National Library Service of Barbados
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The National Library Service of Barbados is the government supported public-library
service in the nation of Barbados
. Headquartered in the capital-city Bridgetown
, the main branch is found on Coleridge Street. It was first established in 1906 by a grant donated by Scottish-American philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie
.
The main branch on Coleridge Street is a coral
-stone building, built in the style of the English Renaissance. The library holds and preserves in both print and non-print formats an impressive collection of Barbadiana dating back to the 18th Century. The library in Bridgetown and other seven branches across the island offer registered membership to all Barbadians and visitors.
The National Library Service is governed under the purview of the Prime Minister's Office
.
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
service in the nation of Barbados
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
. Headquartered in the capital-city Bridgetown
Bridgetown
The city of Bridgetown , metropolitan pop 96,578 , is the capital and largest city of the nation of Barbados. Formerly, the Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael...
, the main branch is found on Coleridge Street. It was first established in 1906 by a grant donated by Scottish-American philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist, businessman, and entrepreneur who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century...
.
The main branch on Coleridge Street is a coral
Coral
Corals are marine animals in class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria typically living in compact colonies of many identical individual "polyps". The group includes the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton.A coral "head" is a colony of...
-stone building, built in the style of the English Renaissance. The library holds and preserves in both print and non-print formats an impressive collection of Barbadiana dating back to the 18th Century. The library in Bridgetown and other seven branches across the island offer registered membership to all Barbadians and visitors.
The National Library Service is governed under the purview of the Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister of Barbados
The Prime Minister of Barbados is a very influential position as head of government of Barbados. According to Barbados Constitution, the Prime Minister must always be a member of Parliament, and is appointed by the Governor-General who is responsible for conducting parliamentary elections, and for...
.