UP School of Library and Information Studies

The School of Library and Information Studies of the University of the Philippines

University of the Philippines

The ' is the national university of the Philippines. Founded in 1908 through Act No...

or UP-SLIS is the oldest library school in the Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

. Formally established in March 1961 as the Institute of Library Science, it can trace it roots to 1914, making it one of the first library schools in Asia. It is an independent degree-granting unit of the University of the Philippines Diliman, and offers programs in the field of Library and Information Science

Library and information science

Library and information science is a merging of the two fields library science and information science...

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The UP-SLIS is situated at the South Wing, 3rd Floor, Gonzalez Hall, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City

Quezon City

Quezon City is the former capital and the most populous city in the Philippines. Located on the island of Luzon, Quezon City is one of the cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila, the National Capital Region. The city was named after Manuel L...

Academics

Starting in 1995, the School offered the Bachelor of Library and Information Science. The program aims to prepare students for career opportunities in professional librarianship, publishing and book trade, and information-related business. This program replaced the Bachelor of Library Science. A new curriculum introduced in 2002 integrated the University's Revised General Education Program and offered several specialization tracks, including archives and records management, health and medical librarianship, information systems, and law librarianship. Since 1962, the then Institute offered a Master of Library Science Program, the first in the country, and has since been updated as Master of Library and Information Science.

Aside from the undergraduate and graduate programs, the School also offers a one year program in librarianship and conducts review courses and simulation exams for the Licensure Examination for Librarians.

Degree programs

Bachelor of Library and Information Science
Bachelor of Library Science
The bachelor of library science is a degree sometimes awarded to students majoring in library science...
Master of Library and Information Science
Master of Library and Information Science
The Master of Library and Information Science is the master's degree that is required for most professional librarian positions in the United States and Canada. The MLIS is a relatively recent degree; an older and still common degree designation for librarians to acquire is the Master of Library...

BLIS and MLIS specialization tracks:
- Information Systems and Technology
  Information technology
  Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
- Archives and Records Management
  Records Management
  Records management, or RM, is the practice of maintaining the records of an organization from the time they are created up to their eventual disposal...
- Medical Librarianship
  Medical library
  A health or medical library is designed to assist physicians, health professionals, students, patients, consumers and medical researchers in finding health and scientific information to improve, update, assess or evaluate health care. Medical libraries are typically found in hospitals, medical...
- Law Librarianship
  Law library
  A law library is a library designed to assist law students, attorneys, judges, and their law clerks and anyone else who finds it necessary to correctly determine the state of the law....
- General Librarianship

Diploma in Librarianship
Diploma program concentration areas:
- Medical Sciences Librarianship
  Medical library
  A health or medical library is designed to assist physicians, health professionals, students, patients, consumers and medical researchers in finding health and scientific information to improve, update, assess or evaluate health care. Medical libraries are typically found in hospitals, medical...
- Law Librarianship
  Law library
  A law library is a library designed to assist law students, attorneys, judges, and their law clerks and anyone else who finds it necessary to correctly determine the state of the law....

History

The School can trace its roots back to 1914, thirty years after Melvil Dewey

Melvil Dewey

Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey was an American librarian and educator, inventor of the Dewey Decimal system of library classification, and a founder of the Lake Placid Club....

established the first School of Library Economy in Columbia College

Columbia College of Columbia University

Columbia College is the oldest undergraduate college at Columbia University, situated on the university's main campus in Morningside Heights in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1754 by the Church of England as King's College, receiving a Royal Charter from King George II...

. Library courses were offered under the College of Liberal Arts under James Alexander Robertson

James Alexander Robertson

James Alexander Robertson was an American academic historian, archivist, translator and bibliographer. He is most noted for his contributions to the history and historiography of the Philippines and other former territorial possessions of the Viceroyalty of New Spain.-Life:James Alexander...

, UP's first library science professor. This made the University the first library school in the Philippines, and one of the first in Asia. The first full library studies program was offered two years later, in 1916.

In March 1961, the Institute of Library Science was formally established, and a year later, the institute established its graduate program. From 1978 to 1984, the Institute was selected by Unesco

UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...

as the host institution to the Postgraduate Training Course for Science Information Specialists in Southeast Asia. In 2002, the Institute was renamed into the Institute of Library and Information Science in order to keep up with the nomenclature for the field. This required the institute to set up the first IT Applications Lab and Computer Lab for a library school in the Philippines. On March 27, 2007, the Board of Regents approved the Institute's petition to rename itself as the School of Library and Information Studies.

Limited space requirements and dilapidated conditions of the current location of the UP-SLIS at the Third Floor of the Gonzalez Hall prompted the school to launch a building fund to raise funds for the construction or renovation of a building for the transfer of its physical facilities in April 2007. Currently, it has reserved the Institute of Biology building as the future site for any such transfer. The building was chosen due to its proximity to the Main Library, which serves as the laboratory for LIS students.

Graduates from the school consistently top and register the highest passing rates (93% Passing rate out of the 30% National Average in 2005, 95% in 2006 and 98% in 2007, 85% in 2008, 96% in 2009 and 97% in 2010) in the Licensure Examination for Librarians.

Heads

Heads of the UP School of Library and Information Studies

Head	Designation	Tenure
Consuelo Damaso	Acting Director	1961-1964
Grace Fabella Bulaong	Officer in Charge	1964-1965
Mae Furbeyre	Officer in Charge	1965-1967
Ruby Kelly-Mangahas	Director	1967-1969
Clarisa Dimalanta	Director	1969-1970
Ursula Picache	Director	1970-1984
Rosa Vallejo	Dean	1984-1994
Herminia Santos	Dean	1994-1997
Josephine Sison	Dean	1997-2003
Maria Divina Pascua-Cruz	Dean	2003-2005
Rosalie Faderon	Dean	2005-2008
Vyva Victoria Aguirre	Dean	2008-2010
Johann Frederick Cabbab	Dean	2010-Present

Publications

The UP-SLIS publishes the Journal of Philippine Librarianship, the only academic journal in all fields in the area of library and information science in the country. Aside from scholastic and thematic articles, it also publishes abstracts to graduate and undergraduate theses submitted to the school. In 2008, it started limited publication of its print version and has since been made available through the University of the Philippines Diliman Journals Online portal. The school publishes the information sheet SLIS Newsletter (available online through the official website) and its library produces guides, updates and current awareness services.

Organizations

UP Bibliotech
UP Future Library and Information Professionals of the Philippines
UP Library and Information Science Students Association
UP Library Science Alumni Association
UP School of Library and Information Studies Chorale
UP School of Library and Information Studies Student Council
UP Library Club
UP Library Science Club
UP Wrarians
Society of Student Archivists

External links

Community Websites

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