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• It’s a matter of getting started proposed a game for visitors, who had to link different fragments of literary texts with their au- thors and the work they came from.
• Paper landscapes traced a map of bookshops and libraries using various photographs.
• Opening a book recreated imaginary spaces from three literary classics: Hamlet, Don Quixote and Frankenstein, through the work of the artist David Espinosa.
• Ilustrísimos gave visitors an insight into a few Spanish illustrators and showed how they approach the creative process.
• Next stop, a book recreated the metaphor of reading as a journey and proposed reading routes through works of all periods, languages and genres. The routes were illustrated on Metro map with seven the- matic lines.
• Pages from the cinema examined scenes and stories that took the leap from book to screen and are shaped by the particular gaze of directors and actors.
The exhibition clearly attested to the influence books have on our lives and showed the work of libraries, bookshops, authors, illustrators, pub- lishers and other people in the book sector.
Reading, writing and technology in schools, a sample of experiences under way
As commented in the previous section, digital reading materials have found their way into
the educational realms thanks mainly to mobile devices. Their incorporation into classroom dynamics as learning tools is gradually increasing, just as interest is growing in adding digital works, both fiction and informative, to school library collections.
Librarium, digital loan platform of school libraries of Extremadura
An important step towards introducing digital loans was taken in the autonomous community of Extremadura with the launch of Librarium195 in the first quarter of 2017–18. Librarium is, gener- ally speaking, a digital library. The platform was developed by the department of education and employment of the regional government of Extremadura. And it receives ERDF funds. It consists of a platform for borrowing and down- loading publications, as well as a digital reading club.
Figure 27. Screenshot of the Librarium digital library in Extremadura.
Source: https://librarium.educarex.es/opac/
Librarium offers 8,000 items targeted at pre-university students and teachers at
state schools. Its aim is to boost the virtual environment of school libraries by enhancing their physical and digital holdings. It is a multiplatform tool and all the functions of the digital library are accessible from computers, e-readers, tablets and smartphones through either the web version or the apps that have been implemented and are available from the Apple Store and Google Play.
Competition for young digital researchers Es de libro
This educational project196 is an initiative of Cedro and enjoys the collaboration of the Fundación SM and the support of the Ministry of
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