Lectura y bibliotecas

Publicado en la revista El Malpensante, No 37, 2002.

Bogotá, abril de 2002. Conferencia leída en el 5 Congreso Nacional de Lectura. Congreso Nacional de Lectura, 5°, 2002, Bogotá.

Bogotá, abril de 2001. Conferencia dictada en Medellín, Universidad de Antioquia, mayo de 2001.

Mesa redonda en el Congreso Nacional de Lectura (Bogotá, 2003).

Publicado en Ciudad Viva, Octubre de 2007, como “Sobre libros y bibliotecas”.

Publicado en El Tiempo, 14 de abril de 2007

Bogotá, abril de 2003.

Octuber 26th, 2005. Read as the 15th Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecture, Mortenson Center por International Library Programs, University of Illinois.

For the largest part of Colombian history, libraries were more a dream than a reality. Illiterates formed the majority of the population and libraries were signs of wealth or social distinction, restricted to a narrow elite and its cultural institutions. However, in different periods libraries were conceived by some intellectuals

Bogotá, abril 2002.