LOCAL INFORMATION LOCAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT: the Philippine MANAGEMENT: the Philippine

ExperienceExperience

a Reporta Report

byby

Prof. Salvacion Manuel-ArlanteProf. Salvacion Manuel-Arlante

FILIPINIANA MATERIALSFILIPINIANA MATERIALS

• National heritage materials that National heritage materials that are for, by, and about Filipinos and are for, by, and about Filipinos and the Philippines, published in the the Philippines, published in the Philippines, in any Philippine Philippines, in any Philippine language, regardless of subject language, regardless of subject and authorship.and authorship.

University of the PhilippinesUniversity 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 COLLECTIONSSPECIAL FILIPINIANA COLLECTIONS

• Rare BooksRare Books

• Historical PapersHistorical Papers

• Vernacular CollectionsVernacular Collections

• Theses and DissertationsTheses and Dissertations

• Radical PapersRadical Papers

• Local HistoryLocal History

• H. Otley Beyer CollectionH. Otley Beyer Collection

• Harley Harris Bartlett CollectionHarley Harris Bartlett Collection

• Harry Whitfield Harnish CollectionHarry Whitfield Harnish Collection

• NewspapersNewspapers

• MapsMaps

SPECIAL FILIPINIANA COLLECTIONSSPECIAL FILIPINIANA COLLECTIONS

• Art WorksArt Works• Audio-VisualsAudio-Visuals• Biography FileBiography File• Filipiniana in Foreign SerialsFilipiniana in Foreign Serials• Government DocumentsGovernment Documents• Picture FilePicture File• Poster CollectionPoster Collection• Speech FileSpeech File• ArchivesArchives• Personal PapersPersonal Papers

THE RADICAL COLLECTIONS orTHE RADICAL COLLECTIONS orThe Philippine Left PapersThe Philippine Left Papers

• Underground or Underground or subversive Literature. subversive Literature.

• street literature of street literature of revolutionary changerevolutionary change

• underground publicationsunderground publications

• memoirs and oral memoirs and oral historieshistories

• personal diaries, andpersonal diaries, and

• papers of leading papers of leading personalitiespersonalities

THE RADICAL COLLECTIONSTHE RADICAL COLLECTIONS

• Philippine Insurgent Records, 1806-1901Philippine Insurgent Records, 1806-1901• Japanese Occupation PapersJapanese Occupation Papers• Jose Llanes Collection (Guerilla Papers)Jose Llanes Collection (Guerilla Papers)• Panay Guerilla MovementPanay Guerilla Movement• Delfin Jaranilla PapersDelfin Jaranilla Papers• People’s Court Records, 1945-1948People’s Court Records, 1945-1948• Communist Party of the PhilippinesCommunist Party of the Philippines• Militant Organizations (SELDA)Militant Organizations (SELDA)• Human Rights PapersHuman Rights Papers• National Democratic Front PapersNational Democratic Front Papers• Personal Papers of well-known activists in the countryPersonal Papers of well-known activists in the country

Website: www.mainlib.upd.edu.ph

e-Collaborative Project

e-Collaborative Project

e-Collaborative Project

Preservation ProgramsPreservation Programs

• By MicrofilmBy Microfilm

• By DigitizationBy Digitization

• Materials to be digitized must be in the public Materials to be digitized must be in the public domain or clear for public distribution and must domain or clear for public distribution and must support the educational, recreational and support the educational, recreational and information needs of its users;information needs of its users;

• Priority is given to current and retrospective Priority is given to current and retrospective materials on or about the Philippines (history, materials on or about the Philippines (history, psychology, economic and political conditions, psychology, economic and political conditions, legal materials, recreation, education, arts and legal materials, recreation, education, arts and culture, languages and literature, and natural as culture, languages and literature, and natural as well as physical sciences);well as physical sciences);

Digitization Policy GuidelinesDigitization Policy Guidelines

Digitization Policy GuidelinesDigitization Policy Guidelines

• Deteriorating and fragile materials, such as Deteriorating and fragile materials, such as rare books, which contain invaluable rare books, which contain invaluable information;information;

• Materials that will contribute most immensely Materials that will contribute most immensely to increased production of ordinary citizens to increased production of ordinary citizens such as farmers, fisher folk,etc.;such as farmers, fisher folk,etc.;

• Unique resources pertaining to local heritage Unique resources pertaining to local heritage especially oral traditions/dying traditions and especially oral traditions/dying traditions and customs which are of interest to the local customs which are of interest to the local community and beyond.community and beyond.

www.elib.gov.ph

A joint project of:

Commission onHigher Education

Department of Agriculture Department of Science and Technology

National Library of the Philippines

University of the Philippines

Philippine eLib ProjectPhilippine eLib Project

• a national information resource-sharing a national information resource-sharing consortium among five government consortium among five government institutions, namely the:institutions, namely the:– Department of Science and Technology Department of Science and Technology

(DOST)(DOST)– Commission on Higher Education (CHED)Commission on Higher Education (CHED)– Department of AgricultureDepartment of Agriculture– The National Library of the PhilippinesThe National Library of the Philippines– UP Library SystemUP Library System

Philippine eLib objectivesPhilippine eLib objectives

• Provide access to information for life-Provide access to information for life-long learninglong learning

• Enrich local content in digital format Enrich local content in digital format for community and global accessfor community and global access

• Build local capabilities and expertise Build local capabilities and expertise in the creation and generation of in the creation and generation of digital information sourcesdigital information sources

Philippine eLib objectivesPhilippine eLib objectives

• Provide library and information Provide library and information services network to academic and services network to academic and government institutions for optimum government institutions for optimum use of resourcesuse of resources

• Promote and accelerate the exchange Promote and accelerate the exchange of knowledge resources among of knowledge resources among various sectors of society, including various sectors of society, including regional and international usersregional and international users

Philippine eLib objectivesPhilippine eLib objectives

• Establish a mechanism of income Establish a mechanism of income generation and other means to generation and other means to sustain the e-librarysustain the e-library

• Provide access to Filipiniana Provide access to Filipiniana cultural heritage collections and cultural heritage collections and indigenous local materials through indigenous local materials through archiving and digitized dataarchiving and digitized data

Philippine eLib objectivesPhilippine eLib objectives

• Create another means of preserving Create another means of preserving Filipiniana cultural heritage Filipiniana cultural heritage collections and indigenous local collections and indigenous local material by providing surrogate material by providing surrogate digital sources and safeguarding the digital sources and safeguarding the original.original.

Philippine eLib ProjectPhilippine eLib Project

• Products and Services:Products and Services:– Union catalog of the 5 partner agencies Union catalog of the 5 partner agencies

(over a million bibliographic records)(over a million bibliographic records)– Digitized Filipiniana materials (more than Digitized Filipiniana materials (more than

11,000 full-text documents in PDF)11,000 full-text documents in PDF)– Access to online electronic journals and Access to online electronic journals and

databases with fulltext (foreign)databases with fulltext (foreign)– Cyber Selective Dissemination of Cyber Selective Dissemination of

Information (SDI)Information (SDI)

Philippine eLib ProjectPhilippine eLib Project

• Other features:Other features:– current awareness servicecurrent awareness service– selective dissemination of information selective dissemination of information – full text downloadingfull text downloading– literature searchesliterature searches– document deliverydocument delivery– E-Journal subscriptionE-Journal subscription– mailing list and mailing list and – Rapid, responsive and knowledgeable customer Rapid, responsive and knowledgeable customer

support (guaranteed 24 hours response time) 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

Butuan City Library

Sultan Kudarat Provincial Library

National Library of the Philippines, Makati City Library, Marikina City Library, House of the Representatives, Senate of the Philippines

Bohol Provincial Library

Naga City Library

La Union Provincial Public Library

Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Library

Baguio City Library

NLPLibraries

Dagupan City Library

Laguna Provincial Library

Pampanga Provincial Library

Cagayan De Oro City Library

Leocadio Dioso Public Library, Antique

Misamis Occidental Provincial Library

Cebu City Library

Davao City Library

Calamba Municipal Library, Mis. Occ.

Iloilo Provincial Library

Oriental Negros Provincial Library

Zamboanga City Library

Alaminos City LibraryPangasinan Provincial Library

Nueva Ecija Provincial Library

Bulacan Provincial Library

Mindanao State University - IIT

CHED Central Office

Leyte State University

Western Mindanao State University

Mariano Marcos State University

CHED

Palawan State University

Central Mindanao University

Western Visayas State College

Cavite State University

Isabela State University

Mindoro School of Arts and Trade

Quirino State College

Philippine Normal University

Bukidnon State UniversityUniversity of Southeastern Philippines

Bicol UniversityPolytechnic University of the Philippines

Aklan State University

Technological University of the Philippines

UP Mindanao-Davao

UP Diliman

UPOU/UP Los Banos

UP Visayas-Cebu

UP Baguio

UPSystem

UP Visayas-Iloilo

UP Manila

UP Visayas-Tacloban

DOST Caraga-Butuan

DOST 11-Davao

DOST 12-Cotabato

DOST-NCR

DOST 4-Laguna

DOST 7-CebuDOST 10-CDO

DOST 8-Tacloban

DOST 5-Legaspi

DOST 1-La Union

DOST 9-Zamboanga CityDOST-ROs

DOST 2-Cagayan

DOST 3-Pampanga

DOST 6-Iloilo

DOST CAR-Benguet

RFU Caraga-Butuan

RFU 11-Davao

RFU12/ARMM-Cotabato

OSEC / RFU 4-Q.C.

RFU 7-CebuRFU 10-CDO

RFU 8-Tacloban

RFU 5-Camarines Sur

RFU 1-La Union

RFU 9-Zamboanga CityDA-ROs

RFU 2-Cagayan

RFU 3-Pampanga

RFU 6-Iloilo

RFU CAR-BaguioPhilrice/BPHRE-Nueva Ecija

Usage StatisticsUsage Statistics

The Philippine eLibThe Philippine eLib

• has demonstrated integration of has demonstrated integration of information sources into a single network information sources into a single network system – “critical mass”system – “critical mass”

• decreased over all cost through cooperative decreased over all cost through cooperative development and enhancement and development and enhancement and sharing of resourcessharing of resources

• accelerated delivery of services to citizenryaccelerated delivery of services to citizenry

• increased capacity to make systematic use increased capacity to make systematic use of information for a wide range of purposes.of information for a wide range of purposes.

The Philippine eLibThe Philippine eLib

Implementing the eLib, we in the Philippines realized two Implementing the eLib, we in the Philippines realized two concerns:concerns:

• Acquisition of most, if not all, Filipiniana cultural heritage Acquisition of most, if not all, Filipiniana cultural heritage materials in any formatmaterials in any format

• Preservation and conservation of these heritage Preservation and conservation of these heritage materials/traditional knowledgematerials/traditional knowledge

• Increased readership that includes not only clients of the Increased readership that includes not only clients of the members of the consortium but also ordinary people, members of the consortium but also ordinary people, farmers, fisher folk and students in both public and private farmers, fisher folk and students in both public and private secondary and tertiary levels of education.secondary and tertiary levels of education.

• We would like to think, that through the University Library’s We would like to think, that through the University Library’s website and the Phil eLib, we continue to contribute to the website and the Phil eLib, we continue to contribute to the social and economic empowerment of our people.social and economic empowerment of our people.

ConclusionConclusion

• It is imperative to preserve heritage It is imperative to preserve heritage materials/ information resources materials/ information resources covering culture and the historical covering culture and the historical events in our respective nations and use events in our respective nations and use modern information and communication modern information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the organization, technologies (ICTs) in the organization, access and preservation of national access and preservation of national heritage materials in realizing the heritage materials in realizing the national vision for social and economic national vision for social and economic empowerment of its constituents.empowerment of its constituents.