Raul s. Roco Library shall enrich the quality of life of local citizens through an efficient programming and rendition of services that make use of various resources and technologies that inform and propagate the ideals and legacies of the late Raul S. Roco, that value and preserve materials important to local culture and history.

MISSION

Raul s. Roco Library shall become a primary source of organized electronic and non-electronic informative materials and a major depository of materials important to local governance, citizenship, culture and history.

HISTORY

The library was renamed Raul S. Roco Library from Naga City Public Library on 26 October 2005, the late senator’s 64th birth anniversary, through Resolution No. 2005-079 of the Sangguniang Panglungsod of Naga.

It was renamed in memory of the late Raul s. Roco, an exemplary student, a consummate artists, a brilliant constitutionalist, an accomplished lawmaker, a distinguished senator, a reformist education secretary, an outstanding public servant, and foremost of all, a Bikolano.

Originally established as the Camarines Sur Branch Library through a resolution of the Provincial Board of Camarines sur on April 1921, it became one of the first eight libraries organized in the country.

From 1941 to 1945, during the second World War, the library was in operational. It reopened only after April 1, 1946.

Upon its reopening, however, it failed to keep in stride with the progress that characterized the postwar days. The situation was attributed to mismanagement.

August 1, 1956 marked another crisis in the history of the library. The Provincial board of Camarines sur abolished it, believing that its services were more for the benefit of Naga City residents than for the people of Camarines Sur. Later on the Provincial Board of Camarines Sur conceded the management of the Library to the City Government of Naga through resolution No. 124 Series of 1956.

The resolution effected a reorganization in the Camarines Sur Branch Library now named Naga City Public Library. It ceased to be the coordinating agency of all municipal libraries operating in Camarines Sur province.

From 1957 to 1958, the library was renting a building along Barlin Street to house its facilities and deliver its services.

In 1979, the Naga City Public Library moved to a building located at city proper and readily accessible to the public.

To provide an excellent atmosphere for reading and research, the library moved on 11 October 2005 to its present location, a newly-constructed, modern and fully equipped building within the City hall Compound.

It now has the widest collection of books and reference materials among Local-Government Unit – administered libraries. It caters particularly to high School and college students, but it also has a designated area for preschool and elementary pupils.

Its collection includes materials fro general circulation and general reference. It also has periodicals, AV materials, electronics resources, and a Filipiniana section. In addition, it has Local Governance, Research and Bikoliana special sections