with
the new, the well-known with what is still to be
discovered.

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A WORLD OF CUISINES …
World Cuisines
a unique concept "A world of cuisines" as one of the core points of the program of
Reading Promotion in the neighborhood.
Is embodied in:
A specific area with 2,000 volumes on gastronomy and world cuisines.
A physical space with a kitchen with quality services.
Santa Coloma de Gramenet has important references around the culinary world:
- The Campus de l’Alimentació (Universitat de Barcelona) Torribera
- the first Michelin star in the metropolitan area (Víctor Quintillà, LA LLUERNA
- and the celebration of the gastronomic "Flavors of the World", organized by an
association of the neighborhood.

29. 2014 (15 September – December)
Visits per day: 800 average
Loans per day: 200 average