(20 Sep 2022) After the Covid-19 issue hit the Philippines in 2020, government organizations, well-established libraries, academic institutions, and concerned organizations started offering online library services to assist students, instructors, researchers, and citizens with their information needs. The Department of Education (DepEd) is required to digitize all textbooks and reference books it determines are necessary for…
(5 Sep 2022) The 32nd Library and Information Services Month (LISM) Committee, in partnership with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) [of the Philippines] through the National Committee on Libraries and Information Services (NCLIS), is pleased to announce the Call for Papers in connection with the LISM celebration this November 2022. Submitted…
(24 Jun 2022) The digital library Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly Operated Kiosk Station (STARBOOKS) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will soon be available via datacasting. Starbooks is a stand-alone information source designed to reach those with limited or no access to Science and Technology information resources. The project…
(18 Mar 2022) Former President Fidel V. Ramos (FVR) [of the Philippines] celebrated his 94th birthday on Friday by unveiling the online FVR Presidential Library, the first and only online presidential library so far in the country today. A preview of the online presidential library was shown on the internet wherein former Cabinet members,…
By Gina de Alwis Jayasuriya* (27 Dec 2021) At the 10th A-LIEP conference Apple Jusayan and Rhea Rowena Apolinario of the School of Library of Information Studies, University of the Philippines – Diliman, presented a paper on Developing a Makerspace for the Marikina Public Library: A Journey in Artisan Shoemaking. The authors’ vision is…
(9 Nov 2021) National Library of the Philippines (NLP) celebrates the 31st Library and Information Services Month through a virtual opening ceremony Wednesday, November 3. This year’s theme, “Libraries Building ROADS: Readers, Opportunities, Advocacies, Development, and Sustainability,” focuses on capturing the essence of the libraries’ role in attaining the SDGs promulgated in the UN…
(7 Nov 2021) More groups have condemned the decision of several state universities and colleges (SUCs) to remove reading materials deemed “subversive” from their libraries. The Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP) said the banning of “subversive” books and literature from libraries was a “clear violation” of freedom in publishing and freedom of thought.…
(25 Oct 2021) The Commission on Higher Education in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CHED-CAR) has joined the campaign to purge universities and colleges in the region of what it considered “subversive” materials. CHED-CAR Director Demetrio Anduyan Jr. urged private and public higher education institutions (HEIs) in the region to remove “subversive” materials from their…
(29 Sep 2021) An educator lamented the removal of books and documents published by the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) in at least three state university libraries. The Kalinga State University (KSU), Isabela State University (ISU), and Aklan State University (ASU) pulled out books authored by or related to the NDFP to…
(4 Sep 2021) The Philippines recently received its first-ever award from the prestigious Venice Biennale since it first joined the exhibition in 1964. The recognition was for the exhibition “Structures of Mutual Support,” a stunning wooden structure inspired by the concept of bayanihan, the Filipino tradition of mutual support, following the biennial architecture fair’s theme of how…