ABOUT OUR COLLECTION

In support to the University’s mission statement, which is to provide the atmosphere and opportunities for the members of its academic community toward becoming whole persons by providing quality Catholic education and by promoting Christian values, the University Library has the following objectives in its collection development policy:

  • To provide a qualitatively and quantitatively strong collection that will support the University’s instructional, research and information needs.
  • To ensure adequate, up-to-date, and relevant library resources to the HAU community as a means to achieve the University’s goals and objectives
  • To develop and maintain an effective and working book and non-book collection.
  • To organize and maintain the collection for its maximum and effective use;
  • To provide a continuous program of evaluation of its existing collection through regular deselection.

Organization of the Collection

Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme is being use in the organization of the collection. The library adopts the open shelves system wherein students have an access to the collection and free to scan the books on the shelves.

Circulation and Reserve

Adequate collection of books covering a wide variety of subject areas and titles prescribed by Faculty members as textbooks for their particular courses.

Reference

The Reference Unit has a vast collection composed of the standard reference books such as:

Filipiniana

The Filipiniana collection includes publications about the Philippines, in all its aspects – cultural, political, social, religious, and economic and others, regardless of author and imprint.

The book collection covers an adequate range of reading materials designed to meet the instructional and research needs of users.

Various types of Filipiniana materials are available, they are the following:

Graduate School

The library consists of the following collections: textbooks, theses and dissertations, Periodicals, Trade books, and non-print materials for the exclusive use of graduate school students>.

GSL circulation books are merged with the collection of the Circulation Section found at the third floor.

Accompanying materials (CDs) of books should be borrowed together with the corresponding textbook. Reference, Filipiniana, and Periodicals collections are for ROOM Use only.

Periodicals

The Periodicals Section provides recent issues of general and professional periodical literature in local and international publication. Current issues of local newspapers and local magazines are available. Subscriptions to foreign journals were lessened due to availability of E-journals. Bound periodicals are arranged alphabetically by title on the shelves. Back issues are also arranged alphabetically by title and are organized at the back issue stacks area. Current issues are properly displayed on the display racks.