LOCAL INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT: the Philippine
Experience
a Report
by
Prof. Salvacion Manuel-Arlante
FILIPINIANA MATERIALS
• National heritage materials that are for,
by, and about Filipinos and the
Philippines, published in the Philippines,
in any Philippine language, regardless
of subject and authorship.
University of the Philippines
Premier State University
“Multiversity”
UP Diliman (Arts and
Sciences)
UP Baguio (Arts and
Sciences)
UP Los Baños (Agricultural
Sciences)
UP Manila (Health Sciences)
UP Visayas (Fisheries and
Aquatic Resources)
UP Mindanao (Environment
Science and Management)
UP Open University
(Distance Education)
SPECIAL FILIPINIANA COLLECTIONS
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Rare Books
Historical Papers
Vernacular Collections
Theses and Dissertations
Radical Papers
Local History
H. Otley Beyer Collection
Harley Harris Bartlett Collection
Harry Whitfield Harnish Collection
Newspapers
Maps
SPECIAL FILIPINIANA COLLECTIONS
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Art Works
Audio-Visuals
Biography File
Filipiniana in Foreign Serials
Government Documents
Picture File
Poster Collection
Speech File
Archives
Personal Papers
THE RADICAL COLLECTIONS or
The Philippine Left Papers
• Underground or subversive
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Literature.
street literature of
revolutionary change
underground publications
memoirs and oral histories
personal diaries, and
papers of leading
personalities
THE RADICAL COLLECTIONS
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Philippine Insurgent Records, 1806-1901
Japanese Occupation Papers
Jose Llanes Collection (Guerilla Papers)
Panay Guerilla Movement
Delfin Jaranilla Papers
People’s Court Records, 1945-1948
Communist Party of the Philippines
Militant Organizations (SELDA)
Human Rights Papers
National Democratic Front Papers
Personal Papers of well-known activists in the country
Website: www.mainlib.upd.edu.ph
e-Collaborative Project
e-Collaborative Project
e-Collaborative Project
Preservation Programs
• By Microfilm
• By Digitization
Digitization Policy Guidelines
• Materials to be digitized must be in the public domain or
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clear for public distribution and must support the
educational, recreational and information needs of its
users;
Priority is given to current and retrospective materials on
or about the Philippines (history, psychology, economic
and political conditions, legal materials, recreation,
education, arts and culture, languages and literature,
and natural as well as physical sciences);
Digitization Policy Guidelines
• Deteriorating and fragile materials, such as rare
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books, which contain invaluable information;
Materials that will contribute most immensely to
increased production of ordinary citizens such as
farmers, fisher folk,etc.;
Unique resources pertaining to local heritage
especially oral traditions/dying traditions and
customs which are of interest to the local
community and beyond.
www.elib.gov.ph
A joint project of:
Commission on
Higher Education
Department of Agriculture
Department of Science
and Technology
National Library
of the Philippines
University
of the Philippines
Philippine eLib Project
• a national information resource-sharing
consortium among five government institutions,
namely the:
– Department of Science and Technology
(DOST)
– Commission on Higher Education (CHED)
– Department of Agriculture
– The National Library of the Philippines
– UP Library System
Philippine eLib objectives
• Provide access to information for life-long
learning
• Enrich local content in digital format for
community and global access
• Build local capabilities and expertise in the
creation and generation of digital
information sources
Philippine eLib objectives
• Provide library and information services
network to academic and government
institutions for optimum use of resources
• Promote and accelerate the exchange of
knowledge resources among various
sectors of society, including regional and
international users
Philippine eLib objectives
• Establish a mechanism of income
generation and other means to sustain
the e-library
• Provide access to Filipiniana cultural
heritage collections and indigenous
local materials through archiving and
digitized data
Philippine eLib objectives
• Create another means of preserving
Filipiniana cultural heritage collections and
indigenous local material by providing
surrogate digital sources and safeguarding
the original.
Philippine eLib Project
• Products and Services:
– Union catalog of the 5 partner agencies (over
a million bibliographic records)
– Digitized Filipiniana materials (more than
11,000 full-text documents in PDF)
– Access to online electronic journals and
databases with fulltext (foreign)
– Cyber Selective Dissemination of Information
(SDI)
Philippine eLib Project
• Other features:
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current awareness service
selective dissemination of information
full text downloading
literature searches
document delivery
E-Journal subscription
mailing list and
Rapid, responsive and knowledgeable customer
support (guaranteed 24 hours response time)
Website: www.elib.gov.ph
Website: Search Form
Website: Search Results
eLib: Record Details
eLib: Book Cart List
eLib: Print Preview - Bibliography
eLib: Cart Items – Send to email
La Union Provincial Public Library
Baguio City Library
Dagupan City Library
Nueva Ecija Provincial Library
Alaminos City Library
Pampanga Provincial Library
Pangasinan Provincial Library
National Library of the Philippines, Makati City Library,
Bulacan Provincial Library
Marikina City Library, House of the Representatives,
Laguna Provincial Library
Senate of the Philippines
Naga City Library
Leocadio Dioso Public Library, Antique
Iloilo Provincial Library
Oriental Negros Provincial Library
Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Library
Calamba Municipal Library, Mis. Occ.
Zamboanga City Library
NLP
Libraries
Cebu City Library
Bohol Provincial Library
Butuan City Library
Cagayan De Oro City Library
Misamis Occidental Provincial Library
Davao City Library
Sultan Kudarat Provincial Library
Mariano Marcos State University
CHED Central Office
Cavite State University
Quirino State College
Isabela State University
Technological University of the Philippines
Philippine Normal University
Polytechnic University of the Philippines
Bicol University
Mindoro School of Arts and Trade
Aklan State University
Western Visayas State College
Leyte State University
Palawan State University
Mindanao State University - IIT
Western Mindanao State University
CHED
Central Mindanao University
Bukidnon State University
University of Southeastern Philippine
UP Baguio
UP Diliman
UP Manila
UPOU/UP Los Banos
UP Visayas-Tacloban
UP Visayas-Iloilo
UP Visayas-Cebu
UP
System
UP Mindanao-Davao
DOST CAR-Benguet
DOST 1-La Union
DOST 3-Pampanga
DOST 4-Laguna
DOST 2-Cagayan
DOST-NCR
DOST 5-Legaspi
DOST 8-Tacloban
DOST 6-Iloilo
DOST 7-Cebu
DOST Caraga-Butuan
DOST 10-CDO
DOST 11-Davao
DOST-ROs
DOST 9-Zamboanga City
DOST 12-Cotabato
RFU 2-Cagayan
RFU 1-La Union
RFU 3-Pampanga
RFU CAR-Baguio
Philrice/BPHRE-Nueva Ecija
OSEC / RFU 4-Q.C.
RFU 5-Camarines Sur
RFU 8-Tacloban
RFU 6-Iloilo
RFU 7-Cebu
RFU Caraga-Butuan
RFU 10-CDO
RFU 11-Davao
DA-ROs
RFU 9-Zamboanga City
RFU12/ARMM-Cotabato
Usage Statistics
The Philippine eLib
• has demonstrated integration of information
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sources into a single network system – “critical
mass”
decreased over all cost through cooperative
development and enhancement and sharing of
resources
accelerated delivery of services to citizenry
increased capacity to make systematic use of
information for a wide range of purposes.
The Philippine eLib
Implementing the eLib, we in the Philippines realized two concerns:
• Acquisition of most, if not all, Filipiniana cultural heritage materials in
any format
• Preservation and conservation of these heritage materials/traditional
knowledge
• Increased readership that includes not only clients of the members
of the consortium but also ordinary people, farmers, fisher folk and
students in both public and private secondary and tertiary levels of
education.
• We would like to think, that through the University Library’s website
and the Phil eLib, we continue to contribute to the social and
economic empowerment of our people.
Conclusion
• It is imperative to preserve heritage
materials/ information resources covering
culture and the historical events in our
respective nations and use modern
information and communication technologies
(ICTs) in the organization, access and
preservation of national heritage materials in
realizing the national vision for social and
economic empowerment of its constituents.