Thursday, October 21, at 18 - conference room of the Museum of the Territory,
Via Quintino Sella (in collaboration with the Friends of the Library )
Presentation of "The difference " Alessandro Tesio and " Vette" by Ruben De Lorenzo
Alessandro Tesio is called "dreamer, writer, thinker and maverick." For further details on its production can be found at his blog that is dedicated to writers, lovers of reading and free-thinking .
October raining books
a nation that reads and 'A HISTORY BEAUTIFUL
Quintino Sella and the emergence of a public library in Biella: the "construction" of the readers Italians of yesterday and today
Around 1871 the population of Biella is 17,240 inhabitants, but when you consider the entire district will reach 156,531. The city is full of public and private schools, but until 1874 the only book funds for the development of public education are the library of the Episcopal Seminary and the circulation of workers' associations and the few volumes of the College of St. Francis.
The October 19, 1873 Quintino Sella di Biella e-mail to the Mayor, Thomas of Marmora, a letter stressing the need to base, with the help of private citizens a public library, possibly attached to a school and accompanied his proposal with the gift of 2355 volumes. The letter states that "a lot less important city of Biella in Italy have public libraries, and perhaps there's no hall of equal importance that it is free." Locate a suitable place then as the former convent of S. Sebastian and asks the City Council to act in the following points:
"that benefits the former convent of St. Sebastian for a local store and district municipal library;
" that would rely on the conservation ... and the responsibility to someone Vocational School, which would assign a tenuous therefore pay "
" which authorizes the acceptance in storage of the books that were allowed to make public use under the rules would then be set for the local Library.
Following the solicitation of Sella and her donation, the City Council on 11 February 1874 establishing the Municipal Library, adjacent to the Vocational School and located in the former convent of St. Sebastian.
In May of 1876 Joseph Venancio Sella donates 12,239 books to the City provided that they are made available to citizens and also Quentin decides to offer a gift to the City's books and records that he had lodged at the vocational school. The only condition is that Quentin puts the deed of gift addressed to the Mayor, which draws also on behalf of his brother, is that the library will be for public use.
In that year Joseph Venancio dies and the City promises to Quentin that will seek to open as soon as possible to the public library and entrance to affix a plaque in memory of the donors. In early June of that year, at the expense of the family seat, the books are stored in San Sebastian, with its catalogs. The adviser in charge of receiving the books, states that it "disturbed the order given by the family seat", ie: A botanical works, B and C of Medicine, D, E, F of the literature. On 16 June 1876 the City Council formally accepts donation.
On November 19, 1879 the City Council approves the appointment of Domenico Vallino a librarian, decided to open to the public for four hours daily and approves a regulation.
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