Central Philippine University launches BAHÁNDÌAN, the university’s Institutional Repository. This university repository provides access to the research and publication output of the Central Philippine University faculty, staff, students, and partner institutions who are conducting collaborative research with the institution.
BAHÁNDÌAN: the first academic digital research repository in the Visayas established by a University
This is the first academic repository of its kind in the Visayas, and second institutional repository in the region. It is primarily for the management, dissemination, and preservation of digital materials that represent the scholarly work of the Centralian academic community.
Currently, journal publications of the university such as Patubas and Scientia et Fides are in the collection. Journal publications, theses, and dissertations of students and faculty are also prioritized. To protect copyright, only abstracts for research works produced from 1971 to 2021 are available. For those produced from 1970 and below, full text will be provided. Other CPU-related research publications such as books, reports, manuals, will also be added to the digital collection.
BAHÁNDÌAN Institutional Repository: the name and logo
“Bahándìan” is an Ilonggo term for a container of treasure. This name was chosen as the repository symbolizes a ‘treasure trove’ of valuable scholarly works of the institution. It will provide open, online access to the University’s research and scholarship, to preserve these works for future generations, to promote new models of scholarly communication, and to help deepen community understanding of the value of higher education.
The logo is a pearl encased in a shell with the Baybayin characters for Bahándìan. This is to symbolize the ‘treasure’ of knowledge held in the repository.
BAHÁNDÌAN Institutional Repository is maintained and managed by the CPU Henry Luce III Library
The Henry Luce III Library of Central Philippine University is managing the repository. Librarians and staff of the library are digitizing the materials for Bahándìan. As of this writing, there are around more than a hundred documents in the repository and more are being added to the collection daily.
Librarians and experts from the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) Library and Data Bank in Tigbauan, Iloilo provided technical support and training for CPU Henry Luce III librarians and staff to help establish the repository.
BAHÁNDÌAN Institutional Repository official launching
BAHÁNDÌAN will officially launch on February 15, 2021, 10:00 AM in the Rose Memorial Auditorium of Central Philippine University. The event will also be streamed on Facebook live through the Central Philippine University Facebook page and the CPU Henry Luce III Facebook page.
This is one of the CPU Henry Luce III Library’s initiatives in response to the pandemic, the shift to online learning, the growing need for online resources and the promotion of a culture of research in the university. In June 2020, the library launched Bertha, the virtual library assistant, to great success.
Access the repository at https://repository.cpu.edu.ph/
For more information about the CPU Henry Luce III Library and our services, visit our website at https://library.cpu.edu.ph
