University of Baguio

Library

The University library aims to provide access to the learning resources and information services in support of the teaching, learning and research activities of the institution’s faculty and student populace. As the information resource center, the University library offers academic resources and services that cover all of the University’s curricular offerings and instructional programs.

The main library with a seating capacity of 200 readers has a floor area of 809 square meters. It is housed at the fourth floor of the FB Building and is composed of the (a) General Collection Section which contains the general fields of Education, Liberal Arts, Engineering and Architecture, Information and Communications Technology and Hotel and Restaurant Management; (b) Reference Section; (c) Filipiniana Section; (d) Periodicals Section; and (e) Allied Medical Sciences Section.

The library extension, on the other hand, has a seating capacity of 450 readers and has a floor area of 971.94 square meters. It occupies the 3rd floor of the Commerce Building and houses the following sections: (a) Commerce and Criminology Section; (b) Law Section; (c) Relegation Section; (d) Fiction Section; (e) High School Book Collection; (f) Technical Section; and (g) CD Multimedia Section.

At present, there are two internet libraries in the University. One is located at the mezzanine of the fourth floor of the Commerce Building while the other one is at Room 501, fifth floor of the FB Building. The internet library aims to (a) provide the students and faculty with reasonable access to the internet for them to make updated researches; (b) obtain information that may strengthen and improve their studies, make friends, communicate through internet and job hunt by use of e-mails and chat sites; (c) get comfortable in the use of computers and internet; and (d) enhance their computer and internet literacy.