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Guam Public Library System (Chamorru: Sisteman Laibirihan Pupbleko Guåhan[1]) is the public library system of the United States territory of Guam. The main library is the Nieves M. Flores Memorial Library at 254 Martyr Street in the village of Hagåtña.
History
The Guam Public Library System officially opened January 31, 1949 sourced from two Quonset huts near the Agana Azotea. A division of the Department of Education, the original collection contained 13,000 books which were sourced mainly from deactivated Navy libraries. Many of the books also came from a substantial donation from the Los Angeles Public Library.[2]
By 1953 a bookmobile service began, allowing those in remote reaches of the country to have access to new books. The following year the library became an independent government agency, separating itself from the Department of Education.
In 1960 the library relocated to the first floor of what used to be the Guam Administration Building. Because of its continued growth, and the need for more room, the library expanded to the second floor in 19688, and to the third floor in 1979. At this point the building was entirely used by the library and therefore was renamed the N. M. Flores Memorial Public Library.[2]
In 2011 the library system became a division of the Department of Chamorro Affairs.[2]
Branches
Branches:[3]
References
- ^ http://www.imls.gov/pdf/5yrplans/GUplan2012.pdf
- ^ a b c "About the Guam Public Library System" (PDF). Guam Public Library System. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- ^ http://gpls.guam.gov/Portals/50/GPLS_LOC/GPLS_Location_2007Apr12.xml[permanent dead link]
External links
- Guam Public Library System
- Scott-Smith, Christine K. "Challenges in providing public library services in a multicultural and geographically remote area." Guam Public Library.
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