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Libraries are an essential part of the community. However not all societies have libraries. Libraries require centralized populations, economic development and political stability for their survival. Libraries exist in places where peace exists. They cannot exist in places with full of conflicts. Libraries have different missions and serve different communities differently. People and organizations establish libraries with different missions. Historical overview shows that libraries have always had missions. The earliest mission of libraries was to maintain an archive for records. There is not information that shows when the first library was established. In the past, temples, municipals and governments had libraries. These libraries stored business records, deeds, tax lists, contracts and marriage records. Secondly, libraries had religious and practical missions. These were missions attached to early Egyptian libraries. Egyptian libraries were associated with temples that were cultural centers. Therefore, they provided an archive and functioned as places for learning. They stored medical collections. They also functioned as extensive private collections among wealthy Egyptians. Thirdly, at around the eighth century B.C, libraries started working as centers for storing reference materials for the education of future generations. This way it served with a mission of scholarship and research, for instance, the library of Ashurbanipal, in Mesopotamia (Rubin 35). Fourth, in the early times libraries served the missions of personal status and public use. The rise of the Roman Empire came with a shift of missions of libraries. This gave rise to libraries, such as Aristotle’s library. Cicero and Lucullus also opened libraries to people... ... middle of paper ... ...aries serve students irrespective of race (Rubin 61). For libraries to exist and continue serving their missions, they needs public positive attitude towards government agencies, education, service to all segments of the society, importance of reading, literature and positive attitude towards technology (Rubin 68). In conclusion, different libraries exist, for instance, school libraries, social libraries, circulating libraries and public libraries. All these libraries serve several missions. These missions include maintaining archives, supporting teaching and research, providing entertainment and serving the public among other missions. Libraries require public goodwill, for their existence. Therefore, governments, organizations and the public must support libraries through funding and using them effectively. They function as an essential part of the society.

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