La proximidad y lo digital en la lectura pública: en El Fondo, una biblioteca de la ciudad

In several countries, public libraries have been disinvested and their services have been depreciated. Catalan public libraries report increases in the supply of reading services and equipment. The public library of El Fondo, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, was analysed to understand how reading policies and the digital were concretised and delivered to a cultural and linguistic diverse community. We observed the reading practices, we interviewed local professionals as well supervision members of the libraries networks of the Barcelona region. Distinctive features included an orientation towards reading as a proximity public service, measures aimed at the local social inequalities as well as questioning the adequacy of the digital solutions to the social and cultural context