Philippine Normal University

The National Center for Teacher Education

Institute of Knowledge Management
School of Information and Knowledge Management

A Public Library Proposal

Submitted by:
ARUCAN, Abraham
DIAZ, Rex Noel
GUALVEZ, Carlo Zebedee
SISON, John Reinier
TOVERADA, Gerald Neil
IV-BLIS

Rationale:
In 2016 UNESCO Millennium Development Goals, achieving primary
education is one of the goal that must be achieve. Republic act 7160 is one
of the keys in able to achieve this goal in 2016 whereas it is stated that a
barangay must at least have one information center or public library in the
area to maintain. Therefore, regardless of the circumstances, it is the
responsibility of the barangay officials to build and maintain a library in their
area.
Barangay officials in coordination with the professional librarians in the
Philippines must be the ones who must support this project to make it
possible.
Objectives:
1. To promote and foster literacy in the Philippines
2. To make the library help in achieving the 2016 Millennium
Development Goal which is to promote primary education the
Philippines
3. To promote information literacy in barangay area.
Timeline for the creation of the public library for two years (20162018)
Date
June 11-20
June 20-30
July 1-4

July 6-13
July 14-20
July 20-26
July 26-August 10
August 10-31

Events
Needs assessment of the community
and data gathering
Town
conferences
about
the
establishment of the public library.
Meet up with local government
officials to gain permission to
establish a public library.
Ask for permission from the city
government.
Proposal defense. If won, the
planning shall start.
Determining the building size and
area.
Drafting of the library floor plan.
Determining the equipment and
materials needed.

September 3-October 15
October 18 - 31

Costs analysis.
Finding sponsorship aside from the
city government and the LGUs.
November 7 - 15
Finding the suitable site for the
library.
November 15 December 18
Finding
the
right
construction
company and acquiring building
permits.
Holiday break
2017
January 7 February 18
Finding legitimate stakeholders to
support the funding of the public
library.
February 23 March 16
Finding
donors
and
publishing
houses. Contract signing.
March 25 June 16
Budget allocation.
June 30 July 31
Creation of library organizational
chart.
*August 15, 2017 June 16, 2018
Library construction
August 19 November 25
Finalization
of
needed
library
materials and sales agreement
November 28 December 16
In-house inspection
Holiday break

January 10 February 30
March 1- May 30
June 16 June 30
July 1 July 20
August 5 August 15
August 15 September 30
October 1 October 10
October 15 December 22

January 10 January 17
January 18

2018
Creation of library policy
Creation of collection development
plan
Library furnishing and accreditation
Arrival of equipment and making
fixations.
Arrival of library materials
Materials sectioning
Installing the library system
Hiring of the library personnel and
assistants
Holiday break
2019
Town recognition and grand opening.
Beginning of operation

Finance and Logistics

Library Fixtures
Materials
Chairs
Shelves (4-level)
Shelf (2-level)
Computer library
system
Tables
Office Desk
Safety mats
Inverter AirConditioning
Total

Estimated
Unit Cost
1,000
1,500
1,000
60,000

Pieces

Total

20
5
1
1

20,000
7,500
1,000
60,000

1,000
500
400
5,000

5
2
1
2

5,000
1,000
400
10,000
194,900

Collection and Library Materials

Materials
Titles for children
reading (story
books, and others)
Titles for adult
reading (academic
books, and others)
Materials that
involves
information about
the province, city or
barangay
Total

Estimated
Unit Cost
1,000

Pieces

Total

500

500,000

1,000

500

500,000

100

100

10,000

1,010,000

Office Supplies
Materials
Short Bond Papers
Long Bond Papers
Ballpoints
Stamp pads
Stamp pad ink
Printer Inks
Plastic Covers
Tapes
Glues
Pentel Pens
Other materials
Total

Estimated
Unit Cost
200
200
50
200
200
1,500
500
150
50
50

Pieces

Total

5 reams
5 reams
20 boxes
4 pieces
8 pieces
20 pieces
10 rolls
20 pieces
10 pieces
5 boxes

1,000
1,000
1,000
800
1,600
30,000
5,000
3,000
500
250
5,000
49,150

Estimated cost of library building construction: 700,000

Emergency Fund: 45,950
Total Cost: 2,000,000

Persons involved in construction of the library:

The Barangay Chairman: for approval, supporting, and financing of the
project
The Community: for needs assessment and acquisition of library materials

The proposed library floor plan