Research & Outputs

The study's major findings are: 78 out of 88 respondents want the CNS Library to be reopened; lack of funds, no initiative from the U.P. Diliman student population, and no support from the U.P. Diliman Administration, were the factors that caused the closure of the Library. Fifty seven point ninety five percent of the respondents are not aware of the existence of CNS. Of the 88 respondents who frequent the U.P. Diliman Main Library Filipiniana Section, only 9 were able to find all the radical papers they need; 41 were not quite satisfied; 37 did not read radical papers; and a sole respondent had no answer. In promoting nationalism, 48 find radical papers very helpful; 39 find them moderately helpful; and 5 answered no help at all. Of the 32 male respondents, 81.25 percent of them answered YES to the reopening of the CNS Library and as for the female respondents, 53 or 96.64 percent of the 56 also answered YES. Three interviewees gave their full support to the reopening of the library. Based on the findings of the study the following conclusions were drawn: (a) for a library to be continuously operational, budget, library staff and management, the number of collection, the user population and services rendered, should be taken into consideration; and (b) the U.P. Diliman Main Library Filipiniana Section was not able to provide the user satisfaction of the students in their collection of radical papers. The reopening of the Center for Nationalist Studies (CNS) Library should be taken into consideration by the U.P. Diliman Administration for the organization to further its advocacy in "promoting a nationalist, scientific and mass-oriented organization". As part of the Mother organizations' operations and educational services, an adequate budget and funds should be allotted to the Library's operations once it is reopened. If reopened, policies, rules and regulations like any typical library should be made and implemented to manage the CNS Library harmoniously.