Fifty years ago, when the Rizal Library first opened, students were required to remain completely silent inside the premises, research was done by searching typewritten 3x5 cards and print indexes, and there were no computers on campus. Fifty years later, the Rizal Library—along with other libraries in the Philippines—allows students to hold group discussions in designated areas, research can be done using print and electronic resources, and assignments can be written and printed on PCs and Macs. The Rizal Library has changed with the times during the past five decades but its mission—to facilitate learning—remains the same. 

This year, the Rizal Library International Conference, with “Click!” as its theme, aims to cultivate discourses on the library’s capacity to expand its network within the community, through culture and society, and in the field of communication and technology.