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Local Studies Centers in the Philippines

This paper explores local studies centers in the Philippines, which combine a library, archives, and museum focused on a locality. The paper aims to identify and describe the nature, practices, and status of these centers and examine their impact on history, culture, and heritage studies. Using qualitative research methods like literature reviews and case studies of centers in three regions, the findings reveal the common and unique characteristics of local studies centers. It also identifies beneficial programs and activities. Specifically, the centers collect materials on ethnic groups, make materials accessible in one place, and include library, archive, and museum holdings. They also conduct research and publish on the history, culture and heritage of the localities and Philippines. This pioneering study sheds light on the

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Local Studies Centers in the Philippines

This paper explores local studies centers in the Philippines, which combine a library, archives, and museum focused on a locality. The paper aims to identify and describe the nature, practices, and status of these centers and examine their impact on history, culture, and heritage studies. Using qualitative research methods like literature reviews and case studies of centers in three regions, the findings reveal the common and unique characteristics of local studies centers. It also identifies beneficial programs and activities. Specifically, the centers collect materials on ethnic groups, make materials accessible in one place, and include library, archive, and museum holdings. They also conduct research and publish on the history, culture and heritage of the localities and Philippines. This pioneering study sheds light on the

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Abstract:

Purpose of this paper:

This paper is an exploratory study of the specialized information centers in the Philippines referred to as
local studies centers. Local studies centers combine a library, an archives and a museum as one, in
terms of the range of the collections, and serve one purpose of preservation of knowledge, history, culture
and studies about a certain locality defined in all facets. It aims to identify and describe the nature,
practices and status of these local studies centers and to explore the innovative and transformative role of
these local studies centers in the fields of history, culture and heritage studies in the Philippines. This
paper specifically examines the impact of their programs, projects, services, and activities on the study,
development and promotion of the three above said fields.

Design/methodology/approach:

The qualitative - descriptive type of research method were employed in this study. Literature reviews,
ocular visits, and case studies were conducted in the local studies center that were the subject of this
study: local studies centers found in three regions in the Philippines, namely: Central Luzon,
CALABARZON and MIMAROPA Regions.

Findings:

The findings reveal the common and unique characteristics of local studies centers in the Philippines. It
also reveals which programs, projects, services and activities of these local studies centers have
beneficial impacts in the development and advancement of the fields of history, culture and heritage
studies in the Philippines. This study elicits three outstanding features of local studies centers in the
Philippines: 1) they collect materials pertaining to ethnic groups, and make the materials available and
accessible to potential users, mostly, in one center, 2) their holdings include library materials, archives
and museum artifacts, and 3) they conduct researches and publish books, relating to history, culture and
heritage of the localities they serve and the Philippines.

Practical implications:

This paper may provide insights for the management (or future establishment) of local studies centers
not just in the Philippines, but also in other countries. It will also highlight and study their unexplored role
in the fields of history, culture, and heritage studies. Since local studies centers take part in the creation,
repackaging, publishing, storage, dissemination and preservation of knowledge, information, culture and
heritage, it is important to study them to further improve their management and development as
knowledge generators and repositories.

What is original/value of this paper:

This is the pioneer study that explores the nature, practices and status of established local studies
centers in the Philippines. Through examining their programs, projects, services and activities, this study
will shed light on the role of local studies centers in the fields of history, culture and heritage studies, and
as well information science.

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