Through its Filipiniana collection development project, the Philippine Studies Group (PSG) at 91亚色 acquired 107 titles for donation to 91亚色 Libraries (YUL). This project was part of a to enhance academic and research collaborations between 91亚色 and Philippine universities.聽
A full list of titles acquired is available .
鈥淲e focused on titles that fell outside YUL鈥檚 usual acquisition channels: titles older than five years, from presses without Canadian distribution channels,鈥 said Kenneth Cardenas, a doctoral candidate in the Graduate Program in Geography who coordinated the project.
Some highlights include 31 titles from the University of the Philippines Press, 11 from Ateneo de Manila University Press, and 5 from Anvil Publishing. We acquired a full set of the second edition of the Encyclopedia of Philippine Arts: its final print run before it shifted to an online-only model.
鈥淲e sought to reflect the strengths and interests of 91亚色鈥檚 Philippine Studies community: performing arts, gender, sexuality, and women鈥檚 studies, economic history and geography, and environmental studies and climate change. We also tried to fill some gaps in 91亚色鈥檚 current collection with titles on social movements, Mindanao, and conflict and reconciliation,鈥 said Cardenas.
Finally, there was an attempt to reflect in acquisitions the unique conditions of knowledge production in the Philippines after the 1986 Edsa Revolution, a series of popular demonstrations in the Philippines also known as the People Power Revolution.
Read more about the collection at this link.