“Un verdadero centro de la cultura nacional”. Difusión de la lectura e internacionalización del conocimiento en la Biblioteca Nacional de Chile (1900-1925)

Summary

This article analyzes the cultural projects conducted by the Chilean National Library from 1900 to 1925. Using publications, reports, statistics, archives, letters and laws we examine the discourses and ideas that redesigned its objectives. The hypothesis holds that the National Library was a tool for social inclusion and educational support through the dissemination of culture, as well as the symbol of an international projection of Chilean culture through the exchange networks that were made with other libraries of global importance.