Libraries in the Philippines

Libraries in the Philippines, similar to libraries in other countries, come in one of the four basic types: academic, school, public, and special libraries. Prominent libraries are the National Library of the Philippines and academic libraries.

The National Library of the Philippines (Filipino: Pambansang Aklatan ng Pilipinas or Aklatang Pambansa ng Pilipinas, abbreviated NLP) is located in Manila. It is the official repository of information on cultural heritage and other literary resources.

Many education institutions have an attached library:

• University of the Philippines
• Central Philippine University
• Silliman University
• University of Santo Tomas
• University of the East
• Polytechnic University of the Philippines
• Ateneo de Manila University
• Far Eastern University
• University of San Carlos

• International Rice Research Institute in Los Baños, Laguna

Some museums in the Philippines have their own libraries, for example the Lopez Museum.

About 1.2 million volumes of reference and reading materials are available at the National Library, in which the Filipiniana and Asia Division alone own more than 100,000 Filipiniana books. The Diliman portion of the library of the University of the Philippines is composed of 1,132,483 volumes.^[1] The University of Santo Tomas Miguel de Benavides Library contains 822,000 books. The Central Philippine University Library has 250,000+ volumes. The University of the East Library has 177,900 books. 160,000 volumes are deposited at the International Rice Research Institute.^[2]

• List of libraries in Metro Manila

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