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- Spanish-language libraries: collections and services. Instituto Cervantes at Manila
ServicEs OF miguel hernández LIBRARY
Reading room: Open to the public and free of charge, it gives access to the complete bibliographical collections, including the periodicals section. The holdings can be researched through the OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) and through several printed catalogues dealing with particular sections, like that of the E/LE and Filipiniana, Videos, Musical CDs, and the like. New acquisitions are also made known to the public via a specific list.
Borrowing: Only for members and students enrolled at the Instituto Cervantes. Borrowing includes the whole collection, both bibliographical and audiovisual. Some item may not be included and can only be used within our premises (such as reference works or books that are fragile or valuable in nature). Videos can be borrowed for one week, and the rest of materials for two weeks.
Information & Reference: The library provides freely any kind of information regarding the culture and life of Spain and Latin America, from bibliographical searches (covering, aside of our own holdings, the main Spanish repositories) to specific questions (traveling tips, addresses, etc.). We also offer information on scholarships and studies in Spain.
Electronic Library: Our E-library comprises a multidisciplinary range of sources and information products of high scientific and academic value which contribute quality and reliability to your information searches. It includes several platforms:
Audio-books: recordings that can be played on your computer or mobile device. This is a project that aims to encourage reading in Spanish.
E-books: digital books that can be downloaded onto a computer or mobile reading device. The books are about Spanish and Latin-American literature, linguistics, etc. There is also a streaming service offering video stories for children.
E-resources: this platform offers access to a number of different electronic resources, such as encyclopaedias, directories, dictionaries, journal articles, full text and primary documents and e-books. These resources can only be viewed on a computer.
Other services: Through the library you may benefit from the interlibrary loan with other Spanish libraries and from document delivery (we are networked with the Spanish Biblioteca Nacional and with the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas). We offer document reproduction (Xerox-copying service, in accord with copyright specifications), music, film and video screenings at the library premises.
Lending service
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Available to library members and currently enrolled students of Instituto Cervantes in Manila. Borrowing includes the whole collection, both bibliographical and audiovisual. Some items may not be included and may only be consulted within library premises (such as reference works or books that are fragile or valuable in nature).
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A maximum of 4 documents can be borrowed simultaneously.
- Students of Instituto Cervantes: Free
- Library Members: Php 840.00 per year.
- Students and Senior Citizens: Php 500.00 per year.
- To apply for a library card fill out the online Library Membership Form and we will contact you to inform that the process is completed.
- Loans are renewed once for every same period, provided that there are no prior reservations. Unrenewed reserved documents and expired loans, for reasons of demand, should be set in the library.
- Reservations of works that are on loan by other users will be accepted. The maximum number of reservations would be three documents. Reservations can be done in the library. The library does not send communications when the reserved item is available.
- The late return of the borrowed material will result in temporary suspension of the loan service and Internet access for a period equal to the number of days delayed in the return of each document.
- The loss or damage of an item on loan implies its subsequent replacement or the payment of the amount established by the library.
Check out all the services the Miguel Hernández Library at the Instituto Cervantes in Manila has prepared for you.
- The library handles any inquiries related to Spain or Latin America. To do so, it uses its own resources (access to databases, book collections, etc.) and external resources (the Internet, other information centers, etc.).
- Inquiries can be made by phone, mail, email or fax.
For our users
- Through the interlibrary loan service, this library service allows you to consult documents that are not available in our collection and are found in the Library Network of Instituto Cervantes, as well as in other Spanish libraries.
- To access this service it is necessary to have a library card. The use of the works that arrived at our library as interlibrary loan implies acceptance of the conditions of use determined by the borrowing library.The cost will be set by the library that carries out the loan.
- The library, in collaboration with other libraries and Spanish documentation centres, manages the acquisition of works (books or magazine articles) that are not available in its stacks. The fees will depend on the institution that provides the documents.
Interlibrary loan service fees
- Photocopies of articles: 3 Euros
- Book loan: 10 Euros
- For other materials that cost more than usual (microforms, etc.), the user must cover the document reproduction costs set by the lending library.
- To request a loan, simply fill out the interlibrary loan request form and submit it at our library’s service desk.
For other libraries
- The Instituto Cervantes library in Manila makes its bibliographic collection available to any other library that needs it.
- To do this, you only have to send us the corresponding request, via post or email.
- The loan period will be 1 month and non-extendable.
- The library may arrange a guided tour for interested visitors, students and users. This may be requested by setting an appointment through email to bibmni@cervantes.es.
- All level 1 students will receive a training session about the collections and services of the library.
What's a book club?
- The most simple definition says that a book club consists of a group of people reading the same book at the same time. All members read by themselves, but they schedule a day and an hour to meet and talk about it. These are open discussions, but usually they talk about the style, the structure, the characters and anything outstanding for the participants. Usually there is a moderator who tries to improve the discussion or break the ice.
Who can participate?
- It's free and open to everybody interested, but with a maximum of 20 people. The only requirement is the basic knowledge of Spanish language as to be able to read and participate in the discussion.
What do we read?
- Given the difficulty of obtaining 20 copies of the same book in the library, and to allow the participation of people who are not used to long readings in Spanish, we have decided to specialize in reading short stories and tales. However, the decision about the works to read lies with the club itself, with its members. So far we have read Los ojos de los peces de Rubén Abella, various anthologies of Spanish or Latin American tales, etc.
Where and when meets the club?
- Book club meetings are held in the Library on alternate Saturdays at 10:00 AM. The sessions usually last between an hour and an hour and a half.