Mateo Iturralde de Colon Library intersection

It was founded in 1908, which was previously a boys’ school, handed over Library in 1910 Years later it was transformed into School of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay.

with the weight of years Mateo Iturralde Library It has been forgotten by both the government and the community itself because it does not have a good presence for our future students, which is one of the main goals of the Library. It is worth reminding the Colonia community that it is establishment of a library in the city of Colón This happened thanks to the interest of the consul Mr United States of America James C. Kellogg, and thus provide maximum information, both to experts and to students with low incomes.

The first director of the Mateo Iturralde Library was Harmodio Guardia in 1920. was honored as a doctor Mateo Iturralde in 1928 Because he defended the Isthmus of Panama as a public figure, he was remembered for the sentence “I’m not selling my country”. The year of its legal organization came with Law 42 from 2022. Currently, the library has only one administrator, who is Mrs. Jovita fruit, secretary, cleaner, has the payroll of the Ministry of Education, the librarian is paid by the Department of Social Activities “TATA”. This library does not have any kind of c-targeting programcommunity. According to Jovita: “I liked it so much that when organizing the Library, I read books in my free time, when they asked me for information I knew which book it was about.”

Today Jovita continues to appreciate the human contact that comes from library workHowever, he is confused by the small amount of support that is primarily given to public libraries. Since 2002, she has sent letters to all state institutions and private companies and personally interviewed them, asking for their support for the library. Finally it wasn’t until whenin Licdo. Nilda Quijano and Lic Juan F. Masías who is in charge of Meducathey responded to her request that several improvements have been made. Nevertheless, she appreciates the donations of literary collections that some colonenses have made and invites others to do something similar.

Jovita “You want to improve: The entire collection, all services and meeting community importance of our library”. Significantly, the library itself doesn’t need a move, just a bit of renovation and the kindness or help of the government. The library keeps a collection of national newspapers; Santillan books and finally, the library also keeps books on various professions.

In the path of passing years only Mr. Fidel Masías, During his term as mayor, he contributed to the library. It is speculated that the library will move to the premises of the old school Abel Bravo in Colon. Mateo Iturralde Library is located in the province Colon Central Avenue, Calle 2.