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The Regional Development Resource Center plays a
dynamic role in providing information for study and research along
development. It is a World Bank Repository of library resources along
governance and public administration, economics and social issues. The
following are some of the questions mostly asked by users regarding this
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Who can use the Regional Development
Resource Center
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The Regional Development Resource Center is open
to all users. since the library is focused on regional development,
priority is given to planning and development staffs of LGUs and
NGAs. Library users can access a variety of resources including
databases, development plans (regional and national) maps
(electronic and hard copy), journals, magazines, and annual regional
development reports on the major activities of the Regional
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Does the
Regional Development Resource Center offer appropriate references
for students?
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Yes. The Regional Development Resource Center
caters to all students with a focus on graduate studies in
public/development administration, economics, urban and rural
development planning. The vast collection of the library is
supported by a pool of experts from the NEDA Region I Office. These
experts offer technical assistance along physical planning,
investment programming and budgeting, monitoring and evaluation, and
geo-information system. Hence, students can tap the NEDA experts as
consultants or advisers.
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How to access Library
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Borrowers could access Library Materials in two ways. First they
could visit the NRO-I website and search for available library
materials using the on-line e-library 'Catalogues' searching
facility. Secondly, if they found an available library material
through the search catalogue facility, they could go to the library
and borrow personally the library material. Top of Page |
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How to register |
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Borrower registration is done before a borrower could borrow or
reserve any material from the library. The librarian will ask basic
personal information to the borrower and the information will be
saved in a database and each borrower will be given a unique ID
which will be used in every library transaction. A 'borrowing rule'
will be assigned to each borrower based on his/her associated
organization which will define the number of books the borrower
could borrow and reserve. Top of Page |
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What are the advantages of having an on-line borrower's account? |
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Part of the registration process, a borrower has the option of
having an on-line borrower's account. These accounts contain the
library transaction information of each borrower. A borrower could
track his/her library material loan history by accessing his/her
account. Reservations, penalties and borrowing limits information
for each borrower are also available through the accounts. Top of Page |
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How to use a
borrower on-line account? |
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After registering, a borrower will be given a user name and a
password. He or she then will use these information to a access his
or her on-line account. All the borrower needs to do is to visit
this URL: http://www.ilocos.net.ph/LIBRARY/login.php
and enter his or her user name and password to login. Top of Page |
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For program errors and bugs encountered please e-mail the developer
at qruilly@yahoo.com
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