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In 1993, the National Library purchased and installed its first computers, and in 2002 it installed a free internet service. [4] In 2013, the National Library of Guyana celebrated its centenary. It marked the event with a series of public readings and discussions that focused on oral and folkloric narrative traditions in Guyana. [10]
The National Archives of Guyana is a repository of official state records and local publications, including newspaper publications, from Guyana. In the mid-1980s, the National Archives recorded holdings that measured in at 510,000 linear feet. [1] The holdings date back to the 18th century – the Dutch colonial period in Guyanese history. [5]
During the following years a temporary National History Museum was established and opened in 1949. As use of the Public Free Library expanded, new space for the museum was considered. In July 1950, the RACS assumed control of the British Guiana Museum from the Public Free Library.
The library has 14 halls with 15 million library items; Smallest known octagonal Quran (3 x 3.3 cm), قرآن هشت ضلعی Iraq: Iraq National Library and Archive: Baghdad: 1920 One of the oldest copies of the Quran (which was destroyed during the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the United States) Ireland: National Archives of Ireland: Dublin: 1867
The history of Guyana begins about 35,000 years ago with the arrival of humans coming from Eurasia. These migrants became the Carib and Arawak tribes, who met Alonso de Ojeda's first expedition from Spain in 1499 at the Essequibo River .
Other publications include monographs by renowned scholars in the sub-disciplines of anthropology and children's books on prehistoric Guyana. The museum's out-reach programme caters for the nursery, primary and secondary levels of formal education while the library is equipped to supply information for all levels of research.
Aishalton is served by a Rural Library Centre that was established in 1976 as part of the National Library of Guyana's expansion of its rural library service. [13] Aishalton District Hospital was founded in 1982, and it is the only hospital in the southern sub-section of Region 9. [14]
A "♦" indicates a national library of a province or state, or constituent country or dependent state [neutrality is disputed]. It is listed under the sovereign state which governs that entity. Sovereign states are listed even when they have no national library or when the existence and name of a national library could not yet be ascertained.