Library Encounter
This morning, we were asked to go to the library and look for a thesis (written in Tagalog) for our Filipino subject. As the main library building (where the Filipiniana section is located) is about ten minutes away by foot from where we were, we (I and my blockmates) decided to go to the CBA library where we usually go during breaks to review for Chemistry only to find out that we needed to go to the main library. Isn’t that annoying?
So I and my blockmates entered the thesis-slash-dissertation room to look for what we were supposed to look for. A few minutes had passed, and I was able to look for a thesis written in Tagalog. Nice. And here comes the librarian, she said “Ay, hindi kayo puwede diyan. ((Translation: You’re not allowed there.))” I don’t know the real reason why but we obeyed her. I suppose those theses and dissertations are for the graduate students. She said that the theses that we were looking are at the Filipiniana section.
After an exhausting journey with four flights of stairs to climb, we found out that there were only four theses written in our vernacular. Wow. I was not expecting that our library has only that number of theses written in Tagalog intended for the use of undergrad students like us.
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Aside from the internet services (which I abuse), an excellent place to study, newspapers that are replenished everyday, and a computerized system of the books that our library has, I can’t think of any other services of our library that I frequently use. I don’t borrow books every now and then.
Whenever I review for Zoology and Chemistry, I can’t help but go to the newspaper stand to read the current events. And whenever I feel so bored from reviewing, I go to the internet room and surf the internet. Lol. As I have said, I abuse it. Lol. Actually, tomorrow, I’m planning yet again to abuse it as I have two hours for break. Isn’t that great? Lol. What I don’t like is that the browser that we use at school is IE which I really abhor.
Back in high school, I thought that I could borrow more excellent reads as universities have bigger libraries. I was wrong, a simple search of the books that I want to read in the catalog of the library would yield you a zero result. What they only have are the known books of today, like Harry Potter and Dan Brown’s, or those books that were published decades ago that have stinking smell. Well, I suppose, I’ll just buy those books that I want to read.
According to my friend, even though our school have tons of books, it’s not reliable, because most of the times, the library would fail you. I simply agree. Last February, we needed to research something about divorce for our debate in Filipino. There were a few books that discussed that topic, but it was not the data the we needed. Or was it we were only lazy to read? Haha. I ended up with Wikipedia’s own article about divorce. I suppose, the next time we need to research, I’ll just surf the internet. Haha.
And as I’m blogging about our library, I’m currently reading a boring and a very philosophical book called “Sophie’s World” by Jostein Gaarder for a book review that I need. And I still have not finished reading “Youngblood 2.0″ and there are books that I’ve already bought but have not the time to read them yet.
Oh, do you know a public library near San Fernando, Pampanga? I want to visit one.
PS: I’ve almost forgot to tell you that I have a new hostee by the name of Jhed. Visit his site, won’t you? And to anyone who wishes to be hosted here, please don’t be afraid to ask me, I don’t bite. Just be sure to read the rules.
