Beyond the pages: Man turns home into public library

LIBRARY FOR ALL. Mang Nanie has turned his home into a public library

is"unstructured" when it comes to policies – it is open 24/7 and people can borrow an unlimited number of books. The books vary from fiction to nonfiction and a lot of reference books for students to use. Mang Nanie shares that he never thought that his collection of 50 books would grow to more than 2 million.

Mang Nanie says he doesn’t solicit for books. When there were not enough books left in his shelves, people knocked on his doors with boxes of books. “Somebody will walk in coming down from the streets bringing boxes. That’s volunteerism without attachment."

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