PH’S TOP 10 MOST DILIGENT LIBRARIES

VILLASIS Municipal Library ranked second in 2022’s Top 10 Most Diligent Libraries nationwide.

Merly Zambrano, municipal librarian, told The PUNCH that every year, the Public Libraries Division acknowledges the most diligent libraries affiliated with the National Library of the Philippines (NLP).

The first recognition awards was in 2019 and Villasis earned the top citation and received a plaque in Palawan.

The NLP gives awards to public libraries that regularly submit their monthly users’ statistics, i.e., number of library users (readers, computer users, clients who availed e-government services, etc), and insights from their respective Library Facebook pages (number of reach, engagements, shares, followers, etc), Zambrano said.

“And then we submit the report on the first day of following month,” she added.

Last year, Villasis landed third place.

Asked about the key to their winning, Zambrano said, “It’s the passion that I put in every endeavor that I make. I’m already here so I might as well give all that I can do.”

She also thanked the local officials led by Mayor Nonato Abrenica for being supportive to all the programs of their library which is one of the factors for their success.

“One of the challenges that public libraries are facing is the lack of support from the local chief executives on the funding aspects resulting in limited programs implemented in public libraries,” Zambrano said. (Eva Visperas)

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