Biblioteca Municipal de Guayaquil, Public library in central Guayaquil, Ecuador.

The Biblioteca Municipal de Guayaquil is a public library in central Guayaquil, Ecuador, run by the city's Directorate of Culture and Civic Promotion. Its building dates from the 1950s, financed by businessman Josef Gorelik, then owner of Pepsi. It holds around 2 million volumes and has rooms for Ecuador, applied sciences, philosophy, reference, literature, newspapers, magazines, the Carlos A. Rolando collection, internet and multimedia.

The library was founded in 1862, making it one of the oldest public libraries on the Ecuadorian coast. Over the following decades, its collection grew and it became a key place for education in the city.

The library's first librarian, Juan José Plutarco Vera, served without pay and donated ten volumes plus collections of printed material. During his tenure, around 600 volumes from José Joaquín de Olmedo's private library were donated. Early supporters included Francisco X. Aguirre Abad, Juan León Mera and Ildefonso Coronel, and some gave shelving or a geographic map of Ecuador.

The library occupies the same building as the Municipal Library in the city centre, and its ten rooms include newspaper and magazine archives, a literature room and the Carlos A. Rolando collection. The building dates from the 1950s and no longer meets the standards for good service; a new library is planned opposite the World Trade Center on Francisco de Orellana Avenue.

The library's first librarian, Juan José Plutarco Vera, served without pay and donated ten volumes from his own collection. During his tenure, around 600 volumes from José Joaquín de Olmedo's private library were acquired. The library opened to the public on May 24, 1862, with 832 volumes.