Welcome to the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library, Your library, the Northern Mariana Islands' State Library.

Walter Cronkite eternally reminded us, "Whatever the costs of libraries are, they are cheap compared to the cost of ignorance."

In these times of economic challenges and competing priorities libraries are increasingly becoming more than a place to broaden one's intellectual curiosity-libraries are a refuge and a sanctuary, a compelling equalizer of our diverse community.

On behalf of the Board of Directors of the NMI Library Council, the benefactors of our library that bear their namesakes, the staff, the countless corporate and individual donors, and our thousands of local and visiting patrons, we consider it our privilege and honor to provide you the best and quality informational, recreational, educational, historical, and cultural literacy services to meet your curiosity needs.

Let us know how we are meeting your needs; how we can best meet your needs; and how we can continue to provide to meet your informational and educational needs. Together we can!

We wish you imagination, creativity, innovation, and responsiveness in your quest for information. Read First! is our motto! Lasting partnerships is our philosophy.