Students of the Enrique Molina Garmendia Campus have a renovated Reading Room with Bibliographic Support

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In addition to the improvement and expansion of these facilities, the equipment of the Commercial Engineering and Law rooms is added, and the provision of hygienic services for people with disabilities.

At the Enrique Molina Garmendia Campus of the University of La Serena, the inauguration ceremony of the remodeling and expansion works of the Reading Room with Bibliographic Support of this university campus was held, an improvement that allowed its surface to more than double. increasing the study spaces available for students to 407 m2. 

The activity, framed in the celebration of the 33rd anniversary of the house of higher education, was attended by university authorities, headed by the Rector, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés, members of the Board of Directors, directors, Department and School directors, officials and students from the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, who were able to tour this renovated and modern space, which has a heating system, and also see the new equipment in the Commercial Engineering and Law rooms, and the provision of toilet services for people with disabilities. disability.

reading room 2In this regard, the Rector of the ULS pointed out that these Campus improvement works are a clear example of the development and growth of the institution, 'advances that are the result of the work of each of the members of a university community that is becoming stronger.' '. Likewise, he emphasized that these works, framed in the policy of continuous improvement of the current administration, generate a series of opportunities for the young people of our region, by transforming into a more pleasant and useful place for the academic development of the students. . 

For his part, the dean of the Faculty of Cs. Social and Economic, Mg. Jorge Fernández, along with stating that this modern facility fills the university community with legitimate pride, thanked the support provided by the highest university authority and the directors for the completion of this work and the progress achieved in recent years in terms of infrastructure and equipment. , giving as an example the channeling of rainwater, the paving of the parking lots for teachers and students, the entrance portico of the Campus, the expansion of the Casino and the remodeling of the student bathrooms, the change of floor of the macro-unit hall, the remodeling of rooms, among other improvements. 

reading room 3Meanwhile, the Director of Teaching, Mg. Laura Vega highlighted that this room is transformed into a space where ''students can incubate ideas, find information, communicate with others,'' adding that with an Educational Model like that of the ULS, oriented to student-centered learning, "The real or virtual library becomes the center of this process, since it becomes a laboratory of ideas, a center of knowledge, an ideal space for learning." 

During the ceremony, in addition, the person in charge of the Library System, Héctor García, presented a video with the construction stages of this Reading Room, indicating that the building will generate and enhance the capacity for self-learning "and invites for students to develop their own skills.