Alicia Girón García
Alicia Girón García (1938 – 22 February 2020) was a Spanish librarian. She began working in the Madrid public library system in 1969 where she helped plan expansion and digitisation and eventually became its director. From 1983 Girón was deputy director-general of libraries at the Ministry of Culture helping to draft a law mandating library services in settlements with more than 5,000 inhabitants. She later joined the Biblioteca Nacional de España (the national library of Spain), heading its bibliographic processing department and launching a programme to digitise its collection. Girón was appointed director of the library on 24 May 1990, the first woman to hold the position. She remained in post until 9 January 1992, overseeing the reformation of the library as an independent organisation and establishing an interlibrary loan system. Girón later headed the Biblioteca Nacional de Préstamo (national lending library) and the National Newspaper Library before joining the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria as director of libraries in 1995. She remained in post until 2008.
Early career
Girón was born in 1938.[1] She had a degree in history and began working in libraries in 1969.[2] Girón initially worked in the Madrid public library system, where she was involved in planning the expansion of library services in the city. In the 1980s she helped to plan a digitisation plan for the Madrid libraries.[1] Girón rose to become director of the Madrid public library system and, from 1983, was deputy director-general of libraries at the Ministry of Culture.[3][2] She helped to draft laws and regulations including article 26b of Ley de Bases del Régimen Local de 1985 (basic law of local government 1985), which requires settlements with more than 5,000 inhabitants to provide library services. Girón also promoted reading to the general populace and the expansion of school libraries.[1]
National library
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Girón later joined the
Later career
Girón became director of the Biblioteca Nacional de Préstamo and of the National Newspaper Library.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Sala Alicia Girón García". Biblioteca ULPGC (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ a b c Prados, Luis (26 April 1990). "Alicia Girón sustituye a Fusi al frente de la Biblioteca Nacional". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Fallece Alicia Girón, primera directora de la Biblioteca Nacional de España". Biblioteca Nacional de España (in Spanish). 24 February 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Fallece Alicia Girón García, antigua directora de nuestra Biblioteca". University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 December 2021.