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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.
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.
National Library of the Philippines, Ermita, Manila: Original manuscript of the last poem of Jose Rizal- Filipino polymath and Nationalist housed at the National Library of the Philippines: 2024 [31] Baptism of Christ By Juan Senson of the Saint Clement Parish Collection in Angono, Rizal Angono, Rizal: 19th- to early-20th-century
Serafin Danganan Quiason Jr. (June 15, 1930 – August 13, 2016) was a Filipino scholar and historian. [1] He was the former director National Library of the Philippines and Chairman of the National Historical Institute in the Philippines.
At the end of his term in 1913, he was appointed secretary to the Philippine Assembly. In 1916, he was appointed the first director of the National Library, earning him the moniker "Father of the Philippine Library System". He would serve as its director once more from 1929 to 1939. [2] [5] In 1920, he was appointed Interior Secretary.
The National Archives of the Philippines (Filipino: Pambansang Sinupan ng Pilipinas and abbreviated NAP) is an agency of the Republic of the Philippines mandated to collect, store, preserve and make available archival records of the Government and other primary sources pertaining to the history of the country.
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]