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The public libraries are facilities that work on fostering a reduction of social and cultural inequalities that are becoming more and more evident in our urban societies. It is precisely in these urban settings where the strategy of proximity is shown to be efficient in dealing with processes of inclusion, these facilities being, among other public spaces, where these inequalities are very clearly evident. Three programmes carried out in the Libraries of Barcelona will be presented that have as their main aim, among others, to overcome the cultural differences that certain social groups have made visible in our facilities through their use, as citizens who have complete rights to do so. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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