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LOCAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT: the Philippine Experience. a Report by Prof. Salvacion Manuel-Arlante. FILIPINIANA MATERIALS.
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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 • 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 • Art Works • Audio-Visuals • Biography File • Filipiniana in Foreign Serials • Government Documents • Picture File • Poster Collection • Speech File • Archives • Personal Papers
THE RADICAL COLLECTIONS orThe Philippine Left Papers • Underground or subversive Literature. • street literature of revolutionary change • underground publications • memoirs and oral histories • personal diaries, and • papers of leading personalities
THE RADICAL COLLECTIONS • 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
Preservation Programs • By Microfilm • By Digitization
Digitization Policy Guidelines • Materials to be digitized must be in the public domain or 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 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: • 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)
