00000ctm a22000004a 4500 UP-99796217608224182 Buklod 20230503092542.0 m o j ta 030101s1974 xx r |000 u|eng d (iLib)UPD-00000532427 ILS eng LG995 1974 L4 D38 David, Conrado D. author. The status of public libraries in the Philippines with special reference to provincial and city libraries by Conrado D. David ; Ursula G. Picache, adviser. Quezon City : Institute of Library Science, University of the Philippines Diliman 1974. 198 leaves Thesis (M.L.S)-- University of the Philippines, Diliman Typescript. Vita Special Problem (Master of Library Science)--University of the Philippines Diliman January 1974. This paper deals extensively on the actual conditions obtaining in thirty-three provincial and nineteen regularly organized city libraries administered and supervised by the National Library thru its Extension Division. The study includes such aspects of the public library as building, equipment, collection, readership, personnel, and the budget, and the financial support given to it by the local officials. While the discussion centers mainly on the provicial and city libraries, municipal and barrio libraries also under the administration and supervision of the National Library, are likewise mentioned in passing. The setups in the Manila City Libraries, and of the Thomas Jefferson Cultural Center (USIS) are also briefly taken up. In the absence of any specific law setting standards for our public libraries, the investigator, after presenting the facts and figures, will, of course, leave the reader to draw his own conclusions. It is important to stress one thing at the start: the librarians concerned are the first to admit that their libraries, based on the need of their clientele, can stand a great deal of improvement. Others are operating definitely under substandard conditions. The investigator concludes his paper with his own recommendations on how to solve some of the problems confronting the librarians which ultimately lead to their basic concern; the improvement and expansion of public library service in the country. Public libraries--Philippines. Picache, Ursula G. adviser. Thesis FI UP UPD DLS LG 995 1974 L4 D38 Thesis