universities
University of the Philippines Visayas launch Digital Repository
Launching of UPV Digital Repository. Source: UPV IPO In a groundbreaking development for academic research and knowledge sharing, the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) has unveiled its Digi…
research
UP Visayas Library to launch Institutional repository, conducts training-workshop
The University of the Philippines in the Visayas Library is set to launch an Institutional Repository. In line with this goal, the Library conducted a three-day training-workshop for library st…
news
Sen. Gatchalian proposes Philippine Online Library Act
Philippine Senator Sherwin Gatchalian recently proposed Senate Bill No. 477 or the Philippine Online Library Act. This bill proposes the creation of a Philippine Online Library that houses free e…
webinars
Webinar with 2 CPD points: Building Digital Collections using Minimal Computing workshop
The University of the Philippines Library Science Alumni Association (UP LSAA) will be conducting a three-part webinar series, "Research, Innovation, Synergy, Empowerment (RISE)". This …
special libraries
First online presidential library on Fidel V. Ramos to launch in late 2022
An online Presidential library dedicated to former Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos is set to be launched in the fourth quarter of 2022. This would be the first digital Presidential library in…
videos
Video: My Library Digitization setup: scanners, equipment and processes
S haring my setup for library digitization for an institutional repository in an academic library. I show the scanners and equipment I am using for digitization, processes such as optical charact…
webinars
Webinar with 4 CPD points: Accelerating Digital Transformation in Libraries on April 8, 2022
Alinet or the Academic Libraries Information Network in Mindanao, Inc. in partnership with PLAI-Northern Mindanao Librarians Council (PLAI-NMRLC) and Regalo Touching Lives (RTL) will be conductin…
online databases
Download 1,700+ Free art books from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art
Logo of the Metropolitan Museum of Art You might know The Met from the Met Gala held every year. The MET or New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is the largest and one of the most-visited a…
Local library news
Church in Davao Oriental to digitize historical documents
Most Rev. Bishop Abel Apigo of the Diocese of Mati and ADDU EVP Bong Eliab. The San Salvador del Mundo Church in Caraga, Davao Oriental is digitizing its important historical documents. This projec…
public libraries
Commission on Human Rights creates eLibrary for disability rights
Commission of Human Rights (CHR) launched the Philippine Observatory on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities or PhORPD last July 16, 2021. This is an electronic library of data regarding the hu…
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