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State-of-the-art legislative library inaugurated at Batasang Pambansa
Students, researchers and history aficionados wanting to know more about the Philippines’ legislative history need not go to various libraries to get the information they need.
The first and only electronic legislative library in the country was inaugurated inside the Batasang Pambansa complex Tuesday.
Happening today: the inauguration of the HRep legislative library, archives & museum pic.twitter.com/s7ITu9F1XY
— Xianne Arcangel (@xianneangel) June 21, 2016
Although the building is still bare, House Deputy Secretary-General Edgardo Pangilinan said the House Legislative Library, Archives and Museum Building will soon feature modern information and communications technology equipment.
Pangilinan said the facility would offer e-library services that are needed for legislation and will maintain a specialized collection of information resources such as e-books, journals, and other online information resources on legislation, legislatures and other related matters.
Here's a look at the 1st floor of the HRep library, museum & archives, which was inaugurated today pic.twitter.com/ES6mCoyb8J
— Xianne Arcangel (@xianneangel) June 21, 2016
3rd floor of the bldg will become the museum. It's still empty at the moment. pic.twitter.com/dLhrvzxzss
— Xianne Arcangel (@xianneangel) June 21, 2016
The House Legislative Library, Archives and Museum Building will also serve as the center for the digitized archival collection of the House, which includes legislative documents and other artifacts from the time the First National Assembly was established in 1907 up to the present.
A mural depicting the history of the House of Representatives and created by Filipino artists commissioned by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) will be featured at the lobby.
The legislative museum, which will be located on the third floor of the three-storey building, will feature legislative artifacts detailing the Philippine legislature’s 100-year history, as well as memorabilia about the Speakers of the House of Representatives.
Outside the building, visitors will see the Congressional Wall of Honor featuring the complete roster of the Members of the House of Representatives from 1907 to 2016.
The Congressional Wall of Honor contains marble plaques bearing the names of all members of each Congress since 1907 pic.twitter.com/3Dgvyf5z6H
— Xianne Arcangel (@xianneangel) June 21, 2016
The inauguration of the newly-built House of Representatives Legislative Library, Archives and Museum Building was led by House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. and attended by other incumbent and incoming lawmakers.
Belmonte & other lawmakers cut the ribbon at the inauguration of the Congressional Wall of Honor pic.twitter.com/61DXpBNvNE
— Xianne Arcangel (@xianneangel) June 21, 2016
It was during Belmonte’s term that construction of the building was completed although the idea for a congressional library was conceived in the 14th Congress under the Arroyo administration. — BM, GMA News
