Ponce Municipal Library

Mariana Suárez de Longo Municipal Library
Mariana Suárez de Longo Municipal Library
Biblioteca Municipal Mariana Suárez de Longo
	Headquarters of the Ponce Public Library in Barrio San Antón, Ponce, Puerto Rico
	18°00′44″N 66°36′12″W / 18.01223°N 66.60339°W
Location	Boulevard Miguel Pou, Barrio San Antón, Ponce, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
Type	Public library
Established	1870
Branches	7; Within the city: Clausells (Guillermo Jackson) at Victoria & Villa Madrid; Jaime L. Drew (Jose Rodriguez Ayala) at José Gautier Benítez Elementary School (closed 2018); Playa (Rafaela Prieto Library) at Avenida Hostos Final; Outside the city: Coto Laurel at Los Santos and PR-14, Llanos del Sur; Guaraguao (Old Head Start building) on PR-516; Magueyes (Rosario La Torre) at PR-123, Km. 15.8; Quebrada Limón on PR-502 and PR-520.;
Collection
Size	3,000 books + 60,000+ periodicals
Access and use
Population served	166,327
Other information
Budget	$500,000
Director	Ms. Jo Arleen Torres Hernández
Employees	39
Website	bibliotecaponce.wordpress.com
	References: Las Fiestas Populares de Ponce. Ramon Marin.

The Ponce Municipal Library, formally, Biblioteca Municipal Mariana Suárez de Longo (English: Mariana Suárez de Longo Municipal Library), and also known as Biblioteca Publica de Ponce (English: Ponce Public Library), is the library system of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Founded in 1870, it is the oldest public library in Puerto Rico.^[3] The system has its main library on Miguel Pou Boulevard, in barrio San Antón, in the city of Ponce, and seven satellite library branches, three in the city's urban area and four spread out in the municipality's rural areas. The main library inaugurated a new building on Bulevar Miguel Pou in August 2007,^[4]^[5] where the former Puerto Rico District Court building was located.^[6] The central library building on Bulevar Miguel Pou was designed by Ponce architect Juan Dalmau Sambolín.^[7]

^ Lawrence S. Thompson and Jorge Rivera Ruiz. The Libraries of Puerto Rico. The Library Quarterly. Volume 16, Issue 3. Page 227. July–September, 1946.
^ Informe de Logros (2009-2010): Page 37.^[usurped] Hon. María “Mayita” Meléndez Altieri, Mayor. Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 2010. El Sur a la Vista. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
^ Lawrence S. Thompson and Jorge Rivera Ruiz. The Libraries of Puerto Rico. The Library Quarterly. Volume 16, Issue 3. Page 227. July–September, 1946.
^ Junto con la Biblioteca Municipal: Proxima la Conclusion del Nuevo Archivo Historico. Jason Rodriguez Grafal. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 20–26 September 2006. Year 24. Issue 1190. pages 6-7. Accessed 18 April 2018.
^ Junto con la Biblioteca Municipal: Proxima la Conclusion del Nuevo Archivo Historico.Archived 2008-01-28 at the Wayback Machine La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico.
^ Carmelo Rosario Natal. Ponce En Su Historia Moderna: 1945-2002. Published by Secretaría de Cultura y Turismo of the Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 2003. p. 300, 341.
^ Jose Enrique Ayoroa Santaliz. Un hito en su tiempo: la fuente de agua subterránea de la Plaza Las Delicias. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 39. Issue 1993. 9–15 February 2022. pp.8-9. Archived.

[1] Lawrence S. Thompson and Jorge Rivera Ruiz. The Libraries of Puerto Rico. The Library Quarterly. Volume 16, Issue 3. Page 227. July–September, 1946.

[2] Informe de Logros (2009-2010): Page 37.^[usurped] Hon. María “Mayita” Meléndez Altieri, Mayor. Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 2010. El Sur a la Vista. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 7 October 2011.

[3] Lawrence S. Thompson and Jorge Rivera Ruiz. The Libraries of Puerto Rico. The Library Quarterly. Volume 16, Issue 3. Page 227. July–September, 1946.

[4] Junto con la Biblioteca Municipal: Proxima la Conclusion del Nuevo Archivo Historico. Jason Rodriguez Grafal. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 20–26 September 2006. Year 24. Issue 1190. pages 6-7. Accessed 18 April 2018.

[5] Junto con la Biblioteca Municipal: Proxima la Conclusion del Nuevo Archivo Historico.Archived 2008-01-28 at the Wayback Machine La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico.

[6] Carmelo Rosario Natal. Ponce En Su Historia Moderna: 1945-2002. Published by Secretaría de Cultura y Turismo of the Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 2003. p. 300, 341.

[7] Jose Enrique Ayoroa Santaliz. Un hito en su tiempo: la fuente de agua subterránea de la Plaza Las Delicias. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 39. Issue 1993. 9–15 February 2022. pp.8-9. Archived.

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