Cebu City Public Library in Death Row

[KE-25]

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Folks found this article written way back in 2007 - Speak Out Column -Initially they were planning to move it, I think the possibility of closure is Sad.
For some reason I dont know why they would move it in the first place back then? Article didnt give a reason for move. I was thinking if people felt it (library) would be a problem today they should have worked ways in saving it. I agree we need a public library, I hope we had people with vision that would work to build a library in line with the 21st century and think of ways to generate income to keep doors open for our youth, our students, or simply anyone that wants to learn and read.

We just cant simply say let us close it because we cant afford it anymore

Read Sunstar Article below:

Thursday, September 27, 2007
Speak out: Library should stay
By Jenner S. Lobedica
Cebu City

REPORTS say Cebu City Vice Mayor Mike Rama plans to transfer the City Public Library to another site. But is the move acceptable?

I say it is not because the library’s present location is accessible to readers, writers and researches being in the heart of our metropolis.

Also, if the library is transferred to another edifice, the City will have to spend money for the purpose, including possibly rent.

That would be another burden for poor Juan de la Cruz and runs counter to the government’s austerity measures.

The City Public Library has been in the Rizal Memorial Library and Museum along Osmeña Blvd. since the 1980s.

It therefore stands to reason that for convenience and for fiscal considerations, the library should stay in its present location.

[babyvenice101]

mas maayo kung mag set up sila internet access there open to all researchers/reviewers with a charge lower than those of the internet cafes. dili sad unta siraduan oi.. the public library is part of cebu's history we should keep it...

[batang_bronse]

i close na jd d.i? abi nko i temporarily close ang lib for renovation?? tsk tsk ka clear aning RAMA oi

[Vortex_xxx]

last nako sulod diha mga 2003 wala nko ni balik kay inig sulod palang nimo diha manimaho ng abog, den ngitngit pa jud nya ang ceiling kay ubos...inig sulod nimo mura ka ni sulod og langub...
mura kinahanglan jud na nila e renovate ang library para daghan mo sulod diha...ang ila gi renovate kay ang gawas raman og ang taas kana museum, wla man ang ubos sa library...mayta dili na e close e renovate lang ba para naa pud ta public library diri...

[ninzska21]

/SAD

nice jud mag sud nya review2x basa2x. i dont even know why dili pa reviewhan didto. mas nindot noun naay taw. LOL jud..

i say no to demolition. pero kausa rako ka sud dha.. xD

[Tin_Tin]

ingun akong kaila nga mas nindot pa ug mga libro ang library sa usc kay sa public library....

[batang_bronse]

ingun akong kaila nga mas nindot pa ug mga libro ang library sa usc kay sa public library....

you cannot compare a public library to academic library they differ in scope


back to the topic...unsa na kaha ang update ani?

[tarantado07]

last naku agi sa library open paman.

[DEMONOCIETY]

aw kung mahitabo na naa ny computer ang tanan tao sa cebu pwede na sirad-an ky mas informative man ang internet from educational to porn

[etienne]

^^ yeah nindot jud lib sa usc, daghan nindot nga mga libro gitaguan sa stock room sa IRS, wa na nako natiwas og basa.

bati- a sad paminawon cebu as a progressive city unya walay public library?!!! even my small hometown in the province has one. i would be terribly sad if madayon ang closure, the library is like a sanctuary for me.

unsa naman balita ani? walay petition to stop the closure?