PHILIPPINES:

a postcard presentation

By Emma M. Rey Executive Director

Congressional Library Bureau Legislative Information and Resources Management Department

House of Representatives

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House of Representatives Senate of the Philippines

Bicameral Legislature Bicameral Legislature

House of Representatives

COMPOSITION

SENATE

24 Senators (6 women)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 291 House Members (83 women)

COMMITTEES

SENATE 39 committees

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 59 Standing Committees 14 Special Committees

Eastern exterior of the House of Representatives Building

Speaker Feliciano R. Belmonte, Jr.

6 Deputy Speakers

Majority Leader Minority Leader

Plenary Hall, House of Representatives

The House Secretariat Officials

Secretary General

LEGISLATIVE STAFF SUPPORT SERVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 1. Office of the Secretary General 2. Sergeant-at-Arms 3. Committee Affairs Department 4. Legislative Operations Department 5. Legislative Information Resources

Management Department 6. Congressional Policy and Budget Research Department 7. Administrative Department 8. Finance Department 9. Engineering and Physical Facilities Department 10.Legal Affairs Department 11. Internal Audit Department 12.Knowledge Management Systems Bureau 13. Inter-Parliamentary Relations & Special Affairs Bureau 14.Public Relations & Information Bureau 15.Legislative Security Bureau

Administrative Order No. 02-10 (SPK) dated 10 March 2010 created the

Legislative Information Resources Management Department Congressional Library

Bureau

Archives and Museum Management Bureau

LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION

PRIMARY SOURCES: LEGISLATIVE ARCHIVES AND MUSEUM

Public Acts Commonwealth Acts Republic Acts Batas Pambansa Proceedings (Transcripts

and Audio), etc. Artefacts

LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION

SECONDARY REFERENCE SOURCES: LEGISLATIVE LIBRARY

VISION AUTHORITY on PHILIPPINE LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION MISSION MANAGE THE COLLECTION, GENERATION, PROCESSING, RETRIEVAL, PRESERVATION DELIVERY OF INFORMATION AND INFORMATION- RELATED PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

MITRA BUILDING House of Representatives

LIBRARY STAFF 10 LICENSED

LIBRARIANS 12 NON-LICENSED NON-

PROFESSIONALS

PARTNERSHIP AS COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

AMERICAN SHELF

AMERICAN

CORNER

WORLD BANK KNOWLEDGE FOR DEVELOPMENT CENTER

First Non-Academic KDC

First KDC in a Parliament

Administered with the Congressional Planning and Budget Research Department

Inside KDC

Printed books, periodicals

E-books

Databases (World Bank, UN statistics

Video conferencing facility

BRIDGING KNOWLEDGE AND POWER: PARTNERING WITH THE PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES (a government research institution)

PWD SECTION

TECHNICAL PROCESSING

KOHA LIBRARY SYSTEM

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION

REFERENCE SERVICE

LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION SYSTEM on the web

LEGISLATIVE LIBRARY BLOG

HOUSE PUBLICATIONS ( IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER OFFICES)

INFORMATION AND INFORMATION- RELATED PRODUCTS AND SERVICES (ARCHIVES AND LIBRARY)

LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION PRODUCTS (intended to be distributed to libraries, academic institutions, congressional districts, etc.

NEW HOUSE

MARAMING SALAMAT! MABUHAY!

REFERENCES Belmonte, Jr., Feliciano R. A Better future for our nation. Retrieved November 27, 2015 from http://www.mb.com.ph/a-better-future-for-our-nation/ [Books clip art] Retrieved December 1, 2015 from http://www.clipartpanda.com/categories/teacher-books-clipart [House Leaders] from the House of Representatives website [House publications images] Retrieved December 1, 2015 from https://uplibrarybulletin.wordpress.com/2010/09/23/september-2010-filipiniana-book-donations/ [Information? Clip art] Retrieved December 1, 2015 from http://www.clker.com/cliparts/0/6/e/2/13444802871109632834Information.svg.med.png [KDC Logo] Retrieved from http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GPMXjk8S-MA/SiNvMjj-CQI/AAAAAAAAANc/n0nHwLiBmz8/s1600-h/WB-KDC+Logo.JPG [KDC Opening] Retrieved from http://congress.gov.ph/download/press_photos/kdc2010b_c.jpg [Opening of the World Bank to Parliamentarians] Retrieved from http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTPARLIAMENTARIANS/Resources/464533-1329130791167/8437931-1329130803922/8437932-1329130822677/8437933-1329130844308/Banner_prop_1.jpg [Parliamentarians clip art] Retrieved December 1, 2015 from http://www.cliparthut.com/speech-and-debate-clip-art-clipart-rOxmNm.html and http://www.clipartpanda.com/clipart_images/parliamentary-debate-28835831 [Parliamentary debates clip art] Retrieved December 1, 2015 from http://www.parliamentaryexpert.org/services.html Philippine Institute for Development Studies. The PIDS Corner: photo release: bridging knowledge and power. Retrieved November 27, 2010 from http://www.pids.gov.ph/pidscorner?pcid=19 [Plenary Hall, House of Representatives] Retrieved November 27, 2015 from http://assets.rappler.com/612F469A6EA84F6BAE882D2B94A4B421/img/C167F2650AE44E8EAF042B237BE5480B/sona-2014-batasan-rappler-20140728_C167F2650AE44E8EAF042B237BE5480B.jpg

Philippine Institute for Development Studies. The PIDS Corner: photo release: bridging knowledge and power. Retrieved November 27, 2010 from http://www.pids.gov.ph/pidscorner?pcid=19 Philippines. National Council on Disability Affairs. [Logo]. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ncfdaorginal.jpg November 27, 2015 [Ramon V. Mitra Building House of Representatives] Retrieved from http://filipinofreethinkers.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/rvm_zm.jpg Romero, Paolo (August 29, 2013). House tightens security amid terror threat in MM. Philippine Star. Retrieved from http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2013/08/29/1146631/house-tightens-security-amid-terror-threat-mmhttp://www.philstar.com/headlines/2013/08/29/1146631/house-tightens-security-amid-terror-threat-mm [Secretary General Atty. Marilyn B. Yap during the PIDS MOA signing] Retrieved from http://dirp4.pids.gov.ph/websitecms/CDN/PIDSCORNER/19b.jpg [Senate hall] Retrieved from http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/602031/25-senators-on-luy-list [Senate of the Philippines Building]. Retrieved from https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Facade_of_the_Senate_of_the_Philippines.jpg Setting strategic directions. Retrieved from http://www.ugnayan.com/ph/gov/Congress United States. Thomas Jefferson Information Center. American Spaces Philippines. American Shelves Roadshow at Congressional Library Bureau features International Women’s Day (2014). Retrieved November 27 from http://ircphilippines.blogspot.com/2014/03/tjics-american-shelf-congressional.html World Bank (2010) Philippines: Knowledge for Development Center Launched at the House of Representatives. Retrieved November 29, 2015 from http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2010/03/09/philippines-knowledge-development-center-launched-house-representatives