NDMU Library Updates

By: Arjay L. Balinbin

In response to the students’ library needs, the NDMU library added new facilities such as, 30 units of flat-screen computers, new book collections, 30 days free trial subscription of new data bases under Gale Virtual Reference Library, and new journal title subscriptions.

The NDMU library is a permanent subscriber of Proquest which is under the I-group Asia since 2006. “The university is paying more than half a million annually for the subscription of Proquest,” said Mrs. Fe Diaz, Director of Libraries.

The additional units of computers in the library are due to its high demand among NDMU students.

In the 2nd semester of school year 2007-2008, 35% of the internet users were the students of the College of Business Administration (CBA) followed by the College of Engineering and Technology (CET)- 22%, College of Education (CED)- 19%, College of Health and Services (CHS)- 13%, and College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)- 11%.

The library has also subscribed new journal titles such as, Police & Security News (RSN) and Police Magazine for the Law Enforcement and Public Safety program (LEPS), Educational Leadership for Education students, Pediatric Nursing, Journal of Gerontology, and Journal of community Nursing for the Nursing program, CE News for Engineering, Hotel and Motel Management, Food management, and catering Magazine for Hotel and Restaurant Management (HRM) and Food Technology programs, and The CPA Journal, Entrepreneurship magazine, Marketing Management Journal for Business courses.

As additional to the library’s Audio Visual Rooms (AVR’s) 1-2., new AVR is now available at San Lorenzo Ruiz Hall (SLR) building, first floor close to the College of Education faculty office.