00000ctm a22000004a 4500 UP-99796217605976319 Buklod 20230503092542.0 m o j ta 030101s1987 xx r |000 u|eng d (iLib)UPD-00000368520 ILS eng LG 995 1987 L4 P37 Pasamba, Nehemias A. author. A survey of academic libraries in cities of Region V with implications for resource sharing by Nehemias A. Pasamba ; Namnama P. Hidalgo, adviser ; Corazon M. Nera, reader. Quezon City : Institute of Library Science, University of the Philippines Diliman 1987. 179 leaves Mimeographed. Special Problem (Master of Library Science)--University of the Philippines Diliman April 1987. This descriptive research aims to survey the existing facilities and services of the academic libraries in cities of Naga,Legaspi and Iriga as prospects for possible library resource sharing and cooperation in the region. A structured questionnaire used to collect data covers some pertinent facts relevant to resource sharing and cooperation such as library resources, processes, policies and attitudes of librarians regarding networking. Of the 13 libraries surveyed, 12 responded. The facts gleaned from the responses to the questionnare were verified through actual interviews. The academic libraries under study have adequate resources both manpower and materials which they can share with each other. Out of the twelve libraries only four (33 percent) are understaffed while eight (66 percent) are adequately staffed with professionally trained librarians 42 (55 percent) of whom have formal library training. The study concludes that resource sharing and interlibrary cooperation among the academic libraries in Region V, particularly the 13 libraries in the cities of Naga, Iriga and Legaspi will materialize given the proper leadership. The environmental, societal, institutional and personal factors are present and can contribute to the establishment of a cooperative enterprise. Formal arrangements could be established in the areas of interlibrary lending, sharing of selection aids, cataloging projects, and serials indexing. Possible center nodes in the cooperative enterprise are Ateneo de Naga (Naga City), University of Saint Anthony (Iriga City); and Bicol College (Legaspi City). Specific subject specialization can be distributed among the 13 libraries surveyed as follows: AMEC, medicine; AdN, business and Bicol, history; CSSAC, agriculture; AU, sciences and Bicol, history and culture; BC, law, education and criminology; BCAT, technology; CSI, nursing and the others, on the area that the Region V Bureau of Higher Education has assigned as a development center. This study recommends that a strong leadership which will initiate the programs, formalize agreements and provide continuous channels of communication should be established as a cooperative effort in the academic libraries of Region V. Furthermore, funding for the libraries need to be augmented through increase of library fees and the tapping of funding sources. Inter-library loan Philippines Bicol Region. Library cooperation Philippines Bicol Region. Library information networks Philippines Bicol Region. Hidalgo, Namnama P. adviser. Nera, Corazon M. reader. Thesis FI UP UPD DLS LG 995 1987 L4 P37 Thesis