RT Public Library closure: ‘Where are our priorities?’- John Lewis asks
“Where are our priorities?” Mr Lewis asked, noting that he can remember a time when a popular past time in the Virgin Islands was going to the library.
“Now if we are to believe that we can leave the public library unopened for several weeks without any clear indication as to when it will be reopened then it speaks sadly for our community,” Mr Lewis said.
Library closed since around May 17, 2016
It was this news site that first and accurately reported on May 30, 2016 that the territory’s main public library in Road Town had been closed since from around May 17, 2016.
It was also discovered that the building had issues of mold, broken Air Condition (AC) Units and employees with medical conditions, which is being blamed on the undesirable working conditions in the building.
In the face of all this evidence and medical papers from some staff, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Culture Mrs Marcia Potter Phd., denied that there is mold in the building. She told our newsroom that she was not aware of mold therefore that issue [mold] had nothing to do with the closure.
She did admit, however, that there were broken AC Units which she said at the time, May 31, 2016, was being addressed.
Some seven weeks later, the Road Town Public Library is still closed and this has been affecting students and researchers. There is no sign of when it will be reopened.
People still require use of books
“We were a reading community and I don’t know if we are going to depend on the internet for our news or information. There are still people who are unable to have the latest in technology and they still require the use of books.
“I am asking and I am pleading with the powers that be to make whatever steps are prudent and necessary to have the Road Town Public Library reopened,” Mr Lewis stated.
The talk show host also said he can remember a time when there was much talk about using the area near to the Sir Briercliffe Hall for the building of a library and museum.
“Where are the dreams? Where are the plans? It is perhaps time, that if we are going to look at our history, if we are going to preserve it, it can only be done with the museums and the public libraries that we have in our country.”
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36 Responses to “RT Public Library closure: ‘Where are our priorities?’- John Lewis asks”
I was always concerned about those monthly closures for the spraying that took place and felt it was only a matter of time before that, too, played negatively on employees' and patrons' health.
I agree that this situation needs immediate attention.
1. Deport all Philipinoes, except 6 men -- deport their wives, children and gul-friends. They will be our albatross in the next 25 years.
2. Deport all the racist white South Africans, white English people, white Americans. They will be our albatross on our backs in the next 25 years.
3. Deport all white people who cutting down blacks in their circles.
3. Deport all the Arabs, Palestianans, Jordanians, Lebanese, and Ramalahyan, and Syrians, except Mr. Omar, Fatima, Jozef by high school and Mr. Ali sons. The rests will reap havoc onus later on.
4. Leave the Caribbean brothers and sisters, they will mix and mingle and go home and come, come.
5. Leave the Spanish, the women will continue to milk some of our stupid men and the Spanish men will milk the money the women get from our moo-moo men. They used to help our forefathers a long time ago, I heard.