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No. 24 Series of 2015 SUBJECT : REVISED POLICIES, STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR THE BACHELOR OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE (BLIS} PROGRAM In accordance with the pertinent provisions of Republic Act (RA) No, 7722, otherwise known as the "Higher Education Act of 1994,” and in pursuance of an outcomes-based quality assurance system as advocated under CMO 46 s. 2012 and by virtue of Commission En Banc (CEB) Resolution No.268-2015 dated May 25, 2015, the following policies, standards and guidelines (PSGs) are hereby adopted and promulgated by the Commission ARTICLE | INTRODUCTION Section1 Rationale Based on the Guidelines for the Implementation of CMO 46 s. 2012, this PSG implements the “shift to learning competency-based standards/outcomes- based education.” It specifies the 'core competencies’ expected of Bachelor of Library and Information Science (BLIS) graduates “regardless of the type of HE! they graduate from.” However, in “recognition of the spirit of outcomes- based education — which puts premium in the achievement of learning outcomes through different strategies - and in recognition of the typology of HEls,” this PSG also provides “ample space for HEIs to innovate in the curriculum in line with the assessment of how best to achieve leaming ‘outcomes in their particular contexts and their respective missions..." Policies and standards in the Library and Information Science (LIS) program are necessary for the highest level of quality desired for the education and training of library and information science professionals. They are meant to institutionalize the profession’s central function of providing quality information service to library/ information center clientele or users. Its purpose is to make LIS education responsive to the challenges of society's changing information needs brought about by rapid technological changes, and in keeping with the need to make LIS professionals globally competitive. ARTICLE Il AUTHORITY TO OPERATE Sec. 2 Government Recognition All private higher education institutions (PHEIs) intending to offer the Bachelor of Library and Information Science (BLIS) must first secure proper authority to operate from the Commission in accordance with this PSG. All PHEls with an existing BLIS program are required to shift to an outcomes- eee 7 — Higher Education Development Center Building, C.P. Garcia Ave., UP Campus, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines Web Site: ww.ched.aovph Tel Nos. 441-1177, 385-4391, 441-1169, 441-1149, 441-1170, 441-1216, 292-5296Sec. 3 Sec. 4 based approach based on this PSG and must secure approval for such a shift, State universities and colleges (SUCs), and local colleges and universities should likewise strictly adhere to the provisions in these policies and standards. ARTICLE IIL GENERAL PROVISIONS The Articles that follow give minimum standards and other requirements and prescriptions. The minimum standards are expressed as a minimum set of Gesired program outcomes which are given in Article IV, Sec.7. The Commission designed a curriculum to attain such outcomes. This curriculum is shown in Article V, Sec. 9 as a sample curriculum. The number of units of this curriculum is here prescribed as the “minimum unit requirement” under Section 13 of RA 7722, In designing the curriculum, the Commission employed a curriculum map which is shown in Article V, Sec. 10 as a sample curriculum map. Using a learner-centered/outcomes-based approach, the Commission also determined appropriate curriculum delivery methods shown in Article V, Sec. 11. The sample course syllabi given in Arlicie V, Sec. 12 show some of these methods. Based on the curriculum and the means of its delivery, the Commission Getermined the. physical resource requirements for the library, laboratories and other facilities and the human resource requirements in terms of administration and faculty The HEls are allowed to design curricula suited to their own contexts and missions provided that they can demonstrate that the same leads to the attainment of the required minimum set of outcomes, albeit by a different route. in the same vein, they have latitude in terms of curriculum delivery and in terms of specification and deployment of human and physical resources as long as they can show that the attainment of the program outcomes and satisfaction of program educational objectives can be assured by the alternative means they propose. The HEIs can use the CHED Implementation Handbook for Outcomes- Based Education (OBE) and the Institutional Sustainability Assessment (ISA) as a guide in making their submissions for Sections 17 to 22 of Article VIL. This PSG is based on the existing 10-year basic education system and on the existing GE program. It reflects the reform towards outcomes-based education but not the K-12 Reform. The latter shall be addressed subsequently. @,ARTICLE IV PROGRAM SPECIFICATIONS. Sec. 5 Program Description 5.1 Degree Name Graduates of this program shall be conferred the degree of Bachelor of Library and Information Science (BLIS). 5.2 Nature of the Field of Study The BLIS Program is the study of the development, deployment, and management of information resources in print, non-print, electronic and digital formats and services. Graduates of this program are being prepared to apply information technology to basic library operations and functions. Moreover, they are trained to hamess a range of bibliographical and online tools to support teaching, research, and other services Graduates of this program are likewise expected to systematically organize, conserve, preserve and restore information objects (e.g., realia, museum pieces), historical and cultural documents (e.g., artifacts, archival documents, indigenous knowledge), and other intellectual properties (creative ideas and works by individuals and groups) ‘The program was based on the Guidelines for Professional Library/ Information Education Programs of the International Federation of the Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) as well as on the curricula of various library schools abroad 5.3 Program Objectives, The program prepares students to their unique role in gathering ‘organizing and coordinating access to the best information sources for the knowledge-based organization they belong, as well as in implementing standards for the ethical and appropriate use of information. 5.4 Specific Professions/Careers/Occupations for Graduates After satisfactorily completing all the requirements leading to a BLIS degree, graduates may qualify for, but not limited to, the following entry level positions: Bibliographer Copy Cataloger Documentation Officer Library Applications Developer Library Assistant Preservation/Conservation Officer Records Assistant