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51 years after having opened its doors, the Central Library is the seat of the Library System of the UNAM and a central public library denominated University City Library. It is located strategically in an accessible place for the university community. The space includes a constructed surface of 10.000 m2 in a building of 16 Floors. The intention of this communication is summarize the variations and transformations of the building of Central Library during 50 years as far as its internal distribution, to conclude with the last adjustments, designed in order to obtain greater functionality of the building for the holdings and services, spaces for the personnel and allow for greater user mobility, who reach in average the 8.000 daily attendances. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The action lines followed by the Central Library of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México to face the increasing demand of their services are presented in detail from the year 2000 on, together with their results. An emphasis was put on improving the technological tools and the efficiency in their use. Reading and working spaces were extensively improved. Finally, steps were taken to position the library as a cultural centre: several spaces were rehabilitated for temporal exhibitions related to the history of the Central Library, the book culture and reading; and a electronic information point presenting the most outstanding authors in the library collections was developed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]