I was introduced to this place when we were given the opportunity to enroll at the course Digital 101: Photography and the Computer by Jay Alonzo in September 2008.
Filipinas Heritage Library (FHL) was the same provider of our training on a certain topic on Filipino customs and traditions way back when I was starting out my public service career.
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| Digital 101: Photography and the Computer by Jay Alonzo |
I was amazed by how the library presents itself. If all libraries were like this, not boring but exciting, then students, researchers and even the general public would be enticed to come and visit. Although the library serves as a one-stop electronic library of Filipiniana books and other resources, visiting the place for reading or in-depth research on certain topics or taking a course that is offered in the venue is an experience that I recommend to everyone.
One of the books I saw and photographed during the time, a search on the website gave these information: This book tells the story of the Premio Zobel, the oldest literary award in the Philippines, which was instituted by Don Enrique Zobel de Ayala to revivify the Spanish language in the Philippines, and to honor and promote the best Filipino writing in Spanish. Over the last 80 years, this most prestigious award has been bestowed on well-known writers, poets, journalists, teachers, lawyers, doctors, and other personages who wrote to express themselves in the language they love.
With what I saw here three years ago, I dream of doing this/seeing this being done in our science libraries in the region and it's provinces. It is one of our services and information is a great provision for our people to make it through. Students, researchers and the general public ought to be informed on the latest technologies that matter in their studies, businesses and in their daily lives, hence, library service ought to be highlighted in a way like this.
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| Creativity in showcasing library holdings is the key. |
There I go with my bias in favor of Science and Technology. But I wanted to say that every municipality/city got to have a library/museum on the heritage of their province/locality so that locals and travelers alike already get one place to visit for complete information.
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| Interiors of the library |
Housed in the Nielson Tower, the former control tower of one of Asia’s first airports, and also the oldest building in the Makati Central Business District, the interiors provide that nostalgic feeling and experience when you visit the place.
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| Ceiling |
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| Ifugao Coffee on exhibit |
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| Sugar for the coffee |
The Filipiniana gallery contains images that were part of the gallery exhibit located at the basement of the
Filipinas Heritage Library. These images, for the most part, came from the Library's own image collection. The exhibits showcase the history of the Philippines as depicted through photographs.
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| Filipiniana Gallery |
From the inside, you get the view of scenes in Makati Avenue.
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| View of Makati Avenue |
And as the time was one of my formal training in photography which sadly I guess I didn't learn much as I will honestly confess that I know I will forever be a photography hobbyist and will not be able to achieve that level of technicality. Now that I have explained and tried to justify, here are my workshop outputs during that time, don't ask me to name what/which workshop are they, I have explained already. =)
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| Inside a cup |
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| A fountain along Sen. Gil J. Puyat Ave. |
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| Ceiling |
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| Dusk |
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| Twin towers |
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