LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

 

Composition 

              The Library Advisory Committee is composed of the three (3) Vice-Presidents, Campus Directors, Deans, Faculty Federation President, President of the Student Government, and Director of Library Services, who shall act as the secretary of the committee, and chaired by the Vice President for Academic Affairs.

General Functions


  1. Sets policies, rules and procedures for the University Learning Resource Center and Campus Libraries and periodically reviews them.
  2. Reviews the functions of the library with regards to its support to the academic programmes of the university.
  3. Participates in the selection and acquisition process of library materials and resources.
  4. Meet at least twice (2) in an academic year with 50% of its membership consisting a quorum.
  5. Supervises the allocation and utilization of funds for different programs for purchase of books and journals for the library.
  6. Considers and put forward the views of faculty members regarding books/journals selection, ordering process etc.
  7. Considers and puts forward the views of students regarding their problems and solutions sought thereof.
  8. Monitors and evaluates, from time to time, trends and developments in the library in terms of information technologies, networking, library automation, library cooperation etc., and to direct the library in their adoption.
  9. Formulates action plan for the development of library infrastructure, facilities, products and services.
  10. Participate actively in the development of library collection through helping in the book selection process.
  11. Coordinate with the faculty members with regards to their book requests.
  12. Reviews and recommend for the improvement of the Library’s Development Plans and Programs in consonance with the university’s vision and mission.

Specific Functions

Chairman

  1. Maintain regular contact and communication with the President and with the Director of Library Services to exchange information. Keep the President informed as to the meetings, activities, and concerns of the Library Advisory Committee (LAC).
  2. Plan, prepare, and set the agenda for each LAC meeting, with input from the Director  of Library Services.
  3. Preside at LAC meetings.
  4. Arrange for programs at LAC meetings to address the interests of library users, with
    input from the University President and the Director of Library Services.
  5.  Serve as the official spokesperson for the LAC.

Secretary

Prepare and distribute the minutes of each LAC meeting to include:


  1. Send a copy of the minutes to the University President.
  2. Ensure that a copy of the LAC agenda and minutes are posted for public information at the library bulletin.
  3. Arrange for meeting notices to be posted at the library and communicated to the members and the President so that they are informed of meetings at least one (1) week in advance.
  4. Prepare and distribute LAC correspondence as needed.
  5. Maintain an LAC archive with minutes, correspondences, and records.

Campus Library Advisory Committee

The Campus Library Committee is composed of Program Heads, Campus Faculty President, SBO President, librarians and Campus Librarian, who act as secretary of the committee and chaired by Campus Director.

Functions of Campus Library Advisory Committee

  1. Assist the library personnel in the formulation and implementation of library policies.
  2. Periodically review library procedures and practices for efficient and effective delivery of library services.
  3. Actively participate in the development of library collection through helping in the book selection process.
  4. Coordinate with the faculty with regards to their book requests.
  5. Review and recommend for the improvement of Library’s Development Plans and Programs in consonance with the university’s vision and mission.

Calendar of Activities

Transparency Seal

SKSU-ULRC Citizen’s Charter

Online Subscriptions

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Index to Online Free Access Abstract/Full-text Research Databases
(Linkages are arranged in alphabetical order)

  • arXiv offers  scholarly articles in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering and systems science, and economics. Materials on this site are not peer-reviewed by arXiv. Go visit at: https://arxiv.org/
  • BASE Bielefeld Academic Search Engine  is operated by the Bielefeld University Library in Germany, and it offers more than 100 million documents from more than 4,000 sources. Sixty percent of its content is open access. Go visit at: https://www.base-search.net/
  • BioMed Central provides open access to  high quality peer-reviewed journals including broad interest titles such as BMC Biology and BMC Medicine, specialist journals such as Malaria Journal and Microbiome, and the Go visit at: BMC Series. https://www.biomedcentral.com/
  • CORE the world's largest collection of open access research papers. Go visit at: https://core.ac.uk/
  • DBLP Computer Science Bibliography provides open bibliographic information on major computer science journals and proceedings. Go visit at: https://dblp.org/
  • EThOS e-Theses Online Service search over 500,000 doctoral theses. Download instantly for your research, or order a scanned copy quickly and easily. Go visit at: https://ethos.bl.uk/Home.do
  • JURN provides links to various scholarly websites, articles, and journals that are all free access or open access. Specifically covering the fields of the arts, humanities, business, law, nature, science, and medicine, JURN has indexed almost 5,000 repositories to help you find exactly what you're looking for. Go visit at: http://www.jurn.org/#gsc.tab=0
  • JURN Directory An organised links directory for the arts & humanities, listing selected open access or otherwise free e-journals. Go visit at: http://www.jurn.org/directory/
  • Public Library of Science (PLOS) an Open Access publisher empowering researchers to accelerate progress in science and medicine by leading a transformation in research communication. Go visit at: https://plos.org/
  • PubMed  comprises more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Go visit at:  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

E-Newspapers

Open Access E-Books

Below are some of the best sites collected from the web
that offers free access to electronic books, some are
downloadable and some are to be read online.

OPEN ACCESS Magazine

Philippine Journals

General Open Access Journal