Biblioteca

The Biblioteca is a non-profit organization that relies on the public's generous donations and revenue from the businesses it has established over the years: the weekly newspaper Atención San Miguel, the House and Garden Tour, the Café Santa Ana, the Teatro Santa Ana, La Tiendita, and the Bodega de Sorpresas. It also receives some funds from the fees charged for membership. It does not have any economic support from the government. Currently the Biblioteca is a job source for 45 people who work in its different areas and offers free workshops for children in literature, English, painting, music, theater and science. Since 1982, the Biblioteca has run a rural libraries program that has supplied more than 350 rural schools with bookshelves and books. As of January 1, 2010, the library will operate under a new name and will no longer be known as La Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende A.C. The new operating name is very much in the spirit of the old one: La Biblioteca de San Miguel de Allende," which does not incorporate the word "Pública."