Amongst the ten most
consulted books in the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica (BDH), are
four from the Madrd-based Salesian Publisher, CCS.
Javier Valiente
MADRID: The Biblioteca
Digital Hispánica (BDH) (www.bne.es) is an online resource of the
Biblioteca Nacional de España (BNE), which offers free access to
thousands of digitalised documents. Currently there are 17,500
free-access works, according to information on their web page. At the
same time, the ENCLAVE Project has been developed by the
'Federación de Gremios de Editores' and the BNE to place at the
disposal of the public other copyrighted works. This is the project
that a number of Publishers are taking part in, amongst them CCS and
Edebé.
According to data on the progress of ENCLAVE, which
lists 1100 titles, in these early months of the platform's operation
there has been increased access to various collections of books both
free and at cost (those included in project ENCLAVE).
Amongst the 60 most consulted titles in BDH, 3rd,
4th, 5th and 8th place are taken by titles published by CCS. These are
“Los cristianos en la historia” (Christians throughout history), “El
grito de los adolescentes” (The Adolescents' cry), “30 consejos
prácticos para educar hoy” (30 practical pieces of advice on
education today) and, in 8th place, “Navegando por los mares de la
solidaridad” (Navigating the oceans of solidarity).
By accessing BDH or web project ENCLAVE, one can
consult the file collections of books and gain access to the
distributing platform for electronic books where these books may be
bought. In the CCS case, www.todoebook.com . There you
will find a hundred or so electronic books from this Publisher, on Don
Bosco, Salesian pedagogy, education, ministry, etc.
Aware that the digital book is the future, CCS is
working at its presence in these new formats which spread culture. It's
in their genes, one could say in this case. The Salesian Founder, St
John Bosco, wanted to be in the vanguard of technology in reference to
communication. Halfway through the 19th century, he promoted
publishing, built up graphics arts workshops and took part in
industrial exhibitions in order not to be left behind in what, in his
time, were the latest in communications technologies.
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