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Girón (ballet)
Giron or Girón may refer to: People Girón or Giron is a Spanish and French surname and refer to the following people: * Alicia Girón García (1938-2020), Spanish librarian * Charles Giron (1850-1914), Swiss painter * Francisco Hernández Girón (died 1554), Peruvian conquistador and rebel * Gabriel Girón (born 1988), Mexican basketball player * José Antonio Girón (1911-1995), Falangist politician * Marcos Giron (born 1993), American tennis player * Pedro Girón (other), several people with this name * Socorro Girón (1919-2004), Puerto Rican historian Places * Giron, France * Girón, Santander, a town in Colombia * Playa Girón, location of the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion * Girón, Azuay, a town and canton in Ecuador * Kiruna (Giron in Northern Sámi), northernmost city in Sweden Others *Girón (newspaper), ''Girón'' (newspaper), official organ of the Communist Party provincial committee in Matanzas, Cuba *Girón Formation, a geological formation in the And ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Girón García
Alicia Girón García (1938 – 22 February 2020) was a Spanish librarian. She began working in the Madrid public library system in 1969 where she helped plan expansion and digitisation and eventually became its director. From 1983 Girón was deputy director-general of libraries at the Ministry of Culture (Spain), Ministry of Culture helping to draft a law mandating library services in settlements with more than 5,000 inhabitants. She later joined the Biblioteca Nacional de España (the national library of Spain), heading its bibliographic processing department and launching a programme to digitise its collection. Girón was appointed director of the library on 24 May 1990, the first woman to hold the position. She remained in post until 9 January 1992, overseeing the reformation of the library as an independent organisation and establishing an interlibrary loan system. Girón later headed the Biblioteca Nacional de Préstamo (national lending library) and the National Newsp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |