As well as TransMilenio, he built more than 200km of cycle paths, a network of public libraries and got private schools to run new public schools in the poorer south of the city.

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The council has said it wants to have a "core branch network" of libraries.

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Councillor Colin Hayfield, portfolio holder for customers, workforce and partnerships, said a review of the libraries network and opening times was taking place, with consultations being held.

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It will co-ordinate the development and application of standards for computer support to meet the requirements of the shared bibliographic system and services in co-operation with the National Libraries of the countries participating in the COBISS network.

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That initial effort from the DPLA, dubbed the Digital Hubs Pilot Project, aims to stitch together a number of individual digital libraries now spread across the US into one network, and make the items from the National Archives and other institutions freely available to the public.

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