Description:
The De La Salle University Library offers academic library resources and services to support the institution’s instructional, curricular, research, and extension programs. It strives to provide an adequate and stimulating learning environment through organized, relevant and fast delivery of information services and excellent facilities. It is housed in a fully-air conditioned four story building strategically accessible to faculty and students. It has a floor area of 6,800 square meters to accommodate its collection and provide reading areas, workstations, listening and viewing rooms, administrative offices, function rooms, a faculty area, several Internet access areas,including the newly-opened cafe@thelibrary.
The library has a collection of approximately 320,000 books with almost 10,000 volumes on deposit and close to 30,000 volumes of graduate and undergraduate theses and dissertations. Periodical subscriptions are either in print or electronic format. Access to online database subscriptions covering full-text journal articles on various subjects is provided both in and off-campus.
It houses the collections of the American Studies Resource Center (ASRC) and European Documentation Centre (EDC) in support to the International Studies academic program and serves as a depository of the Asian Development Bank and the UNESCO-IEEP publications.
The Filipiniana Collection includes books of Philippine imprints and authorship and covers a variety of subjects on the Philippines from history and culture, to the social sciences and technology. It has a number of rare books collection with some titles in digitized format, a preservation file for original books with author’s signature and selected single-copy editions, a map collection, the Rizaliana Collection and the Philippine English Data, a database of an extensive corpus of oral and written samples of Philippine English. The family memorabilia of Teresa Bitanga Valeros is proudly displayed in the room, showcasing Philippine culture in the forms of antique furnishings and furniture.
The Instructional Media Collection contains about 9,000 video recordings and assorted resources such as audio tapes, slides, posters and multimedia sources in CD-ROMs and a wide array of audio-visual and projection equipment and devices.
The Special Collection includes the Center for English for Specific Purposes (CESP) collection, the Philippine Oral and Local History collection, and the collections of Efren R. Abueg, Cirilo Bautista, Aurelio B. Calderon, Isagani R. Cruz, Clodualdo del Mundo, Jr., Rafael Donato, FSC., Marcelino A. Foronda, Andrew Gonzalez, FSC, Alfredo E. Litiatco, Francisco Ortigas, Emerita S. Quito, Jose Javier Reyes, Robert Salazar, Zeus Salazar, Bienvenido N. Santos, Bonifacio and Renato Sibayan, Agustin (Hammy) Sotto, Lorenzo M. Tañada, Julio Teehankee, Teresa Bitanga Valeros, and Wilfrido V. Villacorta,
The Archives Collection covers the institutional, historical, administrative, and academic records of the university. It includes also all faculty and student publications, graduate, undergraduate, and faculty theses and dissertations, the La Salliana collection and a good collection of university memorabilia, numismatics, artworks mostly by local artists, and museum artifacts.
The Library is administered and supervised by a qualified librarian who is appointed by the President and assisted by a team of twenty (20) professional librarians with faculty status and a media specialist who are responsible for the development and management of the Library’s programs. They provide user’s assistance and regularly conduct information literacy courses for students, faculty, staff, and other interested parties. Forty nine (49) staff members holding regular positions assist the team in the effective and efficient delivery of information services.
The University Library Council composed of representatives of the College Library Committees, the Student Body, the Library and Associate Vice-Chancellor for Academic Services and University Registrar serves as the main channels of communication between the library and the academic community.
A fully-integrated library system is provided for fast delivery of service and information access. The online public access catalog (OPAC) is searchable onsite and via the Internet for remote users. The acquisition,cataloging, indexing, abstracting and circulating functions are all done electronically. Current awareness service is provided through the e-mail, intranet and internet delivery systems and the monthly publication of the Library Newsette.
Involvement in consortium activities and linkages with other institutions such as the South Manila Inter-Institutional Consortium (involving DLSU, St. Scholastica’s College, St. Paul’s College, Manila, Philippine Normal University, Philippine Christian University, Adamson University, De La Salle-College of St. Benilde, Emilio Aguinaldo College, Lyceum of the Philippines University, Philippine Women’s University, Technological University of the Philippines, and University of the Philippines-Manila), the DOST-ESEP Library Network (involving DLSU, UP, Ateneo, UST, MSU-IT), the European Studies Consortium (involving DLSU, UP, Ateneo), the Inter-University Consortium (involving DLSU, AIM and UP) and the De La Salle Philippines Libraries is focused on resource-sharing and document delivery service.
Support facilities are available for the convenience of the users. There are three listening and viewing rooms, a preview room, mini-e-classroom, photocopiers on every floor of the library, scanners, a faculty corner, graduate corners, conference rooms and a multi-purpose room for small conferences, seminars and workshops and a depository counter.