Library and Citizenship

With a population in difficulty, but also rich in economic potential, Saint-Denis must face several challenges. Thus, access to education and culture constitutes a fundamental stake for each individual. It is the historical, though still current, mission of the library to respond to this with ever-insufficient means. The municipality has therefore scheduled the construction of a network of «mediatheques». From now on, the library must anticipate this objective and adapt its functions and its acquisitions to the entirety of the local inhabitants. Such free access to new information and communication technology thus gives each citizen the critical instruments for the appropriation of knowledge and the exercise of democracy.
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