Papua New Guinea public libraries: Out of touch with the information age

Public library services was introduced to PNG in 1936 and developed comprehensively.
The system has a highly centralized Public Library Service of 24 country wide branches with selection, ordering and processing taken care of at a central point.
Sadly after 71 years, this comprehensive system has gone into absence. PNG needs public libraries to provide residents access to the record of human thought and achievement, for the purpose of information, education, recreation and culture.