Mobile library extends services to private schools

Aside from delivering services to public schools in far-flung areas, the Davao City mobile library is now also accepting requests from private schools that wish to be visited by the City Library and Information Center’s (CLIC) book mobile bus.

CLIC-Book Mobile Library focal person Arniel Enoc, in an interview during the Madayaw Davao program aired over the Davao City Disaster Radio on Friday, said the mobile library prioritizes bringing its services to the public schools in far-flung barangays in the city.

As of May 2023, the book mobile bus had visited 47 public schools around the city.

After completing their year-round schedule of public school and remote barangay destinations, the mobile library has also granted requests from private institutions in the city.

“Nagpadayon lang gihapon atong mga services didto sa mga eskwelahan. Naga-extend na among mga services sa mga private schools na pud kay daghan pud na mga private schools karon ang naga-request sa among services sa book mobile (We still continue our services in the schools. We have also extended our services to private schools because a lot of them have sent request for our book mobile services),” Enoc said.

According to Enoc, the mobile library bus is always met with warm welcome by the students and teachers of each school it visits. He said that educators are always thankful for the additional reading materials the mobile library lends to their students, which encourage the pupils to read and discover their appreciation for literature.

Enoc added that schools, whether public or private, need only to send their letter of request addressed to the city librarian in order to receive the services of the mobile library.

During a visit from the Book Mobile Library, pupils from public and private schools may borrow the books in the mobile library bus, participate in a reading activity with the mobile library staff, and engage in emergency preparedness lectures and demonstrations.

Another bus will also be added to the Davao City Book Mobile Library later this year, said Enoc, bringing the total number of mobile library buses to three. CIO