Juana Manrique de Lara's proposals to Vasconcelo's library science policy

THIS ARTICLE ANALYSES THE CONTRIBUTIONS (1921-1924) MADE BY JUANA MANRIQUE DE LARA, MEXICO'S FIRST LIBRARIAN, TO THE LIBRARY SCIENCE POLICY INSPIRED BY JOSÉ VASCONCELOS, MEXICAN INTELLECTUAL FOUNDER OF THE SECRETARÍA DE EDUCACIÓN PÚBLICA (PUBLIC EDUCATION MINISTRY). MANRIQUE DE LARA'S CONTRIBUTIONS ARE GROUPED IN THREE PERIODS: A) PAPERS PUBLISHED IN BIBLIOS, BULLETIN OF THE BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL DE MEXICO (MEXICAN NATIONAL LIBRARY'S BULLETIN BETWEEN OCTOBER 1921 AND FEBRUARY 1922); B) ACTIONS TO PROMOTE READING AND THE USE OF THE LIBRARY IN A WORKING CLASS COMMUNITY OF MEXICO CITY, WHILE HEAD OF PUBLIC LIBRARY "AMADO NERVO", AND C) PROPOSALS AND IDEAS SHE PRESENTED TO THE DEPARTAMENTO DE BIBLIOTECAS DE LA SEP (LIBRARY DEPARTMENT OF SEP'S) WHEN SHE WAS STILL STUDYING IN NEW YORK, AND THOSE SHE MADE ON HER RETURN AS THE LIBRARY INSPECTOR OF THE SAID DEPARTMENT (MAINLY DURING 1923, 24).