title: List of libraries in Ponce, Puerto Rico
text: # List of libraries in Ponce, Puerto Rico
  
  This is a list of libraries in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Both, public and private libraries are listed. Also listed, for their environment conductive to study and research, are non-circulating, archive organizations.
  
  ## Library list summary table
  
  Note: The table that follows lists libraries by their year of founding, that is, their year of opening. A listing sorted by any of the other fields can be obtained by clicking on the header of the field. For example, clicking on "Barrio" will sort libraries by their barrio location.
  
  | No. | Name | Barrio | Location | Type/Use | Year Library Opened | Year Current Structure Built | Building Architect | Owner / Host | Architectural style |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Archivo Histórico de Ponce | Quinto | C. Mayor SB, and C. Estrella EB | Historical archives | 1812 | 2007 | Octavio Rodríguez Jr. | Ponce Municipal Government | Brutalist |
  | 2 | Biblioteca Municipal de Ponce | San Antón | Bulevar Miguel Pou EB | Public library | 1870 | 2007 | Unk | Ponce Municipal Government | Modern |
  | 3 | Biblioteca Encarnación Valdés | Canas Urbano | PUCPR Avenida Las Américas EB | University library | 1948 | 1969 | Unk | Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico | Modern |
  | 4 | Centro de Acceso a la Información | Sabanetas | UIA-Ponce PR-1 WB | University library | 1962 | 1984 | Unk | Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico en Ponce | Modern |
  | 5 | Biblioteca Adelina Coppin Alvarado | Playa | PR-2 EB at PR-12 | University library | 1970 | 1970 | Unk | Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce | Modern |
  | 6 | Biblioteca Fundación Rafael Hernández Colón | Quinto | C. Mayor NB and C. Castillo EB | Political history library | 1992 | 2015 | Manuel V. Domenech | Fundación Biblioteca Rafael Hernández Colón | Neoclassical |
  
  Key: C. = Calle (street) NB = Northbound SB = Southbound WB = Westbound EB = Eastbound Unk = Unknown N/A = Not applicable
  
  