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The National Library of the Philippines (Filipino: Pambansang Aklatan ng Pilipinas or Aklatang Pambansa ng Pilipinas, abbreviated NLP, Spanish: Biblioteca Nacional de Filipinas) is the Philippines' official repository of information on cultural heritage and other literary resources.
Mrs. Estrella V. Manuel was designated Coordinator of Libraries. In 1978, the Philippine College of Commerce (PCC) was converted into a university and was consequently named Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP). The library was renamed Department of Library and Related Services. Between the periods 1979 and 1980, another wing of the ...
About 1.2 million volumes of reference and reading materials are available at the National Library, in which the Filipiniana and Asia Division alone own more than 100,000 Filipiniana books. The Diliman portion of the library of the University of the Philippines is composed of 1,132,483 volumes. [ 1 ]
Cebu City Public Library and Information Center traces its roots from the Cebu Branch Library of the Philippine Library and Museum, now the National Library of the Philippines. It was organized and opened to the public on April 13, 1919, by Mr. Guillermo Restun, the Chief Librarian from the Ilo-ilo Branch.
Established in 1919, [10] it began as the Philippine Library's branch in Cebu and Museum (presently National Library of the Philippines). [14] It has free Wi-Fi internet connection available to users, offers dedicated services for LGBTQIA members and the hearing-impaired, [15] and is the first public library in the country that is open 24/7. [16]
Korean Cultural Center in the Philippines (KCC) Library Bayani Road, Fort Bonifacio , Taguig About 3,000 titles which include collection of printed materials (e.g. books, journals, magazines, etc.) and multimedia materials (e.g. K-pop CDs and K-movies and drama DVDs spanning the areas of social sciences, history, literature, language, culture ...
A separate library, known as the Presidential Library, was established in 1973. [4] The Presidential Library, which was hosted at the ground floor of the Maharlika Hall (now the Kalayaan Hall) is a birthday gift by First Lady Imelda Marcos to her husband President Ferdinand Marcos. The library also served as a clearing house for President ...
Started in 1995, the Mobile Library Program is a reading campaign for the economically disadvantaged children and out-of-school youth of Manila. It aims to impart the value of reading to children through storytelling and book-lending sessions. Six years later, the Mobile Library van was inaugurated through a grant from Ford Foundation Philippines.