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Ecuador

The National Library System (SINAB) is a decentralized entity of the ministry of education. It promotes the participation of the Ecuatorian population in the community of the cultural field around the library. The library system is part of a new political and cultural democratisation conception with the aim to remedy the deficiencies of the library services and of the cultural centers of the country. The objectives of SINAB are to provide the population of Ecuador with a joint stock of books which shall promote the interest for reading, as well as to provide communities and groups with consultation tools which allow them to satisfy their needs of information, education, communication and recreation. Also, SINAB offers cultural activities around the library to achieve a growing vinculation cross-linking of people through culture.

Keywords

library; association; organization; culture; cultural education; reading; counselling; ministry of education; local community; community education;