The historian and librarian Alexander H.T. Schultheis is living since nine years in Santiago de Chile and he is observing the Chilean librarianship. Although Chile is doing well economically, no improvement can be seen in the field of culture and education. On the contrary, the public libraries are still poorly equipped. Chance can be seen as small bright spots on the horizon, for example, the new opened cultural center GAM in the city of Santiago. Therefore, the Goethe-Institut in Santiago de Chile will continue provide intensive work with Chile at the sector of library science and public libraries.