Passion for reading? The best virtual libraries are waiting for you

According to data from 'Reading in Spain.2017 Report', in our country read 60% of Spanish .Some may find it very little, but the truth is that the reading index It has risen in recent years by 11.2 points.Still, we are faced with figures such as those that tell us that the number of libraries fell in 2013 to 3,650.What about reading? How can this contrast occur ?

Maybe because, as with so many things, a digital transformation is going on by the sector, because, for example, there are more and more virtual libraries, online platforms with thousands of books available to readers who want to continue betting on a passion as old as today: reading.

The best virtual libraries

To get straight to the point with this topic, we present a collection with some of the best virtual libraries that can be found on the web.

European Library : We begin with this project that belongs to the European Union.All the countries that compose it work to grow this library that was created in 2008 and contains 50 million objects of study.Not only books, but also maps, paintings, sounds...Access, of course, is free .Here we already talk about it.

Cervantes Virtual Library : If there is a name eternally linked to Spanish culture, that is the author of 'El Quijote'.His legacy has been preserved for centuries and the Cervantes Virtual Library meets An important mission.It has an extensive catalog with the most outstanding works of Spanish-speaking literature.And information on many cultural activities.

Digital Library Hispanica : It is the online version of the National Library of our country.Its access is free and free and it is a compendium of diverse knowledge, ranging from history and culture, to Medicine and science.We can find books printed since the 15th century.

World Digital Library : Among the world libraries of wide interest to the public, we have this UNESCO project that depends on the Library of Congress of the United States.Great multitude of languages, cultures and their literary, artistic or philosophical manifestations are represented in it.

The Free Library : Passionates of classical literature can find complete works and in different languages.It also includes articles on a multitude of topics from all areas of human knowledge.It is very practical for researchers.

Wikisource : Wikimedia is a foundation responsible for some of the most used websites on the Internet, such as Wikipedia, that huge encyclopedia that tells us about anything.Wikisource is your reading resource, with licensed texts GFDL or Creative Commons.

Read in the Internet era

Passion for reading? The best virtual libraries are waiting for you

Virtual libraries fulfill an important mission.They not only preserve the cultural and historical legacy of each region, but, with the new digital era we live, they put all that knowledge available to anyone anywhere of the world .Yes, the current and centuries-old writings have been revalued, since they are accessible to many individuals who, if it were not for the work of these libraries, may never reach them.

Reading is not a reluctant activity with the use of the Internet, on the contrary, we have become accustomed to receiving all the information we need through our touch screen.That information can come to us visually, but also through of comments, posts, texts of todaindole.

Almost any activity associated with the human being is transformed by the use and characteristics so concrete that the network has, but does not imply losing the passion for reading but, rather, discovering new formats that make us fall in love .In this article about Fiction Apps, we talk about how new stories that succeed on the Internet simulate a conversation about WhatsApp.Very illustrative also seems to us the experience that Manuel Bartual made his followers live this summer, when I fiction a story through tweets that mixed mystery and terror with well-known resources by users such as images or videos.

To disseminate his work, some authors of new cuno do not hesitate to publish their writings under the Creative Commons license , which allows the work to be disseminated without having to pay the author for the rights generated by it.Cory Doctorow is one of those authors, perhaps the most relevant.This author even made a presentation of books from Second Life, that social network in which avatars and scenarios were built to suit the staff.

More and more resources

Passion for reading? The best virtual libraries are waiting for you

And, in addition to the official virtual libraries, we have a multitude of sites that ensure that literary culture prevails and that finding good books in the computer age is easier than ever.

There are places to download e-books for free .We have Open Library, a non-profit project of the Internet Archive.It is created as a support tool for people with visual disabilities but currently has more of 30 million records.We can also talk about the Gutenberg project, the largest library of free e-books that exists, and that works with the help of volunteers.Even sales sites such as Amazon or Casa del Libro offer, among its catalog, pieces to the that readers can access without paying a cent.

In addition, we can also find a lot of applications that give us access to more electronic books .Ebook Search is an app that, after its installation, gives access to more than 8 million books.It is one of the most famous literary apps.It has more than 10 million files and allows users to also share their stories and stories.Free eBooks is another popular application that allows you to download up to five books a month for free...

The possibilities are many, as many as there are people in the world and authors can exist .Virtual libraries are an excellent resource to learn, entertain, research, have fun...Reading is that art which allows us to escape and travel to where only imagination can enter.Internet and its multiple resources also know it.

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