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It’s Library Month, and our October Library Awareness series continues — this time, celebrating milestones of excellence. Under the leadership of Vice Mayor Justin Gatuslao and Officer-in-Charge Mr. Teddy S. Robles, the Himamaylan City Public Library received national acclaim. In 2022, the Himamaylan City Public Library earned the Gawad Parangal for outstanding public library service. […]

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

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

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.