The Tuvalu National Library and Archives is a department under the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports Tuvalu Government. The department also enforces Copyright and the destruction of public records. The Tuvalu National Library and Archives is the only library in Tuvalu offering library services to the people of Tuvalu and its Government. It also provides archival services and other record management services to the people and the Government. The Tuvalu National Library and Archives was established on 1st September 1978. In leading up to the political independence from the British Colony, Tuvalu needed a library and archives to safeguard Tuvalu Cultural, Political and Public records. Since its establishment, the Tuvalu National Library and Archives has been a house on an old Red Cross building in the capital Funafuti.Tuvalu National Library & Archives