About Us

History

The National Institute of Geological Sciences (NIGS) Library is one of the satellite libraries of the College of Science Library, UP Diliman.

The National Institute of Geological Sciences(NIGS) was created through Executive Order No. 889 by the President of the Republic of the Philippines in March 23, 1983. It became an academic unit under the College of Science with the partition of the College of Arts and Sciences into three distinct colleges in October 1983. During this period, NIGS Library was also established.

NIGS Library’s mission is to provide services and a wide variety of resources in the geological sciences to the faculty, staff, and students to enable them to become globally competitive.

Timeline of CS Institute Libraries

1. April 2011 - National Institute of Physics (NIP) Library

2. April 2012 - Institute of Mathematics (IM) Library

3. June 2012 - Institute of Chemistry (IC) Library

4. November 2012 - National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (NIMBB) Library

5. August 2013 - Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology (IESM) Library

6. September 2015 - Institute of Biology (IB) Library

7. December 2015 - Material Science and Engineering Program (MSEP) Library

8. January 2017 - National Institute of Geological Sciences (NIGS) Library*

9. July 2018 - Natural Sciences Research Institute (NSRI) Library

Library Hours

Monday to Friday - 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Library Orientation

Library Facilities and Spaces 

The NIGS Library offers comfortable spaces for every kind of study, from reading areas on the first and second floors to individual study carrels for focused work. A group discussion room is also available for collaborative learning and brainstorming.