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Revised 2025

Based on the Revised Library Manual.

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 VISION

A library rich in resources both within and beyond

the walls of the library committed to excellence in
service that enables, empowers and encourages life –
long learning and global competitiveness.

mission

To provide a wide range of quality and relevant

intellectual resources and services to support the
teaching, research and extension programs of the
University.

(2024 University Library Manual)

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 UNIVERSITY LIBRARY PERSONNEL
DIRECTORY POLICIES GOVERNING LIBRARY USERS

Romaida G. Ali, RL, MSLIS

Head Librarian
1. Constituents of MSU-IIT
1.1 Officials
TECHNICAL SERVICES DIVISION CASS LIBRARY
Norjina S. Bacug, RL, MSLIS
1.2 Faculty and other academic personnel
Acquisition and Cataloging & Librarian
Classification Section 1.3 Bonafide students
Cirila A. Amba
Norjina S. Bacug, RL, MSLIS 1.4 Administrative employees
Librarian Maimona M. Minalang
Saliha B. Bala, RL Sinombae A. Bangno
Librarian 2. Non-members of the University may be allowed to use the
Roseller V. Sanchez Jr. CEBA LIBRARY
Joannes T. Tabaniag, RL library with permit from the Office of the University Librarian.
Librarian
Preservation of Library Materials 2.1 Alumni and retired faculty members
Nemesio Paulo A. Amba
Al-Barri D. Dilausan 2.2 Faculty and students of educational institutions who are
Digitization Section ECT LIBRARY officially referred to the library.
Agnes B. Cahanap, RL, MLS
Nemesio Paulo A. Amba Librarian 2.3 Government employees doing research for official purposes
Sinab B. Lomondot 2.4 Personnel of business and industrial firms doing research
AUXILIARY SERVICES DIVISION
CHS LIBRARY
for official purposes
Ma. Gloria C. Raganas, LPT
Mary Jane S. Apugan, RL, MLS
Librarian

COMPUTER SERVICES Rohaimah D. Polao, LPT

Andrew T. Bacala
1. Valid University ID
CSM LIBRARY To be presented at the Control Desk upon entrance and
Aleah L. Marohomsalic, RL, MSLIS
GENERAL REFERENCE AND Librarian whenever one borrows a library material.
FILIPINIANA SECTION Josephine B. Samson The University ID must be validated for the period of one (1)
Veronica P. Carandang, RL, MLS Andrew T. Bacala
Head Librarian semester.
Rizalina M. Diampuan CED LIBRARY 2. Library Registration
Sittie Wanifah C. Dangcogan, RL All library users must be registered in the library to avail of the
Librarian
Jamel S. Molia services.
Requirements:
IDS LIBRARY
1 by 1 photo
Rechel M. Escabarte, RL, MLIS
Librarian Certificate of Registration (COR)
Sharon Mae O. Abil, LPT Accomplished library registration form

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 Library registration is done at the following:
SERVICE HOURS
A. CASS Library (Ground Floor, CASS Bldg.) for CASS students
(undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate) and Faculty
B. CEBA Library (Ground Floor, CEBA Complex) for CBAA The library offers 58 hours a week to cater to the needs of the
students (undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate) and faculty and students in their most convenient time.
Faculty
C. CED Library (2nd Floor, CED Bldg.) for CED students
(undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate) and Faculty Library Opening Hours:
D. CHS Library (4th Floor, SET Bldg.) for Health Sciences
students and faculty.
E. CSM Library (3rd Floor, CSM Bldg.) for CSM students
(undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate) and Faculty
F. ECT Library (4th Floor, COE Bldg.) for COET students, CCS MONDAY-FRIDAY
students (undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate) and 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Faculty
G. IDS Library (4th Floor, IDS Bldg., Hinaplanon Campus) for IDS No Noon Break
students, Senior High students and faculty.
SATURDAY
H. Auxiliary Services (2nd Floor, Main Library Bldg.) for
Administrative staff. 8:00 AM - 12:00 NN
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

A permit must be secured from the office of the University

Librarian before anyone is allowed to use any of the library
facilities. The user is subjected to existing library policies, rules
Semestral, Christmas and Summer Break. Unit libraries/sections
and regulations. Privilege is restricted to room use and
observe the regular office hours. All library materials are for
photoduplication of materials.
reproduction and room use only.
A. To avail of the permit, one must have a valid ID and referral
letter from the chief librarian or head of office of the prospective Closing Time. The loan desk closes 15 minutes before the regular
user. closing time.
B. A library fee of P50.00 is imposed for the use of any unit
library or section. (Except for the Alumni with alumni I.D. and Service Hours. Schedule is subject to change depending on the
retired faculty members) availability of library manpower.
C. All fees must be paid at the Cashier’s Office.

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 HOW TO ACCESS THE ONLINE PUBLIC ACCESS D. The user must present the Official Receipt to the Librarian in-
CATALOG (OPAC) charge at the Auxiliary Section, located at the 2nd floor, Main
Library. A referral form duly signed by the University Librarian is
The titles of books and other library materials can be accessed given to the user to be presented to the Librarian in the library
inside and outside the campus using the web-based library where the user is referred.
system (Follett Destiny Library Manager). The system is also used E. Academic Libraries Information Network (ALINET) members -
to record the borrowed books in the library. Library user who is a member of ALINET is charged with P20.00
per visit to any unit library within the campus. (With ALINET form
Steps in accessing the OPAC:
presented)
1. Go to opac-msuiit.follettdestiny.com.

2. Click MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology Libraries. 1. Automated Borrowing of Library Materials

3. In the basic search box, type your needed query then click Through Follett Destiny Library Manager, borrowing of library
the search button. materials has been made easier for all library users. The only
4. Click the search option found below the box. (Example: requirement is validated University ID for MSU-IIT constituents
keyword, title author, subject, etc.) and signed permit for non-IIT users.
5. You may also use the power search by clicking the power tab 2. Book Loans Services
option found at the upper right side of the display. This option Books and other library materials are placed in different sections
allows one to use the Boolean operators (and, or, not) for your such as Circulation, Reserve, Reference, and Filipiniana. Policies
query. in borrowing these materials are as follows:
6. For power search, type query and add limiter then enter. 2.1 Circulation: Books can be borrowed for three days
7. Search results are displayed on the screen. renewable unless needed by other users. A maximum of
three books can be borrowed in one day. The period covered
8. Click the chosen or desired query. from the date borrowed until the third day as the due date. It
9. Complete bibliographic information of the book is can be 7 returned anytime of the specified due date (Ex. Nov.
displayed. Copy the call number, title, author, and the 9, 2020 date borrowed, to be returned on Nov. 11, 2020).
location.
2.2 Reserve: Due to limited copies and demand, reserve
10. Click the Library search option found at the left side for a books are restricted to hourly and overnight loans. Overnight
new search.
loan of books starts at 3:00 PM and is due for return the
11. Repeat the process. following working day on or before 10:00 AM. For hourly
loan, borrowed books shall be returned 2 hours after it was
borrowed.
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 2.3 General Reference and Filipiniana: The materials are for vital content while provide lowering costs and increasing shelf
room use only. However, photoduplication is allowed for a space, independent researchers with free and low-cost access
period of 30 minutes except for graduate theses and to scholarship, and help publishers reach new audiences and
dissertations. preserve their content for future generations.
3. Library Orientation/Instructional Services https://pubs.jstor.org/
These services are given to users for them to learn how to do
1.4 Proquest
efficient research in the library. These include library tours to the
Proquest Research Library provides access to a wide range of
different libraries and assistance on the use of general references,
the core academic titles, from business and the sciences to
guides, periodical indexes and use of online databases.
literature and politics. The database expands daily and
Orientation program shall be undertaken during the first month of
currently includes more than 6,000 titles, 75% of which are
every first semester of the school year.
available in full text.
4. Current Awareness Services
These refer to the new books or acquisition lists. The library ARRANGEMENT OF LIBRARY MATERIALS
provides a list of new books added to the collection quarterly. The
list is posted on the bulletin board in every unit library and a copy
is distributed to the college deans. To allow greater access to the resources, the Open Shelf
5. Internet Services System is adapted in all libraries and sections. Books are
Internet service is available at the Multimedia Sections in different arranged in the shelves in numerical order according to Dewey
college libraries including the Main Library. A library personnel will Decimal Classification (DDC) scheme which divides the filed of
assist users in navigating the internet so they can efficiently knowledge into 10 general classes and uses the Arabic
search relevant information they need. numerical notation as follows:

6. Reference Services
001 Generalities
The service involves either finding the required information on
100 Philosophy
behalf of the users, or assisting the users in finding information. It
200 Religion
could be either physically or through online using the Library’s
300 Social Sciences
Facebook page and email address.
400 Language
7. Referral Services 500 Pure Sciences
Students who want to use other libraries within and outside Iligan 600 Technology
City must secure a referral slip at the Auxiliary Services at the Main 700 The Arts
Library. 800 Literature
900 History and Travel
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 8. Online Services
The following are the online services of the library. These can also
It is accessible from a local network or the Internet, as opposed be found on the FB page and email address
to one that is stored locally on an individual computer or its (library@g.msuiit.edu.ph) of the library.
attached storage (such as a CD). Online databases are hosted on
8.1 Online Reference Service. Librarians from different
websites, made available as software as a service product
unit/college libraries have been designated to answer
accessible via a web browser.
reference queries from students, faculty, and staff through the
library's Facebook page and email.
1. Subscribed Online Databases
8.2 Electronic Document Delivery Service. The library
1.1 Wiley Online Library provides scanning services to book chapters and journal
Through the Consortium of Engineering Libraries -
articles and send the document by e-mail. This is to provide
Philippines (CELPh), Wiley Online Library is your portal to access to our physical resources during the pandemic.
multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life,
8.3 Online Database Subscriptions. Access to databases
health and physical sciences, social science, and the
subscribed by the library to support students and faculty in
humanities. It delivers seamless integrated access to over 6
their online learning arrangement. To access, log-in to My.IIT
million articles from 1,500 journals, over 19,000 online
account and click e-libraries.
books, and hundreds of reference works, laboratory
protocols and databases. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/

1.2 McGraw-Hill's Access Engineering

Comprises dynamic online features, such as instructional,
faculty made videos, calculators, interactive tables and charts,
as well as personalization tools allowing users to organize
8.4 Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC). It is an electronic
crucial project information as they work.
version of the traditional card catalog. One can search a
https://www.accessengineeringlibrary.com
keyword or subject, author, title, or a combination of author
1.3 JSTOR and title, keyword and title, etc. It can be accessed onsite and
Provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, off-campus.
images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. It helps you
explore a wide range of scholarly content through a powerful
research and teaching platform, collaborate with the academic In addition to the online Client Satisfaction Measurement
community to help libraries connect students and faculty to (CSM), the library provides suggestion boxes in the main
library and college libraries to share feedback, comments, and
suggestions.
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 education, home economics education, drafting technology,
Penalty is imposed if a borrower fails to return the materials as science, mathematics, biology, chemistry and physics for both
follows: undergraduate and graduate courses.
Circulation Books. Five pesos (P5.00) per day is imposed for
every overdue material (Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays are
These are holdings intended for high school students from Grade
counted).
Reserve Books. Twenty pesos (P20.00) per day is imposed for 7 to Grade 12.
every overdue material Saturdays, Sundays and holidays are
counted). These collections are located in the Main Library which consist of
Filipiniana/Serials/Reference resources. If taken out without dissertations, graduate theses, MSUiana, IITiana, ILIGANiana,
permission or not returned on due time, a fine of one hundred Mindanaoans, Rizaliana, and indigenous materials and local
pesos (P100.00) per day is imposed. publications of magazines and journals, newspapers, and vertical
files.

All library materials borrowed by the faculty members are

subject to recall when the need arises and to be returned within These are collections consist of computer files such as CD-ROM,
2 days after receiving the recall notice. DVD, films, video tapes, slides, maps, globes, charts, etc.

1. Computer terminals. Each library is provided with at least five

computer terminals connected to the network. Use of the
Lost borrowed materials must be reported immediately to the terminals is on a first come first-served basis. The following are
librarian and must be replaced by the borrower. In cases where the services: history, religion, sociology, political science,
the lost library material is out of print or is no longer available in Philippine studies, literature, and the arts for both the
the bookstore, the borrower must pay the price equal to the undergraduate and undergraduate programs.
amount listed in the Property Accountability Receipt (PAR) or in
1.1 Encoding of files and reports
the Log Book kept by the Technical Services Division.
1.2 Access to the different databases
1.3 OPAC viewing and searching
1.4 Online library user registration
Unreturned library materials and unsettled accountabilities will
1.5 Access to the internet
be posted in the Online Clearance System. Students are directed
to check on their My.IIT accounts to settle their library 2. Viewing of Multi-media materials. Faculty members should
obligations. make a reservation/appointment with the head librarian three
days before the scheduled viewing. Only 10-20 students are
allowed per viewing due to limited space.
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 religion, sociology, political science, Philippine studies, literature,
and the arts for both the undergraduate and graduate programs. Any damaged material must be replaced. If it can be repaired,
the prevailing costs of repair is charged to the borrower.

The subject concentration of these collections is on economics,

business, accounting, marketing, management, entrepreneurship, In the event of incidents such as theft, vandalism, misuse of
and hospitality management for both undergraduate and library resources, or other violations, the library will address the
graduate programs. matter for the first and second offenses. However, after a third
offense, the issue will be referred to the appropriate office for
further action.
These are holdings of the Engineering, Computing and
Technology Library. The subject concentration is on electrical,
computer, electronics, civil, mining, industrial, environmental,
mechatronics, metallurgy, mechanical, computer science,
RULES IN THE USE OF LIBRARY
information technology, information system, and computer
applications for both the undergraduate and graduate courses. 1. Proper conduct is expected of all library users. Courtesy,
politeness and respect for others should be observed at all times.
Loud conversation, smoking, eating, use of cell phones and littering
These are specialized materials related to health sciences are deemed improper inside the library.
specifically for the use of nursing students. 2. Return catalog trays, books, periodicals and chairs to the proper
places after using them. Do not pull out the catalog cards on the
catalog trays.
These are holdings of the Science and Mathematics Library. The
3. Treat the library materials with care. Mutilating, marking or
subject concentration is on mathematics, statistics, chemistry,
damaging materials impedes the work of fellow students and other
physics, biology, animal biology, plant biology, marine biology,
users. It is an offense penalized by a fine, the amount depending
microbiology, biodiversity, environmental science, and other
on the extent of the damage done or suspension.
allied fields for undergraduate and graduate levels.
4. Repeated violation of library rules and misconduct for 3 times is
subjected to recommendation for disciplinary action to the
The concentration of education collections is on pedagogy, Department of Student Affairs such as:
educational management, educational psychology, education
4.1 Using other student's University ID or lending own University
principles, education philosophy, physical education, industrial
ID to other users;

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 4.2 Incurring repeated overdue;
4.3 Forging other user’s signature; This collection can be found in the main library and unit libraries,
4.4 Misconduct (impolite, violation of library rules and and grouped according to the type of material and subject areas.
regulations);
1. Reference Books. These are materials that are consulted for a
4.5 Thief or stealing library materials or bags or money of
definite item of information rather than read throughout, such as
other students inside the library.
encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, almanacs, yearbooks,
atlases, bibliographies, etc. in general and specialized topics.
2. Filipiniana. These materials that are about the Philippines and
GENERAL INFORMATION
Filipinos, written in any language, regardless of place of
publication or authorship.
The University Library is under the supervision of the Vice
3. Serials. This is the action or process of collecting a publication
Chancellor for Academic Affairs. Page 17 is the Organizational
that is issued in successive parts. Examples are periodicals,
Chart of the University Library. The staff directory is shown in
magazines, journals, newspapers, annual reports, and series.
page 16. The University Library Committee is composed of a
Journal and periodical are terms also used to describe such
chairperson, members representing the different colleges, ex-
publications.
officio members such as Center for Advanced Education and
Lifelong Learning (CAELL), Center for General Education of MSU- 4. Vertical File Materials. (Sometimes referred to as a clippings file
IIT (CGEM), Center for Pedagogical Innovations (CPI), Center for or pamphlet file). It is a collection of material such as news
Information and Communication Technology (CICT), Knowledge clippings, booklets, maps, pictures, pamphlets, tourism brochures,
and Technology Transfer Office (KTTO), Kataastaasang and other grey literature, created and maintained by libraries and
Sanggunisn ng mga Mag-aaral (KASAMA), and the University other organizations.
Librarian as the liaison. The function of this committee is to 5. Theses and Dissertations. These are original research outputs
provide the University APC with staff support on all matters and scholarly publications pertaining to a particular field of
affecting the library resources and services, as well as institution of specialization done by faculty members and students.
regulation of instructional manuals and prescription of library 6. Undergraduate Theses. It is an original, independent research
resources. project undertaken by the student with the guidance of a faculty
supervisor that culminates in an appropriately researched and
The resources of the MSU-IIT Library consist of books and structured research paper.
periodicals supplemented with online resources. The subject
concentration is on areas related to the curricular offerings of the
university. These materials are distributed to the various sections These are materials for the College of Arts and Social Sciences
and unit libraries. courses in languages, humanities, philosophy, psychology, history,

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