FACILITIES
The Ateneo Professional Schools serves primarily the Ateneo Law School (ALS),
Ateneo Graduate School of Business (AGSB) and Ateneo School of Government
(ASG). The Library is also open for use by outsiders except High School
students. All library users have free access to the open stack collection.
LOCATION
OF THE LIBRARY
The Library is located at
Basement 1 of the Ateneo Professional Schools Building, occupying almost all the
said basement with a mezzanine to boot.
The library upkeeps the
following Rooms:
a) Faculty Reading Room:
available in this room are duplicates of Philippine Reports (PR), Supreme Court
Reports Annotated (SCRA) and other law reference materials.
b) Special Collection Room:
displays rare law primary source in Civil, Criminal and Commercial law
collection in Spanish and other special materials.
c) Reference Room: This room
also houses two Internet stations which can accommodate students who needs to
surf the Internet. Stores and services law vertical files, Supreme Court
Advanced Decisions, current
Official Gazette, primary U.S. and other foreign countries' reference materials.
Indexing and encoding of local law materials are also processed here.
d) Periodicals Room: houses and
services current journal subscriptions of law and business. Also housed are
business theses, both in hard copies and in microfiche form, business vertical
files, annual reports, newspapers and microfiche reader/printer.
In addition of what is in inside the Periodicals Room, aside from the
four (4) Internet workstations, it's newly acquired Serial Manager brought ease
and convenience in handling subscriptions, vendors, receiving, routing and
claims.
e) Circulation: a busy area
where users borrow and return loaned books, law theses and video tapes for
faculty members. This is also the place where students can request library
clearance, Inter-Consortium Cards (IUC), and referral letters.
f) Audio Visual Room: a thirty one (31) seater room fully equipped
with TV, VHS and beta players, multimedia / interactive computers and LCD
projector. It can be used fro
library orientations and for group or individual viewing of tapes.
Internet and PowerPoint presentations are also available for small classes
of Business and Law.
g) Electronic
Resources Room: equipped with
three (3) file servers, with 20 CD drivers, scanner, local printers and 81
computer workstations. 35 of which
are available for Internet access ( 21 in electronic Resources Room, 5 in
Periodicals Room, 2 in Reference Room, 1 in special Collection Room, 1 in AVR, 3
in Technical Services Room and 2 in the Office of the Librarian ).
6 workstations for encoding purposes, 3 for multimedia / interactive use
and 4 for the library's local area network system.
h) Technical Services Room:
where the library's books and non-printed materials for acquisition are
processed, catalogued, classified, encoded, labeled and stamped before they are
made available for use.
i) Staff Lounge/Conference Room:
provides amenities such as; a spacious kitchen, two comfort rooms, two TV sets
with 1 multi system player, dining area, receiving area and staff meeting area.
j) Photocopying Room: equipped
with three brand new photocopying machines where students/visitors can run for
their documents . Another machine
is available at the 3rd Floor.
k) Office of the APS Librarian:
where collection development with school heads and faculty members are decided
and where students can consult the Chief Librarian for in-depth library matters.
l) Reading Areas: occupies
almost the whole of basement 1, have a seating capacity of 471 users at any
given time. In addition, there are
96 individual carrels in the Mezzanine Area, this totals 567 seats available in
the entire library.
PERSONNEL
The APS Library has in its rank, five
full time Professional Librarians
and 15 support staff to effectively manage the library the professional way. Each are given assigned tasks to execute to the best they can
but can handle other tasks in a substitute capacity whenever needed. This will
ensure the continuous workflow in the library as a whole.
Regular Schedule
Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. Saturday
9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
Sem-Break / Summer
Monday-Friday 10:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. Saturday
9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
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