Evolution of the access to information technologies in the public libraries of Bogota.

At the present Bogotá has the most developed system of public libraries of the country, which consists on approximately 105 libraries (Espitaleta: 1998: 34) strategically distributed in different sites of the city. This system, which annually receives more than six million users, is characterized by having a high level of technological development represented both in a sophisticated technological infrastructure which goes from modern hardware and software equipment for libraries, Internet connection, collections in electronic format, to audiovisual services properly equipped, and special services for populations with some kind of physical disability. This paper presents how the technological evolution of the libraries in the capital city has been, and which are the future projects in terms of technological innovation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]