The médiathèque, a new means of cultural development in rural environment ?

Towns with fewer than 15 000 inhabitants spread their areas of influence, through the development of "counties". Within them, the lack of cultural infrastructure is a reality that each town finds difficult to alter by lack of the funds destined to support an entire cultural infrastructure. Face to the increasing success of "médiathèques" (multimedia libraries), would it be possible to imagine that they could be a possibility to satisfy this need ? It would mean to expand the concept of "médiathèque" as a genuinely "new cultural centre", which would provide a complete cultural service, an remain within the range of local resources.
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