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Philippine Publications: Available Materials and Sources of Acquisition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Donn V. Hart
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The difficulties inherent in the systematic and comprehensive acquisition of materials published in the Philippines are matched by their variety and value. The current volume of Philippine titles probably remains unduplicated elsewhere in Southeast Asia. In 1951, for example, “Manila was producing more serial publications than any other center in Southeast Asia.” English remains the predominant language of most scholarly publications. The usefulness of these materials, therefore, is increased for institutions who lack research needs for Philippine language resources but desire a solid student and teaching collection.

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Journal of Southeast Asian History , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , September 1967 , pp. 285 - 305
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Copyright © The National University of Singapore 1967

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References

2. Hobbs, Cecil, An Account of an Acquisition Trip in the Countries of Southeast Asia. Data Paper No. 3, Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 1952, p.39. (Out-of-print).Google Scholar

3. Syracuse University Library issues a quarterly list of Recent Southeast Asian Acquisitions that may be obtained, without cost, by writing the Librarian. A more extensive Southeast Asian acquisition list is prepared monthly by the library of Cornell University. Whereas Syracuse University titles concentrate mainly on western language resources, Cornell's Southeast Asia Program's massive acquisitions include both western and Asian languages. These lists are useful in keeping current about new Filipiniana published both in the United States, Europe, and the Philippines.

4. Echols, John M. “The Southeast Asia Program and the Library,” The Library Quarterly, V. 35, 10 1965, pp. 239–259.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

5. de la Costa, Horacio S.J. The Background of Nationalism and Other Essays. Solidaridad Publishing House, Manila 1965, p. 63.Google Scholar

6. For detailed data on 312 magazines, see Hart, Donn V. and Eali, Quintin A., An Annotated Guide to Current Philippine Periodicals Southeast Asia Studies, Bibliography Series, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 1957Google Scholar. The selection and some annotations of recommended Philippine magazines listed in this article profited by consulting Golay, Frank's preliminary draft, An Annotated Guide to Philippine Serial Publications in the Cornell University Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 1962, mimeographed.Google Scholar

7. Tregonning, Kennedy G., “Acquisition of Malaysian Source Materials,” Journal of Southeast Asian History, V. 6 (09 1965), p. 122.Google Scholar

8. An example of a recent bibliography of a significant private collection it Catalogue of Filipiniana Materials in the Lopez Memorial Museum, Pasay City 1962Google Scholar. Various issues of The Philippine Journal of Public Administration include lists of Filipino MA. theses, mainly in the social sciences. A recent guide, distributed by the National Library, is Gonzaga, Felipe L., Directory of Philippine Printers and Publishers, Bureau of Public Libraries, Manila 1964.Google Scholar

9. Velasco, S.I., “The National Library,” in de Guzman, Abraham C., (Ed), Focus on the National Library, Manila 1964, (mimeographed), p. 19.Google Scholar

10. Hobbs, CecilSoutheast Asia Publication Sources: An Account of a Field Trip, 1958–1959 Data Paper Number 40, Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York04 1960, p. 113Google Scholar. These excellent, detailed reports by Dr. Hobbs, head of the Southeast Asia Division of The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., are filled with valuable references to Southeast Asian materials, local book-dealers, and commercial and government sources of materials.

11. These important sources were compiled by Maxima M. Ferrer and her skilled associates of the Inter-Departmental Reference Service, Graduate Department of Public Administration, University of the Philippines, Manila. The Union List is a revised, enlarged edition of the first issue (1955).

12. The Index, first begun in 1956, is an annual publication of the Inter-Department Reference Service, Graduate School of Public Administration. Entries in the Index are made under both author and subject, and interfiled in one alphabet. Copies may be purchased (annual subscription, US$5) or secured through exchange from the individuals listed elsewhere in this article. Volumes 3–9 of the Index remain in print.

13. Ravenholt, AlbertThe Philippines: A Young Republic on the Move, D. Van Nostrand Company, New York 1962, p. 187Google Scholar. Lent, John O. has compiled a “Philippine Mass Communications Bibliography,” Silliman Journal, V. 12 1965, pp. 291–392Google Scholar. Besides being the most extensive bibliography ever published on this subject for the Philippines, this guide lists 106 periodicals and newspapers examined during the compilation.

14. Under the capable editorship of Maxima M. Ferrer, the Graduate School of Public Administration has in press, Union Catalog of Philippine Materials in 201 Private University, College, School, Personal and Government Agency Libraries in the Philippines.

15. Previously mentioned titles have been deleted from this list. Titles with asterisks are distributed by Mrs. Nemenzo's section.

16. Many, but not all, of these titles are still in print.