➥SOM Collection & Resources

✎ Posted by :SOM Library March, 2016 Updated and Revised

Ending 06 october 2008, the School of Management Library holds 5,418 volumes in economics, management, and urban and regional planning resources. The breakdown of this are Books = 4,843 volumes, Continuing Resources = 474 volumes, Electronic Resources = 91 volumes and the Educational Media has 10 volumes only. Each year, over a hundred titles are added to the collection and the list is then posted on the website of the library.

Ending 06 october 2008, the School of Management Library holds 5,418 volumes in economics, management, and urban and regional planning resources. The breakdown of this are Books = 4,843 volumes, Continuing Resources = 474 volumes, Electronic Resources = 91 volumes and the Educational Media has 10 volumes only. Each year, over a hundred titles are added to the collection and the list is then posted on the website of the library.

Theses and strategic plans are limited to room use only. These library resources are classified using the Library of Congress Classification Scheme. When using these resources, one may seek the assistance of the circulation counter staff or check the availability at the Library's web online public access catalog (OPAC). http://ilib.upmin.edu.ph]

Loose issues of continuing resources are displayed at the serials section. Like theses and strategic plans, these are also for room use only. After a year, these loose issues are sorted out according to titles then sent to the bindery. When bound therse are displayed for use. [Continuing Resources]

The Filipiniana Collection consists of books and other resources about the Philippines authored by Filipinos or foreign writers, and published in the country or abroad. It may be borrowed overnight. [Filipiniana Collections]

Two special collections are found in the library - the APO Cutflower collection and the American Reading materials. The former is loaned to the Library by the APO Cutflower Cooperative in 1998 and is composed of 53 titles. The latter is provided by the Thomas Jefferson Information Center of the US Embassy in Manila. [Special Collections]