Services of Public Libraries
What can you do?
Through a public reading network, the Public Libraries of Madrid provide the information resources and services necessary to satisfy the information, training, entertainment and leisure needs of citizens.
What's happening
Access the latest news about the world of books, reading and libraries in Madrid
Check the catalog
In the online catalog of the Public Libraries of Madrid and its region, you can search for your document: by author, by title, by word ... you can also reserve it, save it and value it in your personal space, the user area.
User area, your space in the library
If you enter as an identified user you can:
- access information about your loans, reservations, desideratas,
- cancel reservations, create desideratas,
- associate social markers with bibliographic records,
- and update your personal data.
Request the unique card
and is part of the largest club in the Community of Madrid, that of the readers
Find the nearest library
Inter-center loan
Do you need a work that is not in the library of your neighborhood?
The library recommends
Each month, the Reader Portal offers a selection of titles aimed at both the adult public and the children and young people.
Each recommendation is accompanied by a brief summary of the content of the book in order to facilitate the selection of the titles that are of your interest. You can also check its availability in the library catalog.
eBiblio Madrid, your digital reading
eBiblio Madrid is a loan service for electronic books, through Internet, that libraries and public reading services located in the Community of Madrid put at your disposal.
eBiblio Madrid offers you a technological platform that allows access to the catalog and make the loan of works in digital format to read them on different devices: tablets, smart phones, personal computers or readers of e-books (ereaders) compatible with DRM (Digital Rights Management ) of Adobe Digital Editions.
Check the activity agenda
Enter the Agenda of the Reader's Portal and find out about all the activities that take place in the libraries and that are programmed for all ages: writing workshops, reading clubs, storytelling, meetings with authors, exhibitions, book presentations, cultural itineraries , projections ...
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Libraries for all
It is a free home loan service for people over 70 years old or with a disability equal to or greater than 33%. It has a wide collection of books for loan.
This collection includes both the latest news and a complete selection of narrative, poetry, biographies and other subjects. It also includes audiovisuals, audiobooks, large print and easy-to-read books.
For more information you can consult the page of Telelibrary in the Reader's Portal
Bibliobuses are mobile lending libraries. They function as small public libraries installed in buses and with collections destined for all ages.
Currently there are 9 book buses that travel through 96 towns in the Community of Madrid and 10 districts of the capital.
If you want more information you can consult the page of Bookstores at the Reader's Portal
Bibliometro is a system of free loan of books that is done in the Metro. Bibliometers are modules arranged in certain metro stations that have 3.000 volumes that correspond to 1.700 titles.
If you want more information you can consult the page of Bibliometer in the Reader Portal
Accessible libraries and services beyond reading. The Network of Public Libraries of the Community of Madrid offers a wide range of possibilities for people with disabilities.
Most of the centers have already been adapted. Find out at the library directory to check the accessibility of the facilities. The libraries also offer services to different groups. And the centers that have available spaces freely give their rooms to entities that propose cultural activities, without profit motive.
If you want more information you can consult the page of Tailored services in the Reader Portal
The Plan for the Promotion of Reading has opted for the creation of a School Library Network integrated into the Public Reading System and a comprehensive library model, which aims to achieve school libraries equipped with the human and material resources necessary to manage and make their information resources accessible to the entire school community.
If you want more information you can consult the page of School Libraries in the Reader Portal
This service is a form of free loan of lots of books offered by the Community of Madrid, which is aimed at libraries and care centers (centers for the elderly, residences, occupational centers, hospitals, etc.), and whose objective is to promote of reading, bringing books closer to citizens.
These lots are intended for the organization of reading clubs; They are lots that consist of 20 to 25 copies of the same title.
If you want more information you can consult the page of Loan to Reading Clubs on the Reader Portal
Ask, libraries respond
Ask by email (24 hours, 365 days a year) or by chat (Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 19:00 p.m.). This service undertakes to answer within a maximum period of two days. It is a free online information service run by Spanish public libraries.
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