Ponce Municipal Library

Mariana Suárez de Longo Municipal Library
Mariana Suárez de Longo Municipal Library
Biblioteca Municipal Mariana Suárez de Longo
	Headquarters of the Ponce Public Library in Barrio San Antón, Ponce, Puerto Rico
	18°00′44″N 66°36′12″W / 18.01223°N 66.60339°W
Location	Boulevard Miguel Pou, Barrio San Antón, Ponce, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
Type	Public library
Established	1870
Branches	7; Within the city: Clausells (Guillermo Jackson) at Victoria & Villa Madrid; Jaime L. Drew (Jose Rodriguez Ayala) at José Gautier Benítez Elementary School (closed 2018); Playa (Rafaela Prieto Library) at Avenida Hostos Final; Outside the city: Coto Laurel at Los Santos and PR-14, Llanos del Sur; Guaraguao (Old Head Start building) on PR-516; Magueyes (Rosario La Torre) at PR-123, Km. 15.8; Quebrada Limón on PR-502 and PR-520.;
Collection
Size	3,000 books + 60,000+ periodicals
Access and use
Population served	166,327
Other information
Budget	$500,000
Director	Ms. Jo Arleen Torres Hernández
Employees	39
Website	bibliotecaponce.wordpress.com
	References: Las Fiestas Populares de Ponce. Ramon Marin.

The Ponce Municipal Library, formally, Biblioteca Municipal Mariana Suárez de Longo (English: Mariana Suárez de Longo Municipal Library), and also known as Biblioteca Publica de Ponce (English: Ponce Public Library), is the library system of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Founded in 1870, it is the oldest public library in Puerto Rico. The system has its main library on Miguel Pou Boulevard, in barrio San Antón, in the city of Ponce, and seven satellite library branches, three in the city's urban area and four spread out in the municipality's rural areas. The main library inaugurated a new building on Bulevar Miguel Pou in August 2007, where the former Puerto Rico District Court building was located. The central library building on Bulevar Miguel Pou was designed by Ponce architect Juan Dalmau Sambolín.