Canadian writer/professor dismayed at small size of Cebu public library

LETTER TO THE MAYOR. The FREEMAN got a copy of a letter a Canadian writer and professor of cultural anthropology wrote to the Cebu City mayor. This Canadian who is here in Cebu for a vacation. She said she is enjoying the magoes in Cebu and witnessed our first automated elections. She said, “I was thrilled to see all the voters going to the polls to vote.”

NO PLANNED EXPANSION? But she said she was dismayed when she spotted the Cebu Public Library while she was strolling along Osmeña Blvd. She said, “I was shocked to see the small size of the library for a city this size.” She added that she got no word when renovations will be completed or if there will be increase in its size. She said in her letter: “Surely, as mayor, you can make your library system a bigger priority. The very education of your children depends on it. This is the way to critical thinking in this age of information.”