The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD) and the Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII) have jointly implemented a project that would allow the public to access and download online for free publications in agriculture, aquatic, and natural resources (AANR) sector.
The project, “Accelerating DOST-PCAARRD Knowledge Network of E-libraries”, paved the way for the creation of an eLibrary, which can be accessed via https://elibrary.pcaarrd.dost.gov.ph/.
"Thousands of AANR-related publications that are funded by the Council and are packaged in different forms such as journals, books, articles, and theses, among others, can be found in the portal,” the DOST-PCAARRD said in a statement.
It said the project is expected to establish the network of eLibraries using the DOST-STII-developed Science Library Information Management System (SLIMS). PCAARRD’s partners in the regions, the regional R&D consortia will be involved in the project.
"Through SLIMS, the project will support the consortia in facilitating efficient organization, digitization, processing, and resource sharing of S&T resources in their base agency libraries among stakeholders,” the Council said.
"Likewise, it aims to promote the knowledge hub to expand the user base of the eLibrary and create awareness of the publications it hosts,” it added.
The PCAARRD said its partnership with STII, and the consortia sought to improve SLIMS’ features, expand eLibrary content, appreciate library skills and services, and develop a unified knowledge management system for advanced user experience, among others.
"The result of this one-year intervention is anticipated to set the standard across library management systems across DOST and other government agencies,” the Council said.
It noted that the enhancements of the eLibrary form part of the PCAARRD’s Knowledge Management for AANR (KM4AANR) as well as the GALING-PCAARRD Program that center on an efficient and effective AANR S&T knowledge-sharing between the council and its knowledge network under the new normal.