Library

Iloilo Doctors’ College (IDC) Library is an integral part of the college educational facilities in service to the bona-fide students, faculty and staff.  Its mission is to promote literacy and support the IDC vision and goal by providing balance library collections, good facilities and services that will adapt to the changing and expanding needs of the college programs of instruction and research.

Goals/Objectives

The library general objectives is to make library users access information resources where and when they need them.  Information resources include the collections of the library electronic and physical.  Information resources also include staff whose help users understand these resources, the processes for obtaining them, and the tools used.  The library should allow users access to these information resources with as few restrictions on location, time, and technology as possible.

The specific objectives are:
1.    To provide comprehensive and updated information sources in order to support the instruction, scholarship, research and community services programs of the college.
2.    To serve the bona-fide students, faculty and staff by answering queries and assisting their research reports and theses through providing the right books with the right information at the right time.
3.    To preserve library materials and ensure their availability to current and future needs.

Collection

Library collection has approximately of 36,688 volumes that comprises of books, periodicals (journals & magazines), newspapers clippings, transparencies, multimedia (dvd’s, vcd’s, audio tapes, video tapes, etc.), annual souvenir programs, and maps.  The book collection in the library has approximately 29,959 volumes organized according to the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) System and arranged in open shelves, accessible to students, faculty and staff.  The collection is subdivided into the courses offered by the College.
Location

The College Library is located at the 3rd floor, left wing of the new administration building.  The area caters library sections according to its services.  It has Circulation/Readers’ Section (consists of general circulated books) Reference Section (consists of encyclopedia, dictionaries, handbooks, atlases, directories & other general references) Filipiniana Section (consists of Rizaliana books, books authored and published in the Philippines, National and Local books and other collections; theses and dissertations, local newspapers, clippings and models) Periodical Section (consists of scholarly journals, magazines and news either foreign or  national), Multimedia Section (consist of stored multimedia materials and sets of e-connected computers for latest and update scholarly information for research studies), and library Technical Sectional (consist of books purchased to be classify and catalog).

Hours of Service

Regular Semester    :    Monday-Friday 7:30AM – 6:00 PM
(no noon break)

Saturday 8:00 AM – 12:00 Noon
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Summer Terms    :    Monday – Friday 8:00 AM – 12:00 Noon
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Saturday 8:00 AM – 12:00 Noon