THE LIBRARY SYSTEM: A Brief History

The establishment of the MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology in 1969 was brought about by the result of merging of the libraries of the former MSU-Extension Division and the defunct Lanao Technical School to form the Institute Library. The library had an initial collection of about 3,000 volumes consisted of general and basic references for high school and college. There were few subscriptions of periodicals on general interest and a good number of ephemeral materials.

The Institute Library at that time operated with only two sections: college and high school. It was manned by three personnel, a librarian and two library assistants. Mrs. Consejo M. Cariaga was the head librarian assisted by Mr. Dalamacio C. Novela, who took charge of the college library while Ms. Mila S. Aliman was assigned at the High School library. Gradually, this simple structure expanded in response to the growing needs of the academic community together with an increase in personnel. Presently, there are 28 personnel composed of 11 licensed librarians and 17 support staff.

The library was housed at the second floor of the old high school building. In November 1974, five years after its operation, the library was moved to the second floor of the administration building. However, in a short span of time, since the space was inadequate to accommodate the exponential growth of the school population and library collection, the library was again transferred to the Faculty and Student Center building (now main library), occupying the 2^nd and 3^rd floors, in summer of 1977. To ease the space problem, unit libraries were created one at a time such as Business Administration Graduate Library, 1974 (formerly School of Development Management Library) now College of Business Administration & Accountancy Library. The College of Science and Mathematics Library (formerly Science Library) and Integrated Developmental School Library, (formerly High School Library) were organized in 1995. The Engineering & Technology Library (ETL) were established in 1999 and was renamed in 2010 as Engineering, Computing and Technology Library. In year 2000, the libraries of College of Education and College of Arts and Social Sciences were also established at the 2^nd floor, CED building and ground floor, CASS building respectively. To support the research needs of the College of Nursing, the College of Nursing Library was created in April 2009. It is located at the 4^th floor of the SET Bldg.