Cronología de eventos importantes
Cronología de eventos importantes
Año |
Institución |
1400 |
Amoxcalli-Aztec codex (Amoxtli) libraries |
1511 |
First book to arrive in México from Europe |
1539 |
First Printing press |
1555 |
First book to be printed in México- Alonso de Molina Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana |
1788 |
Opening of the first public library – Turriana Library |
1790 |
First Copyright law |
1790 |
Foundation of the National Archives – Archivo General de la Nación (Original name: Archivo General de la Nueva España) |
1867 |
First decree to create the National Library – Biblioteca Nacional |
1882 |
National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Informatics (Originally as Dirección, Geografía y Estadística, DGE) – Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática |
1921 |
First Department of Public Libraries, Ministry of Public Education – Dirección de Bibliotecas Populares |
1922 |
First Public Library Building – Biblioteca Pública Cervantes |
1924/1954 |
Mexican Association of Librarians – Asociación Mexicana de Bibliotecarios, AC |
1945 |
National School of Library and Archive Sciences – Escuela Nacional de Biblioteconomía y Archivonomía |
1956 |
Opening of the UNAM Central Library Building- Biblioteca Central UNAM |
1957 |
First National Library Conference - Jornadas Mexicanas de Biblioteconomía, organized annually since 1974 |
1970 |
Foundation Nacional Council of Science and Technology (An early funding body for special and university libraries)- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología |
1970´s |
Labour unions take power at academic libraries, and at universities in general |
1972 |
First Library Science Master’s Degree- UNAM |
1975 |
First academic library building of a technological institute – IT Saltillo |
1978 |
First Mexican Integral (mainframe) library system – LIBRUNAM, UNAM |
1983 |
First release of the library software SIABUC (Most popular free library software) - Universidad de Colima |
1984 |
Foundation of the National Council for Academic Libraries –CONPAB-IES, Consejo Nacional de Asuntos Bibliotecarios de Instituciones de Educación Superior |
1988 |
First librarian to get a Ph.D. (From the US) – Jaime Pontigo |
1999 |
UNAM Ph.D. Program opens – UNAM |
2003 |
Mexican Information Literacy Standards - UACJ |