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My library's official name is the "Leocadio Alonsagay Dioso Memorial Public Library". It is located in the town of Pandan, province of Antique (ahn-TEE-keh), island of Panay, in the West Visayas region of the Philippines. It is named in honor of my late father, who was born in Pandan.

Although privately-owned and operated, the Dioso Library functions as the municipal public library of Pandan. For more on the library, please see www.ladiosolibrary.org .

I'm a retired United Nations official and founded a public library in a poor Philippine town that had never had its own library since its founding in the mid-17th century. For more on the library and the story of its founding, please go to its website: www.ladiosolibrary.org