Presentation by José Antonio Merlo Vega (Universidad de Salamanca = University of Salamanca). Social Entrepreneurship in Action: The Conference for Entrepreneurial Librarians (May 16-17, 2013 / UNC Greensboro). The presentation offers a brief overview of how social entrepreneurship has been practiced in Spain with pertinent examples from libraries, ranging from academic initiatives to social actions in which libraries, especially public ones, are extremely engaged. The Spanish, experiencing so much economic hardship, can demonstrate examples of increased social action from the point of view of mutual support from the library to the community and vice versa. This presentation includes a description of theoretical actions, with examples of actual experiences of libraries that practice social entrepreneurship.
Measures of Dispersion and Variability: Range, QD, AD and SD
Social Entrepreneurship in Action in Spanish Libraries
1. Social Entrepreneurship in Action. The Conference for Entrepreneurial
Librarians. May 16-17, 2013 / Greensboro, NC
Social Entrepreneurship in Action in Spanish Libraries
José Antonio Merlo Vega, Ph.D.
USAL. LIS Professor, Library Services Director
UNCG. Visiting Scholar
@merlovega
May 16, 2013. UNC Greensboro
24. Social
Action
Actual
• Biblioteca UNED Asturias
• Biblioteca Regional de Murcia
• Biblioteca de Peñaranda de
Bracamonte, Salamanca
• Biblioteca Universidad de La Rioja
• Biblioteca de Noain, Navarra
• Biblioteca de Villanueva del
Pardillo, Madrid
• Bibliotecas de A Coruña
• Biblioteca Central de Cantabria
Experiences
http://j.mp/biblioaccion
25. Social
Action
Actual
• Bibliotecas de Santander
• Biblioteca Pública de Allo, Navarra
• Biblioteca Hospital de Málaga
• Biblioteca Universidad de
Salamanca en Ávila
• Biblioteca de la Universidad de
Castilla‐La Mancha
• Biblioteca Municipal de Burgos
• Biblioteca de Baiona, Pontevedra
• Biblioteca de Caldas de Reis,
Pontevedra
• etc.
Experiences
http://j.mp/biblioaccion
30. Digital
Action
Actual • Bibliotecas de Badalona
• Biblioteca de Palafrugell
• Bibliotecas de A Coruña
• Biblioteca Municipal de Burgos
• Biblioteca Central de Cantabria
• Biblioteca de Peñaranda de
Bracamonte, Salamanca
• Centro Internacional del Libro
Infantil y Juvenil, Salamanca
• Biblioteca Pública de Salamanca
• Etc.
Experiences
http://j.mp/biblioaccion