Biology:National Library of the Cook Islands
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| Location | Victoria Road, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands |
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| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] 21°12′25″S 159°46′10″W / 21.206894°S 159.769364°W |
| Branch of | Ministry of Cultural Development |
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The National Library of the Cook Islands – Runanga Puka, part of Te Puna Korero – Sir Geoffrey Henry Culture Centre, is the national library of the Cook Islands.[1][2] The building was opened in 1993, and is next to a similar building that houses the Cook Islands National Museum. The centre also contains an auditorium and several government ministries.[3]
History
Planning for the library began in 1961, with a committee backed by the Resident Commissioner Oliver Dare.[4] A site on Taputapuatea was donated by the Makea Nui Ariki and the Parliament of the Cook Islands agreed to match donations with public money.[4] Plans for the library were drawn up by New Zealand Ministry of Works architect Kenneth Mills.[5] The construction of the building was eventually funded by a loan from the Government of Nauru. Renovations were carried out in 2021.[6]
The library was however not established until 1992, becoming operational in 1993. The library holds a collection of around 10,000 books, including both children's and adult's fiction, reference books, Cook Islands and Pacific reports, and Pacific rare books.[7] The library has two employees, neither of whom are qualified librarians due to a lack of training opportunities on the island.[2]
A bid was started to make the library a legal deposit library in 2012, however this was put on hold due to the 50th anniversary of the island's independence.[2] In 2019, the Cook Islands Parliament donated volumes detailing the laws of the islands between 1965 and 1994.[8]
See also
- List of national libraries
References
- ↑ "Library". Archived from the original on 8 December 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111208062209/http://www.mocd.gov.ck/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=23&Itemid=87. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Annual report of: Odile Urirau, National Library of the Cook Islands". https://www.ndl.go.jp/en/cdnlao/meetings/pdf/AR2016_Cook_Islands.pdf.
- ↑ "Te Puna Korero, Sir Geoffrey Henry National Culture Centre, Avarua, Cook Islands - Reviews, Ratings, Tips and Why You Should Go" (in en). https://wanderlog.com/place/details/11738839/te-puna-korero-sir-geoffrey-henry-national-culture-centre.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gordon Russell (1 February 1962). "Cook Is. Library And Museum Go Ahead". Pacific Islands Monthly XXXII (7): pp. 44–45. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-326449448/view?sectionId=nla.obj-336702453&partId=nla.obj-326521752#page/n43/mode/1up. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ↑ W. H. Percival (1 November 1962). "Cook Islanders Plan Own Museum and Library". Pacific Islands Monthly XXXIII (4): p. 143. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-324357478/view?sectionId=nla.obj-333245780&partId=nla.obj-324434059#page/n142/mode/1up. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ↑ "Re-opening of the National Auditorium | Cook Islands Investment Corporation (CIIC)" (in en-AU). 12 July 2021. https://www.ciic.gov.ck/re-opening-of-the-national-auditorium/.
- ↑ "Ministry of Cultural Development". https://www.ndl.go.jp/en/cdnlao/meetings/pdf/2016_Presentation_Cook_Islands.pdf.
- ↑ Etches, Melina (18 August 2020). "Library receives consolidated law books" (in en). https://www.cookislandsnews.com/local/library-receives-consolidated-law-books/.
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