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Brief History

Tracing the library's humble beginnings

Tracing the library's humble beginnings

Tracing the library's humble beginnings

1929

The Business Library was organized as part of the School of Business Administration with Prof. Ismael V. Mallari as Librarian.

1934 - 1948

There was no data about its progress except that the UP College of Business Administration was devastated by the war. The college had a one-room reading space with a starting collection of one book case containing some of the personal collections of the faculty. It formed a part of the college premises on the 3rd floor of the Liberal Arts Bldg, now known as the College of Arts and Sciences in UP Manila.

The Business Library was organized as part of the School of Business Administration with Prof. Ismael V. Mallari as Librarian.

1954

It was in 1954 that the library was established. It gradually expanded under the direction and guidance, suggestions and recommendations of Prof. W. Levern Cutler, Business Librarian of the Graduate School of Business of Stanford University and Prof. Gabriel A. Bernardo, the University Librarian. 

1959

The transfer to the new building was made. In the 2-storey Institute of Economic Development library building, both the collections of the libraries of the Institute and the College were in one floor, each sharing the same reading room, although each maintained separate collections in stacks.

It was in 1954 that the library was established. It gradually expanded under the direction and guidance, suggestions and recommendations of Prof. W. Levern Cutler, Business Librarian of the Graduate School of Business of Stanford University and Prof. Gabriel A. Bernardo, the University Librarian. 

It was in 1954 that the library was established. It gradually expanded under the direction and guidance, suggestions and recommendations of Prof. W. Levern Cutler, Business Librarian of the Graduate School of Business of Stanford University and Prof. Gabriel A. Bernardo, the University Librarian. 

1978

The library moved to its permanent site and is now occupying some parts of the 1st and 2nd floors of the UP College of Business Administration Building in UP Diliman.

There was no data about its progress except that the UP College of Business Administration was devastated by the war. The college had a one-room reading space with a starting collection of one book case containing some of the personal collections of the faculty. It formed a part of the college premises on the 3rd floor of the Liberal Arts Bldg, now known as the College of Arts and Sciences in UP Manila.

The library moved to its permanent site and is now occupying some parts of the 1st and 2nd floors of the UP College of Business Administration Building in UP Diliman.

The library moved to its permanent site and is now occupying some parts of the 1st and 2nd floors of the UP College of Business Administration Building in UP Diliman.

The transfer to the new building was made. In the 2-storey Institute of Economic Development library building, both the collections of the libraries of the Institute and the College were in one floor, each sharing the same reading room, although each maintained separate collections in stacks.

2013 - present

The UP Board of Regents officially renamed the college as the Cesar E.A. Virata School of Business in honor of Dr. Cesar E.A. Virata who served as the dean of the college from 1960 - 1967.

The UP Board of Regents officially renamed the college as the Cesar E.A. Virata School of Business in honor of Dr. Cesar E.A. Virata who served as the dean of the college from 1960 - 1967.

The transfer to the new building was made. In the 2-storey Institute of Economic Development library building, both the collections of the libraries of the Institute and the College were in one floor, each sharing the same reading room, although each maintained separate collections in stacks.

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