A space open to the community through different services that include study rooms, book loans, open shelving and a collection specialized in performing arts and cultural management. In addition to specialized programming in promoting thought around arts and cultures.

• Located in the heart of Santiago and with an open view towards the Alameda and the Lastarria neighborhood, BiblioGAM occupies the third level of GAM's A building. Its 1,278 square meters include a large reading and consultation hall with open shelving, as well as a newspaper library and free internet. Its infrastructure has five rooms designed for study or meeting with free access.
• BiblioGAM has a collection, between a general and specialized collection, which as of February 2024 totals 20,009 volumes between printed formats (books, magazines, articles, photographs and plates) and audiovisual formats. Of that figure, 2,434 items correspond to audiovisual material.
• The library constantly dialogues with the visual, performing and musical arts. For this reason, its spaces are available for meetings between creators and the public, through a program of exhibitions and samples, book presentations, reading animation, talks, seminars, among others. These activities are carried out throughout the year, both during public service hours and outside of them. We ask that you keep this aspect in mind when planning your use of the services and spaces of the facility.

Free services

Openly and at no cost to visitors, BiblioGAM offers free services from Tuesday to Saturday.

• Open shelves: allow users to directly access and consult titles from the general collection or the specialized collection in disciplines such as theater, dance, film, music, design, architecture and cultural management.
• Custody: For greater comfort and security of visitors, BiblioGAM offers a locker service that works with a small $100 coin, which will be returned when the locker is vacated. Users are asked to enter the library carrying only their work material (notebook, books, notebooks, pencils). It is not the staff's role to lend or exchange coins.
• Loans of study rooms: rooms available for loan upon reservation at the library counter. Its use is for a minimum of two people and a maximum of six, and the stay will be up to two hours.
• Home loans: this service is only for BiblioGAM members.

Reading mediation

Programs specially designed for family and early childhood:

• BiblioGAM Lee: Readings and co-creation activity aimed at girls and boys from 4 to 10 years old.
• Biblioexploremos: Reading and walking workshop for girls and boys from 5 years old.
• To see you grow: stories, rhymes and melodies for early childhood: Cycle of stories, rhymes and melodies aimed at babies, girls and boys from 0 to 3 years old.
• Reading Meetings +60: events around reading, writing and socialization for older people.

Activities

• Thought promotion program: Spaces for interdisciplinary activities for different audiences, directly related to literacy, reading development and literature. These include book launches, talks, seminars and meetings around our collections.
• LIJ reading mediator training programs: workshops that provide tools for reading mediation in Children's and Young People's Literature (LIJ).
• Exhibitions and interdisciplinary exhibitions: the library hosts exhibitions and exhibitions of bibliographic, archival and research types from different fields of knowledge.
• Activities in BiblioGAM: Directed and seasonal actions such as community Bingo and summer and winter schools.

BiblioGAM Regulations