El mapa de lectura pública valenciana : un instrumento de trabajo y planificación

The Map of Public Reading of the Valencian Community began as consequence of the Organic and Functional Regulation of the Department of Culture and Education in which it establishes as one of the functions of the Service of Records and Libraries the study of the librarians needs and planning of the Map of Valencian Public Reading. So the Map of Public Reading was created as an instrument of work that allows to the Valencian Librarian System to know the librarian reality, as previous step to be able to act from the Department of the Book, Records and Libraries of a planned and operative way. To carry out this project the Valencian Autonomous Government and the Technical University of Valencia signed an agreement in 2001. The article analyzes the legislation, the methodology of the project and the results of someone of the parameters that have been studied in the Map of Valencian Public Reading