Government Publication Are documents issued, published, or financed by local, state, federal, or international government agencies. Government publications can cover virtually any subject, including Congressional laws and hearings, nutrition, crime, diseases, endangered species, and immigration. The U.S. federal government is the world's greatest collector and publisher of statistics. They include parliamentary publications, legislation, policy documents, discussion documents, statistics and reports.

1. The name Cynthia is a Greek baby name. In Greek the meaning of the
name Cynthia is: Of Cynthus (Mount Cynthus on the island of Delos).
Famous bearer: Cynthia was one of the names of the mythological
moon goddess Artemis, referring to her birth on Mount Cynthus.
Cynthia Paranal Cabria-Narra
Buhi Camarines Sur

2.  Are documents issued, published, or financed
by local, state, federal, or international
government agencies.
 Government publications are documents and
information produced by government and
central government organizations.

3.  Local documents are materials issued by local government
agencies and their sub units, including municipalities,
counties, township, villages, special district, school boards
and the like.
 Local records are materials that are primary sources of
public records such as births, marriages and deaths, land
deeds, and tax records.
 Local history is material written by, for, or about the
citizen of a community, or about the community itself.
 Local information is a broader term that includes local
documents, local history, and information relating to the
area whether or not it is locally produced.

4. Government publications can cover virtually
any subject, including Congressional laws and
hearings, nutrition, crime, diseases,
endangered species, and immigration. The
U.S. federal government is the world's
greatest collector and publisher of statistics.
They include parliamentary publications,
legislation, policy documents, discussion
documents, statistics and reports.

5.  Perhaps the most obvious reason is no one else is doing it.
 Government agencies themselves do not organize or preserve
their publication systematically to provide public access.
 Public libraries, academic libraries, and school libraries are the
most logical places to collect local government documents.
 Libraries are designed to organize and to provide access to the
materials.
 People are more likely to ask for more information from libraries
than from individual government offices.
 Libraries can offer faster and more complete reference and
information services to community officials.

6.  Determine who the customers are and
what their information needs are.
 In the absence of empirical data on
the needs of customers, the location
of the library may give information
about these needs.

7.  Contacts have to be made with department and
agencies.
 Explain what the library would like to receive from the
agencies.
 A visit to the agency may produce better results.
 If the agency’s publications are for sale, place direct
order for specific terms.
 Maintain regular contacts with the documents producers.

8.  Library staff members who live in the community and who are
active in community affairs can be recruited.
 Close contact with civic organizations can also be a fruitful
methods to keep informed of local events.
 The library can also acquire limited copies of an agency’s
documents offering to pick up the document, to photocopy it at
the library’s expense, and to return the original.
 It may be necessary to schedule regular visits to the various
agencies to pick up documents when multiple copies are
available.
 Gifts are valuable resources of local history materials.
Newsletters and local newspapers received through
donations are welcomed in the library.

9.  Three possible method of organizing these
materials:
 Vertical file
 Integrated collection
 Separate collection

10.  Books
 Journals
 Newsletter
 Bulletin
 Pamphlets
 Brochures
 Kits
 Directories
 Etc.

11.  Book a handwritten or printed work of fiction or
nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or
bound together within covers.

12.  a newspaper or magazine that deals with a
particular subject or professional activity.
 a book in which you write down your
personal experiences and thoughts
 a magazine that reports on things of special
interest to a particular group of people

15.  a written report, issued periodically, typically
by a business, institution, or other
organization, that presents information and
news to people with a specific interest in the
organization or subject: our coop’s monthly
newsletter;
 an employee newsletter.

16.  a written report and analysis of the news, often
providing forecasts, typically directed at a special
audience, as businesspeople, and distributed to
subscribers:
 a stock-market newsletter.

31.  We can find government publications in
different government office, agencies and
bureaus, libraries and etc.
 http://www.pcoo.gov.ph/government_directory.html
 http://www.gov.ph/directory/
 http://web.nlp.gov.ph/nlp/
 http://www.gov.ph/

32. History
 March 9, 1900 - American Circulating Library
 Mr. Charles R. Greenleaf
Public Act No. 96 passed on March 5, 1901, accepted
the Circulating Library as a donation of the
American Circulating Library Association to the
government.

33.  Public Law Act No. 1935
 "the consolidation of all libraries belonging
to any branch of the Philippine government
for the creation of the Philippine Library",
 1916, The Philippine Library, Division of
Archives, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
of the Executive Bureau and the Law Library
of the Philippine assembly were merged into
one entity, called the Philippine Library and
Museum

34.  Public Law No. 3477 (1928) and changed the
name of the Philippine Library and Museum to
The National Library.
 Executive Order No. 94, series 1947 the
President of the Philippines changed the
name of The National Library to Bureau of
Public Libraries
 Republic Act No. 411 otherwise known as the
Municipal Libraries Law, authored by the then
Senator Geronima T. Pecson

35.  Republic Act No. 3873 passed in 1964
brought back to the Bureau of Public Libraries
its old name,
 Republic Act No. 10087 enacted in May 13,
2010 Currently, the library is known as the
National Library of the Philippines (NLP)

36.  The Government Publication Section houses the
publications of different government agencies in
the Philippines including national government
offices (i.e. Departments, Bureaus, and other
attached agencies), local government offices,
government-owned and controlled corporations
(i.e. GSIS), state universities and colleges, judicial
offices (i.e. Supreme Court, Department of
Justice, Regional Trial Court, etc.), legislative
offices (i.e. House of Representatives and The
Senate) other independent offices and special
agencies.

37.  One of the resources of the NLP are the Featured
titles, under that is the Government Publication,
Filipiniana section
 Contents limited to On-Site Access
To Access,
Visit Us at:
4rth Floor, West Wing
National Library of the Philippines
T.M. Kalaw St., Ermita, Manila

38.  Access to the Government Publications
collection is open and free to students,
faculty, and staff, as well as the general
public.

39.  Bibliography of Materials in Philippine
Vernacular Languages (1973)
 Biblioteca Nacional Filipina Revista Historica
 A Britisher in the Philippines or the letter of
Nicholas Loney
 Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1964-1968
Volume 1
 Checklist of publications of the Government
of Philippine Islands September 1, 1900 to
December 31, 1917

40.  Cinco reglas de nuestra moral antigua
 Disquisiciones historico-bibliiograficas por
Jose Lopez Del Castillo y Kabangis
 Five Fairy Tales of Andersen, Translated in
Tagalog by Jose Rizal
 Guide to Creation of Provinces, Cities,
Municipalities and Barangays
 Guide to the 1971 Constitutional Convention
Papers: Resolutions 1-2000, Vol. 1 part 1

41.  Guide to the 1971 Constitutional Convention
Papers: Resolutions 2001-5800, Vol. 1 part 2
 Guide to the 1971 Constitutional Convention
Papers: Vol. 2
 History of The National Library
 Ignacio Villamor: the Savant and the man
 On Librarianship and scholarship: Collection
of speeches and writings
 Medina en la historia de Filipinas

42.  NLP Newsletter
 Pres. Carlos P. Garcia: Speeches, Messages
and other Pronouncements vol. 1 March 1957
to April 1959
 Pres. Carlos P. Garcia: Speeches, Messages
and other Pronouncements vol. 2 May 1959
to December 1961
 Public library legislation: A compilation of
laws and orders pertaining to public libraries
(1964)
 TOYM 1959-1969: A Register

43.  The Official Gazette print edition is published
every Monday
 . Inquiries regarding publication in,
subscription to, circulation, and claims may
be forwarded to the National Printing Office.
 Learn the history of the Official
Gazette and more about the Official Gazette
print edition

44.  The Official Gazette was created by decree of Act
No. 453, “An Act providing for the publication by
the Insular Government of an Official Gazette,
under the general direction of the Department of
Public Instruction.” It was enacted by the
Philippine Commission on September 2, 1902, by
authority of the United States of America. Vol. 1,
No. 1 came out on September 10, 1902.
 In March 5, 1903, Act No. 664 amended the
earlier Act No. 453 to provide for further
distribution of the Official Gazette:

45.  The Official Gazette shall be published weekly in
two parts, one part in English and the other in
Spanish
 Each part shall be issued separately and shall
contain all legislative Acts and all resolutions of a
public nature of the Insular Legislature
 , all executive orders, such as decisions or
abstracts of decisions of the Supreme Court, the
Court of Customs Appeals, and the Court of Land
Registration, as may be deemed by said courts of
sufficient importance to be printed and
published,

46.  Gaceta Oficial, circa 1906. (Upper left) Gaceta
Oficial, circa 1925. (Upper right) The wartime
Official Gazette, circa 1943. (Lower left) Official
Gazette circa 1946. (Lower right)

47.  “An Act to provide for the uniform publication
and distribution of the Official Gazette,”
 May 22, 1941 -- June 10, 1941
 President Manuel L. Quezon

48. SECTION 24.
 Official Gazette circa 1960. (Upper left) Official Gazette circa
2006. (Upper right) Official Gazette circa 2009. (Lower left)
Current design of the Official Gazette circa 2012. (Lower right)

49.  Executive Order No. 200, s. 1987, “Providing
for the publication of laws either in the
Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general
circulation in the Philippines as a requirement
for their effectivity,”

50.  Executive Order No. 4, s. 2010
 was signed by President Benigno S. Aquino III
in keeping with “the avowed policy of this
administration to ensure transparency and
full and appropriate disclosure of policies,
programs, official activities, and achievement
of the Office of the President and Executive
which are of public concern.”

51.  Sample of government publications.
 Humanities Diliman: A Journal on Philippine Humanities.
 Philippine Humanities Review
 Plaridel: A Journal of Communication, Media and
Society
 Science Diliman: A Journal of Pure and Applied
Sciences.
 Social Science Diliman