The Philippine Association of Academic and Research Libraries has selected the Silliman University Main Library for its Outstanding Library of the Year Award, a press release from SU said.

Silliman is the first school outside Luzon to receive the award. Recipients last year were the libraries of the Asian Development Bank, International Rice Research Institute and Ateneo de Manila University, the press release said.

Dionisia Angeles, chairperson of the Awards Committee, said it recognizes an outstanding library that contributes to academic librarianship and library development in the Philippines .

The SU Main Library has more than 200,000 volumes of books, and maintains subscriptions to online electronic databases, CINAHL (database of nursing and allied health literature) and EBSCO MasterFile Elite (database of multidisciplinary literature), among others, the press release said.

It also has an automated library processes from cataloguing to circulation, a CyberLibrary, and three centers open to the public for free: World Bank Knowledge for Development Center , American Studies Resource Center and Philippine-American Educational Foundation Satellite Advising Center .

Silliman will receive a plaque and a cash gift at the Annual General Assembly and Induction/Awards Ceremonies of PAARL on Friday in Manila , the press release added.

Meanwhile, SU Student Government President Lycar Flores is one of this year's Ten Outstanding Jose Rizal Model Students of the Philippines . He was recognized for embodying Rizal's qualities of academic excellence, leadership, and involvement in extra-curricular activities in the local, national, and international level.*

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