Office of Libraries and Archives

This is for the newly-built Alotau Education Resource Centre.

The Resource Centre, which was built at the cost of K2.6 million, will accommodate Flexible Open Distance Education and Library Services in the province.

The Office of Libraries and Archives will stock the new library with 30,000 quality books for the reference collection, general collections, PNG/Milne Bay collection, periodicals and the children’s collections.

Secretary for Education Dr Uke Kombra said they’d like to see library services established right across the country in the 22 provinces and 89 districts as it is very essential in the education system.

Dr Kombra said the Department of Education is there to support the Office of Libraries and Archives (OLA) to also have libraries extended to every school in the country.

“A lot of the districts are implementing the library plan but we need to have an advocacy plan in place on the importance of libraries.