During ASCUBI’s first assessment meeting of the year, held in the central province of Villa Clara, Margarita Bellas, president of the association —which includes more than 3,000 members—, explained that the moment is right to continue strengthening their work through the unification of the university, specialized, school and public center systems with the support of the Law of Libraries, passed last August.

She also highlighted the importance of carrying out training courses on new technologies taking into account the ongoing process of digitalization to preserve the national bibliographic heritage and to improve the quality of services.

Bellas praised the work of the organization’s affiliate in Villa Clara —the second largest in the country only behind Havana—, which recently hosted a national event for the promotion of reading and another one on the automation of libraries.