Pathfinders: Philippine Libraries

UPDATED as of 03 March 2008


To document freely available materials of paper presented (with full text) about Philippine libraries, Filipino librarians and library association published abroad or sponsored by international librarian association, we compiled this sort of a "pathfinder" arranged by the name of the author(s). We encourage anyone who finds these materials useful to exercise proper attribution/citation in the use of the materials. Thank you.

Arlante, Salvacion M. 2005. Preserving national heritage for the future. Paper presented at the ICOL 2005 (International Conference on Libraries) "Towards a Knowledge Society" held last 14-16 March 2005, Malaysia.

Bolos, Adoracion M. Library development and future trends in the Philippines : a country report. Paper presented at the CONSAL IX Conference

Caña, Mercy B., Cueto, Quiza Lynn Grace G., de Guzman, Allan B., Fuchigami, Kaori B., Manalo, Leona Rica T., and Yu, Jake Cathleen U. 2007. Clientele recognition of library terms and concepts used by librarians : a case of an academic library in the Philippines. Paper presented at the 3rd Rizal Library International Conference on “From Classroom to Career : Roadmaps to a Library’s Success.” held last 22-23 October 2007, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City.

David, L. T., & Perez, D.R. (2006). An assessment of the perception of licensed librarians about their academic preparation and satisfaction in their job as librarians. In: C. Khoo, D. Singh & A.S. Chaudhry (Eds.), Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information Education & Practice 2006 (A-LIEP 2006), Singapore, 3-6 April 2006 (pp. 416-422). Singapore: School of Communication & Information, Nanyang Technological University.

de Guzman, Allan, Custodio, Sheena Mai B. and Garcia, Melissa Angela P. 2007. Surfacing Filipino school children’s images of librarians through doodling. Paper presented at the 3rd Rizal Library International Conference on “From Classroom to Career : Roadmaps to a Library’s Success.” held last 22-23 October 2007, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City.

Garcia, Perla T. 2004. De La Salle University library system migration : a strategic decision. Paper presented at the Paper presented at the Rizal Library Conference on "Library Management in the 21st Century" held last 29-30 March 2004, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City.

Hernandez, Vicente S. 1999. Trends in Philippine library history. Paper presented at the World Library and Information Congress : 65th IFLA General Conference and Council held last 20-28 August 1999, Bangkok, Thailand.

Hickok, John. 2004. International best practices of service-friendly librarians : fresh perceptions from a yearlong comparative analysis of U.S. & Asian-Pacific libraries. Paper presented at the Rizal Library Conference on "Library Management in the 21st Century" held last 29-30 March 2004, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City.

Samaniego, Carina C. 2007. An analysis of the data archiving practices of selected scientific agencies in the Philippines. Paper presented at the World Library and Information Congress : 73rd IFLA General Conference and Council held last 19-23 August 2007, Durban, South Africa.

Santos, Antonio M. 2005. Continuing Professional Education (CPE) program for registered librarians in the Philippines. Paper presented at the 25th Anniversary Workshop of the Indonesian Library Association “Issues and Challenges on Developing Professional LIS Education and Training in Indonesia within the ASEAN Region" held last 11-13 July 2005, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Santos, Antonio M. 2003. The professionalization of librarians in the Philippines: the role of library associations. Paper presented at the World Library and Information Congress : 69th IFLA General Conference and Council held last 1-9 August 2003, Berlin.

Tullao Jr., Tereso S. 2000. An evaluation on the readiness of the Filipino professionals to meet international standards. PASCN Discussion Paper No. 2000-01

Verzosa, Fe Angela M. 2004. Increasing access to archival knowledge through archival cooperation and partnerships : a proposal for enhancing networking and linkage capabilities among academic archives in developing countries. Paper presented at the seminar 10 years of SUV : Past Achievments - Future Strategies held on 20-21 August 2004, at Vienna Technological University, Austria.

Notice to Readers

Information in this pathfinder was obtained primarily from publicly available sources from the Internet and where possible, was double checked from available printed copy(ies).

The information was up-to-date as of Nov 2007. Every effort was made to ensure that provided URL are active and in case no longer available, feel free to contact us for a copy of the pdf we downloaded earlier for offline access. This pathfinder is an unedited, unfinished and will evolve as we go along.

The compiler or PLAI-STRLC officers/members accept no responsibility for any inaccuracies or omissions. The views expressed in this post do not necessarily represent the views of the association.

We welcome your comments on this pathfinders. Please e-mail comments to plaistrlc(at)gmail(dot)com