Academic Reading is an essential activity in the life of every university student. Libraries today can influence the training of critical readers through the use of social web tools and bring young millennials to an attractive and meaningful reading. This study details relevant international experiences of critical and recreational reading implemented in several university libraries and New Resource Centers for Learning and Research (CRAI).La lectura académica es esencial en la vida de todo universitario. Las bibliotecas pueden incidir en la formación de lectores críticos mediante la web social y acercar a los millennials a una lectura dotada de sentido. Se detallan experiencias relevantes internacionales de lectura crítica y recreativa de diversas bibliotecas universitarias.