García Márquez Library in Barcelona will be closed until August 18 for renovation works. This City Council will renovate in several districts 7 libraries. In the Sant Martí district of the city, it will be closed from this Monday until August 18. This with the aim of carrying out improvement works that will last until October. What is sought with this closure is to modernize the space and provide better services to users.
García Márquez Library in Barcelona: modernization of facilities
Different forms will also be carried out during this period including the updating of reading areas, improvement of facilities and modernization of accessibility facilities. This library will expand the collection of resources and materials in order to meet the needs of the community.
New alternatives and user understanding
On the other hand, this direction has provided new alternatives and understanding of user services. In addition, the library will expand the collection of resources and materials in order to better meet the needs of the community. It should be noted that structural supports will be installed and integrated into the volumetry of the building. In addition, a new umbraculum will be built on the façade, as reported by the Barcelona City Council on Monday in a press release.
Spacewill be activated in a functional way
Likewise, this space will be activated in a functional way this outdoor space in the Carmen Balcells square. It will be conditioned as a stage for various events, in addition to various events and as an exhibition space and thus relate it to the neighborhood. On the other hand, during the month of August the libraries Poblenou- Manuel Arranz and Ramon d’Alós-Moner, in a neighborhood of Besòs i el Maresme, remain open in the district. Likewise, this action in the García Márquez is contextualized in this year’s works in municipal libraries with the aim of renovating and improving their facilities. This is an investment of more than 5 million euros from the Municipal Investment Plan (PIM).
It will help to acquire new furniture
This investment will help to acquire new furniture and carry out preventive and corrective maintenance actions in different libraries in various districts. Also, the computer equipment of these digital classrooms of 17 libraries in the city, where self-loaning will be implemented in 9 libraries. Until 2025 in the district of Sant Martí, in the neighborhood of Vila Olímpica, which will begin in autumn. It is a comprehensive reform of the Xavier Benguerel Library, which merits comprehensive works to improve facilities, accessibility and circulations. This is an enlargement of the auditorium and the storage room.
Works to improve facilities
On the other hand, the Ignasi Iglésias – Can Fabra Library, in a district of Sant Andreu, is also scheduled to undergo improvement works on the building’s air conditioning installations. It is also expected to close at the end of September until November. As for the Guinardó- Mercè Rodoreda Library, also in the Horta-Guinardó district, it will not be open in autumn, in order to carry out different improvement works in the electrical installations, air conditioning, waterproofing, sanitation, functional and part of the furniture will be renewed. In the El Carmel-Juan Marsé Library, a space in the children’s area will be conditioned to function as a Steam innovation classroom. The objective is to develop projects related to science, health and technology. Likewise, these works will not affect the opening of the library service.
García Márquez Library in Barcelona: alternatives for accessing library services
The management has asked for users’ understanding and has offered alternatives for those who wish to access library services during this time. Books and other materials on loan should be returned to the library where they were checked out or to other nearby libraries, whose schedules and locations will be available on the García Márquez Library website. They have also highlighted that they will be making improvements to the Jaume Fuster Library, in the Vallcarca i els Penitents-M.Antoni-Joan Oliver Library, which they plan to complete in the first quarter of 2025. As the Garcia Marquez Library in Barcelona is closed until August 18 for renovation work, it is expected that, after the completion of the works, the library will reopen its doors with a renovated and improved space.
