KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION RESOURCE NETWORK
Harnessing Knowledge through Network
THE KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION RESOURCE NETWORK (KIRN)
THE LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER (MOTHER MADELEINE HALL)
The St. Paul University Philippines Mother Madeleine Hall is housed at the basement of the Learning Resource Center Building. This is a place for conferences, seminars, meetings, and programs. Recitals, concerts, and film viewing are also held in this venue.
THE WORLD BANK KNOWLEDGE FOR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY(KDC)
The Knowledge for Development Community (KDC) is a knowledge sharing partnership between the World Bank and St. Paul University Philippines. It is an information center and hub for dialogues and partnerships.
The SPUP-KDC is an easily accessible and dedicated area for the exclusive display of World Bank publications, reports, documents, and other materials. It is a user-friendly and easily accessible learning center that is open to the public—local academia, professional community, government, development institutions and organizations, and other libraries throughout the community Users can easily and freely access a wealth of information through the internet and over 3,000 World Bank publications and special books and documents by other academic and development institutions.
Through the Open Data Initiative, the World Bank's basic datasetshttp://data.worldbank.org/ and tools of analysis are now available online for free. Open Data has over 7,000 indicators, covering 200 countries, and reaching as far as 50 years ago can help individuals and groups to analyze development trends and design policy, and program options.
SPUP-KDC organizes and facilitates videoconferences, forums, dialogues, open-discussions, consultations, seminar-workshops, and trainings focused on good governance, economic development, and environmental sustainability.
THE LIBRARY
Modern methods of teaching encourage the use of libraries. Students who can use the library efficiently have a great advantage over the ones who cannot. Just as a university is rated largely by its library, the student can be rated by how effectively he uses that library. This is because the library is an organization that facilitates the interaction between people and the information they need.
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The library is one of the university’s principal educational and research resources. At St. Paul University Philippines, the library is a part of the converged service of the Knowledge & Information Resource Network (KIRN). It exists to support the knowledge and information needs of all members of the university and the community it serves.
January 17, 1965, was the birth of the St. Paul College Library. It has grown through the years so that in the year 2000, it has become a part of the former Learning Resource Center of the University. Today, as a vital component of the total academic environment of the University, the SPUP Library has recently been tripled in size and expanded to serve as the knowledge and information center for our campus. It allows students to take advantage of the many resources provided in books, journals, audiovisuals, computer databases and electronic resources. Faculty, staff, students, alumni, and visitors are cordially invited to come into the library in person to read, study and do research.