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(November 23rd, 2018) The Philipsburg Jubilee Library celebrating their 95 years of existent. On Saturday November 24th, there will be a Radiothon on the parking lot of the library. The Radiothon starts at 10 am and ends at 4 pm and will be hosted by Laser 101.

The Philipsburg Jubilee Library (PJL) was established in 1923, and is the only public library serving the Dutch side of Sint Maarten as the executive entity of the Philipsburg Jubilee Library Foundation. The Foundation is a private, fully government-subsidized organization, and currently at a crucial point in its existence.

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The Philipsburg Jubilee Library serves as both the public library and national library of country Sint Maarten. A dedicated and higly motivated staff provides library services to the public under the leadership of a Managing Director. The library is governed by the Philipsburg Jubilee Library Foundation. A Supervisory Board oversees all operations of the Foundation.

By Fabian A. Badejo.

Books, books and more books! That’s what libraries are made of. The Philipsburg Jubilee Library (PJL) housed over 60,000 volumes before Irma. Books in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, and Papiamento. Books for preschoolers to research fellows. The bookshelves are mostly empty now, with the vast majority of the publications sealed off in cartons where they obviously don’t belong,

By Fabian A. Badejo

It’s September 22, 2018. Saturday, 11:00 am in Great Bay. There’s no space in the parking lot, so I ended up parking at a short distance from the Philipsburg Jubilee Library. From the outside, it didn’t look like it had been damaged much by Hurricane Irma until I drew closer and began to see the rust and displaced louvers. What used to be the office is battered down as if in anticipation of another storm

Among the many catastrophes Hurricane Irma unleashed on us is the damage of the Philipsburg Jubilee Library. Like a wounded lion, the Library has taken staggering steps to get back on its feet again, thanks to the dedication and commitment of its staff, however, it urgently needs to be relocated for it to survive and continue to serve this community as it has done for the past 95 years. Yes, the Philipsburg Jubilee Library is 95 this year,

Eight children of four different schools in St. Maarten participated in Skype conversations at Philipsburg Jubilee Library with some of their peers at Rotterdam’s Central Library of Rotterdam in connection with Children’s Book Week 2018, which kicked off Sunday. Moderated by Book Week Coordinator Renee van Oosterom and librarian Ivo Kuijf in Rotterdam

— Aruban author, educator, politician, and translator Yolanda Croes recently presented her first published children’s book “Mingi ye mago malbado” / “Mingi and the wicked wizard” to the Philipsburg Jubilee Library’s Interim Director Irmin Hughes, staff and the general public.

“Suddenly death” is a short story collection by Aruban author Roland E. Williams. The book was published in July 2016 and it’s writer’s first publication. Two copies were presented to the Philipsburg Jubilee Library’s, Public Relations Officer, Mariland Powell and Head of Circulations, Shirley Richardson

Survival Guide to living in the Netherlands”
PHILIPSBURG (September 5th, 2018) — The “Unified St. Maarten Connection Students Manual: Survival Guide to living in the Netherlands” was presented to the Philipsburg Jubilee Library’s Interim Director, Irmin Hughes and Public Relations Officer, Mariland Powell.