PRESCRIPTION AND ADOPTION OF THE SYLLABI FOR THE SUBJECTS IN THE LICENSURE EXAMINATION FOR LIBRARIANS

WHEREAS, Sec. 11, Article III of R.A. No. 6966 known as the
“Philippine Librarianship Act” provides that “[U]nless exempt from
registration, no person shall practice or offer to practice
librarianship in the Philippines or be appointed as a librarian to any
position calling for a librarian and documentalist or information
specialist working in a library, without having previously obtained a
certificate of registration from the Board.”

WHEREAS, Sec. 14, Article III of the same Act provides for the
various subjects to be covered in the licensure examination for
librarians.

WHEREAS, the primary objective of said examination is to test the
over-all knowledge and proficiency of the applicant for registration for
the practice of the librarianship profession.

WHEREAS, Memorandum Circular No. 08, Series of 1992 of the
Commission, directed every professional regulatory board to prescribe
and adopt a syllabus for every examination subject.

WHEREAS, as early as 1993, the Board conducted a series of dialogues
with the academe for the purpose of adopting a syllabi of the subjects
in the licensure examination for librarians and the proposed syllabi,
which was the product of those dialogues, was endorsed to the Department
of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) for approval, and it was
disseminated by the Secretary of DECS to all schools, colleges and
universities, public and private, offering the course for librarians but
the Board failed to officially adopt the above-mentioned syllabi.

WHEREAS, in compliance with the said PRC Memorandum Circular No. 08,
Series of 1992, the present Board conducted a series of
consultations/conferences with the academe for the adoption of the
syllabus for each of the subjects in licensure examination for
librarians, and the Technical Education Council (TEC) of the DECS
favorably endorsed the revised curriculum of the course for librarians
and the syllabi of the subjects for licensure examination for
consideration and deliberation which was formally approved during the
consultation/conference.

WHEREFORE, the Board resolved as it hereby resolves to prescribe and
adopt the syllabi of the subjects in the Licensure Examination for
Librarians contained in the document denominated as “Syllabi of the
Subjects in the Licensure Examination for Librarians” appended and
marked as Annex “A” (Text available at ONAR, U.P. Law Center) and made
an integral part of this Resolution.

The syllabi adopted herein shall be issued starting with the November 2000 Licensure Examination for Librarians.

This Resolution shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following
its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general
circulation, whichever is earlier.

Let copies of this Resolution be furnished the deans and/or all the
heads of the schools, colleges, public and private, offering courses for
librarians for dissemination to all their students and graduates.

Adopted: 29 Dec. 1999

(SGD.) SUSIMA L. GONZALES Chairman	(SGD.) LORETO M. SERINA Member
Attested:
(SGD.) CARLOS G. ALMELOR Secretary, Professional Regulatory Boards
Approved:
(SGD.) HERMOGENES P. POBRE Commission Chairman
(SGD.) ALFONSO G. ABAD Associate Commissioner	(SGD.) AVELINA DE LA REA-TAN Associate Commissioner