The Indigestible Library: A Hypothesis about the Opening Hours to Readers of the Public Library of Buenos Aires

Abstract

From the correspondence between José Luis Chorroarín y Bernardino Rivadavia the representation of the librarian as scholar will be explored. The footprints of medicinal readings in Chorroarín writing will be traced to justify his stance on the opening hours of the Public Library in 1812.

A partir de la correspondencia entre Luis José Chorroarín y Bernardino Rivadavia se indagará la representación del bibliotecario como erudito. Se rastrearán las huellas de las lecturas medicinales en la escritura de Chorroarín para justificar su postura sobre el horario de atención de la Biblioteca Pública en 1812.