Bicol's libraries available on the Internet

Twenty-five high school libraries in the Bicol Region have organized their resources and made readily available to the public through the Internet.

This was the outcome and continuing commitment of the twenty-five librarians from the fourteen recipient high schools in the region who participated in the Library Management Training held on January 23-27, 2008 at Bicol University, Legazpi City. The fourteen schools are recipients of the iSchools Project of the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) which integrates computer and internet education in public high schools.

We adapt to the demands of the time by starting to build an organized, readily accessible materials, and user-friendly library,” said Professor Neria E. Gomez, the trainer and University Librarian of Bicol University.

Guided by the Anilag Library Management Module, each of the librarians at the end of the five-day training had already catalogued one hundred books in their school libraries and posted them in the Internet. They also pledged to catalogue a minimum of five books per day until their library resources have been made available in the Internet for public use once they go back to their respective school libraries.

This training is the last part of the series of Educators’ Training conducted by the CICT-iSchools to ensure sustainability of the project. The other two trainings that were already conducted in the recipient schools were the Laboratory Management Training and the Teachers’ Training on ICT Literacy.

As part of the iSchools package, the library is provided with two computer units with internet connection, one for exclusive use of the librarian to guide the students in search of library materials and the other one for students’ use.*******


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