On the importance of Reading and Writing Books”
Philipsburg, February 24, 2022, The Philipsburg Jubilee Library’s Black History Month (BHM) 2022, comes to a climax with a panel discussion between some of our young and talented, local authors.
Philipsburg, February 17, 2022. Philipsburg Jubilee Library (PJL) received a grant from the Dutch Royal Library to stimulate challenged teenagers to read. PJL Board and Management decided to use entrepreneurship as the vehicle for this reading campaign and have started ordering books about young entrepreneurship.
February is a month–long observance of Black History Month (BHM). It’s a chance in the US, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Caribbean to celebrate Black achievements. The celebration also provides a fresh reminder to take stock and understand Black Histories, going beyond stories of racism and slavery to spotlight Black achievement.
On Tuesday, November 23, 2021, the Philipsburg Jubilee Library (PJL) celebrates 98 years. The library was founded on this date back in 1923, the year Queen Wilhelmina celebrated her silver jubilee.
The Philipsburg Jubilee Library in close Collaboration with The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Trinidad and Tobago, with the Scarborough Harbour 1677 Rockley Bay Research Project.
As the demand for eBooks among library patrons continued to grow and its use slowly becomes common place among readers, it is with these developments in mind that the library decided to diversify its