About 11,000 books available for free.
Biblioteca País de Ceibal registered exponential growth during 2024, breaking historical records for the Reading Platform.
In total, almost 460,000 loans were made with 148,000 new users and almost 15,000 title downloads during the year.
“The Country Library is a completely free digital library for all people with a Uruguayan Identity Card, where they can access more than 11,000 books and audiobooks, of all ages: children, young people and adults” stood out Soledad Felix.
“Ceibal is always associated with the educational system and beyond the fact that we obviously have books that are in that line for young people and children, we also have many books for recreational use of many genres: novels, crime, narrative, stories and comics. It is something that we want Uruguayans to know about because it is a completely free benefit.” remarked the Head of Ceibal Platforms.
“We have national authors, in fact the most read are the national ones, but we also have a wide variety of international books, even some that have not physically arrived in Uruguay are in the Library because we can access them digitally” he stated.
He said that it is always about responding to the suggestions that come from Biblioteca País users. “We try to get that book to publish within the possibilities” he assured.
Record numbers in 2024
“Last year we reached more than 148,000 users. People who have used the educational Platform since 2017, we have more than 530,000 registered users. The idea is to continue down that path, to make it known, to make it known that it exists, to explore it and to be able to use the library.” held.
“There is a wide variety of books for adults as well as stories for children” Soledad Félix pointed out.
“The books most read by adults Atomic Habits. There is a great variety that have nothing to do with the educational system. Among young people, some of the most read books are associated with Quiero ser Suárez, Entre Dos Pasiones, more associated with football. In another case more towards suspense. “The Novel after Media of Ceibal that Ana Solari wrote, which is a trilogy, we have three already published, is also one of the most read among children and young people.” revealed to THE DIARY PROFESSIONAL.
Form of access to the platform
“It can be accessed from a tablet, cell phone or laptop” he assured. “If they do it with a Laptop, they can do it throughlibrarypaís.ceibal.edu.uy where they will be able to explore the wide variety of books and audiobooks” express.
“There is a button where it says register what they should do with their ID and an Email address. You will receive an email and from there you can easily create your username” assured the Head of Ceibal Platforms.
“If they do it from their tablet or cell phone, they can download the application that searches for it as the Country Library. There is also a button there where it says register, They register and they can start selecting the book they like” he counted. “You can search for it by authors, the name of the book and by genres. It is very easy to use it because it works like a Library: once they find the title they give it lend and they will have the book available for reading for 21 days” reported.
If there are no copies available, users can make the corresponding reservation. “They will be on a waiting list and once the application is available it will send them a notification to be able to read that book” he stated.
This is a good option for these vacation times. “Another important thing is that you can download the book and then go to the beach and not use your data to read without the Internet.”
Biblioteca País always aims at accessibility. “It has a font for dyslexia, you can also change the contrast of the book for low vision, increase the font size, change it from text to audio so that a voice appears that will read the book. It has a wide variety of functionalities that also make reading easier” Soledad Félix, Platform Head of Ceibal, ended by saying.
