SECTION VII: LIBRARY SERVICES IN ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
Library services in St. Vincent and the Grenadines started in 1893. The National Public Library, Archives and Documentation Services network consists of twenty-three (22) libraries, a National Archives and a Documentation Centre. The National Public Library, located in Kingstown, the capital of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, is the main library while there are twenty-one (21) branch libraries situated throughout the rest of the country.
The Documentation Centre was established in 1982, and its role has been to provide social and economic information emanating from government documents, policy makers, the public, the private sector, and researchers. The National Archives was established in 1990. The National Archives collects, organizes, preserves and stores records and documents related to the history of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Programmes and Services
Programmes and services offered in the libraries are aimed at providing information for academic, recreation and research purposes as well as to provide access to information in a variety of formats. Programmes and services currently being offered are:
Audio book service for the print disabled
Access to a number of EBSCOhost databases
Online Storytime
After School Programme
-Remedial Reading
- Math
- Language Arts
Access to eBooks
Library Caravan (outreach service)
Book Club
Story telling for pre-schoolers
Literacy programmes
Home-work Club