It’s Library Month, and our October series moves into a new chapter — the story of transformation. In 2019, Vice Mayor Justin Dominic Silos Gatuslao saw the library’s deeper purpose — not just as a place for books, but as a cornerstone of education and civic engagement. His vision reignited the legacy of 1953 through […]
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Decades later, in 1993, a new Municipal Library opened under Mayor Luz R. Bayot. The 82-square-meter space held 1,046 books from the National Library, local donations, and city funds. Its new Library In-Charge, Mrs. Mariter Ortiz, had trained through seminars of the National Library of the Philippines and the Association of Librarians in Public Sector.
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By 1956, under Mayor Jose Gatuslao, the Himamaylan Library began to grow beyond its first room. The city’s first librarian, Mrs. Amanda Gimotea, traveled to The National Library in Manila to collect the books allocated for Himamaylan. Each box she brought home meant new subjects, new authors, and new ideas. Soon, the library even opened
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In 1956, under Mayor Jose Gatuslao, the city’s first librarian, Mrs. Amanda Gimotea, traveled to The National Library in Manila to collect the books allocated for Himamaylan. Each box she brought home meant new subjects, new authors, and new ideas. The collection grew, and more readers found something they loved.
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Library Month It’s Library Month, and we’re starting our October Library Awareness series-stories about our City Library. In 1953, a dream took shape. Mayor Federico Tabino and Governor Valeriano M. Gatuslao imagined anplace where children and families could learn, read, and grow. They wanted a home for books in Himamaylan. That dream became the beginning
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