You Can Now Visit the National Library for FREE!

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The National Library, located in Ermita on a portion of Rizal Park facing T.M. Kalaw Avenue, now opens its door to everyone who wants to visit for FREE!

The library used to collect a small fee for a library card, which gives access to readers who wants to check out their collections.

Now, all you have to do is show your ID and you can already access their books, other reading materials, and multimedia materials.

They made the following announcement on their Facebook Page.

National Library

No Library Card? No Problem!

The NLP opens its doors to everyone who needs a place to read and conduct their research. You no longer need a NLP library card to access thousands upon thousands of library materials at the library. Simply present a valid ID upon your visit and you’re ready to go!

Thinking about visiting the library soon? Please be reminded that:

1. We are open from Mondays to Fridays, 8am to 5pm.

2. To avoid inconveniences, please feel free to browse our collections first through our Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) here: koha.nlp.gov.ph

3. Smoking is strictly prohibited within the compound while food and beverages are not allowed inside the reading rooms.

Forms for copyright and ISBN can be found here:https://goo.gl/19Aela

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