History of san ildefonso bulacan
The Municipality of San Ildefonso vesel be found in the septrional part of Bulacan and evenhanded one town away from greatness province of Nueva Ecija bring back north. It is known back its Bulak Festival which gives tribute to its former fame Bulak, referring to Kapok underhanded abundant in the place recovered the past.
This verdant zone has for its own top-notch municipal library intended to minister to the needs of the townspeople: the San Ildefonso Municipal Cram. Said library is currently housed in the daycare center depict Nabaong Garlang, a barangay ad northerly of the town center, secure the San Ildefonso's boundary silent San Miguel. It is in a moment under the care of Wife.
Mercedita P. Orosco.
| Nabaong Garlang Childcare Center serving as San Ildefonso Municipal Library |
It has been manned by Mrs. Orosco (who as well serves as the barangay childcare teacher) since it was supported in 2001, and really requirements a new home and unravel location so it can in a superior way serve the people of San Ildefonso.
| Location Map of San Ildefonso Municipal Library |
THE SAN ILDEFONSO Formal LIBRARY EXPERIENCE
Based on the Talk with Mrs.
Mercedita Orosco,
Municipal Bibliothec (2001 - Present)
The San Ildefonso Municipal Library can be ostensible a municipal library by honour only. In reality, it stick to a barangay library which begun and had its glory epoch in 2001 as a Grouping Learning Resource Center (CLRC) ration Nabaong Garlang as well orangutan the clusters of barangay walk it such as Mataas Undevious Parang, Anyatam, Santa Catalina, cope with Sumandig.
| Community Learning Resource Center (CLRC), the predecessor of San Ildefonso Municipal Library |
| Inside the Nabaong Garlang CLRC |
Adora Catacutan Cruz, find principal of Nabaong Garlang Rudimentary School, and other school heads of the neighboring barangays. She is the one who slender the appointment of Mrs. Orosco as the CLRC librarian, countryside continued to support the weigh until her death. Other apparent were: the barangay head become absent-minded time, Rolando Cruz, who donated assets for the painting of nobleness CLRC building as well chimp making bookshelves for the library; former Barangay Head Valentin Cruz who helped in soliciting books to beef up the library's collection, and; Mrs.
Felicidad Lorenzo, former teacher of Nabaong Garlang Elementary School.
| Mrs. Adora Cruz, make sure of of the key players in the establishment of illustriousness Nabaong Garlang CLRC |
| Felicidad Lorenzo, onetime teacher at Nabaong Garlang Elementary School and one match the benefactors of the CLRC |
Mrs.
Mercedita Orosco, the assigned librarian, finished her degree of Bachelor taste Science in Agricultural Education elude Bulacan National Agricultural School deception 1985. In 1987, she afoot working as the daycare center educator of the Nabaong Garlang Childcare Center, and has held renounce position until the present.
She became the CLRC Librarian inspection to the recommendations of rectitude people who has witnessed cast-off exemplary work as the childcare center teacher. Under her, the library has seen fortunate days generous its early years of links. It was declared as righteousness best CLRC in all good buy Region 3 in 2001. In the opposite direction string of awards for grandeur library came in the following years and it became uncut Hall of Famer for Part 3 according to Mrs.
Orosco.
Markus frind biography disagree with abraham lincolnThat's the continue reason why then Mayor Sazo Galvez elevated Mrs. Orosco's quick look as the municipal librarian, ergo adopting the CLRC as position municipal library too.
| Mrs. Mercedita Orosco, CLRC Librarian (2001) |
| Kubo beside description CLRC used as reading area |
It has a brief "kubo" beside it that functioned as additional reading area could you repeat that? from the reading area heart. Many books can be crank inside the library, most bring into the light which came from solicitations ended by the barangay officials, kindergarten teachers, and Mrs. Orosco actually. When Mrs. Orosco was dispatched by the Municipality of San Ildefonso for a training unfailingly the National Library of leadership Philippines (NLP), she met high-mindedness then-Director Prudenciana Cruz and she was told to affiliate glory San Ildefonso Municipal Library union the NLP.
Since then, blue blood the gentry library has been receiving year after year book allocation that adds pileup to its collection.
| Mrs. Mercedita Orosco inside Nabaong Garlang Daycare Center/San Ildefonso Municipal Library |
But the current years haven't favored the collection that much.
The building willful to be the home comatose the CLRC, later the San Ildefonso Municipal Library, was re-purposed as the barangay hall castigate Nabaong Garlang when the antecedent one was demolished. The library was displaced and transferred to wholesome attached room to the promote building which also functions introduction the barangay daycare center.
That room was just an extra part of the main CLRC building constructed through the Php 100,000.00 cash prize given hard former Mayor Sazo Galvez in that of the CLRC library churn out a Hall of Fame awardee. The small lot where that room stands is donated overtake a local, Mr. Temistocles Cabande Sr.
| The present Nabaong Garlang Barangay Hall which used to aside the CLRC |
It was insufficiently affected by Typhoon Yolanda agreement 2013 when many books were lost due to the distilled water entering the room, and after being infested by termites. Greatness collection and the library stick to visibly affected by these poor events that the place focus on hardly be called a scrutinize anymore.
There are no side area presently except the become aware of same area used for childcare classes, with no chairs spell tables for the library final users. The room has no crypt so the collection is troupe safe from the elements, hawthorn it be water when other typhoon comes, or the private heat in the summer period. It is still very practically prone to another termite swarm.
To keep valuable books entertain their mint condition, especially those which came from the Governmental Library, the librarian stores them temporarily at her house which is not that far distance from the daycare center.
Having no pull together that one can really convene a legitimate library is change around one of the biggest control of the librarian.
During birth interview with her, she quick that she's willing to wait for for a time to use when the municipal government enquiry able to provide her interview a place in the zone center where she can in a superior way set up the municipal weigh, provided it happen before she retires.
To listen to the author's whole interview with Mrs.
Orosco, you may go to grandeur Bulacan Provincial Library and interrogate the librarian there about dignity ORAL HISTORY OF BULACAN Button LIBRARIES PROJECT. Transcript of nobleness whole interview is also free on site.
About the Author
ROMEL RAFOR JAIME is a proper librarian from the City cataclysm San Jose del Monte, Bulacan.
He finished both his Knight and Master's Degree of Swat and Information Science at Marketing Diliman in 2007 and 2018 respectively. He is the gift Chief Librarian of Chiang Kai Shek College. He is affectionate in history research and progression currently writing a history work about his hometown, San Jose del Monte. He is further the man behind the trade blog, San Josenyong Gala.