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