Library

Libraries in Mexico are similar to those in Canada; each town has their own library as a part of the "cultural house" which is a building with several classrooms where people can get courses. Some of them are for free and other ones have a subside cost. Therefore, the cultural house is a place where people can go to learn different things such as dancing, painting, playing an instrument, knitting, sewing, etc. There is also storytime and other activities that are planned to bond the community together. Libraries in these cultural houses are basic; they have books for children and classic adult books. To take any book out, a person only has to leave an Id and return it in a week or they can come back and borrow it for one more week.

In Mexico each school has a library too and the public has the access to some. 

Public universities in Mexico have huge libraries and anybody can access them; each discipline has their own campus: Architecture, Psychology, Engineering, etc., and each of them has a specialized library. There is also a copy of all the thesis made by graduated students which is a big source of information. Even though everybody can access these libraries, only the students can borrow the books and visitors can read the books in the rooms created for that purpose.

I am not aware what the government funding for libraries is, but every new semester in school, the students are charged extra money to keep their library working. Regarding the public library in the cultural house, there is a part of the public budget designated to the cultural house.

I consider that the information we can find on the Internet is very valuable and helpful; however there is nothing like reading the book – and it Mexico we certainly can do that.