Mayor Benjamin Lim has assured Dagupan constituencies that the city government will fast-track the construction of a modern public library complex to address the limitations of the city’s present public library.

“In response to the clamor of our people and in line with my administration’s support on education, we will aggressively pursue this modern library complex project before my term of office ends,” the mayor said.

Lim bared that the library complex, composed of a three-storey public library, a civic center and a children’s museum and library, will most likely be situated along AB Fernandez West where the old teacher’s memorial building and Philippine National Red Cross office were formerly located.
In a related development, it was learned from city librarian Rufina Meneses that the aforesaid structures have already been demolished to pave the way for a more spacious public library.
“If I’m not mistaken, the new library will be five times bigger than the present one,” Lim stressed.
City planning and development officer Romeo Rosario said that, except for the library building, the other structures will be approximately of the same size with the city museum building.
Aside from equipping the library with thousands of reading materials and computer, the mayor added that he plans to set up computer softwares in the library’s multimedia room where anybody can have a free speech training on foreign languages.
He said that this will benefit those who are interested in working abroad like in Italy, Japan, Spain, among others.
To carry out the task, Lim has created the Dagupan City library management committee composed of executives from the culture and education sector.
It was learned that Brian Lim, the mayor’s chief of staff, has recently joined the committee and spearheaded a one-day library tour in Manila on January 26 to make sure that the construction of the library will conform with the current designs and technological trends.
He is scheduled to meet with the committee on Thursday (Feb. 1) to conduct another dialogue and consultation. 
Moreover, Meneses said that the city library welcomes book donations, be it local or international. (CIO/Leziel T. Cayabyab)