A simple film viewing activity was set up at the 3rd floor of the college library on June 30, 2016 @ 12:00 noon spearheaded by Mr. Aldwin R. Baligod, Multimedia In-charge for students, faculty and personnel who wanted to witness the oath-taking ceremony and inauguration of President-elect Rodrigo R. Duterte that was streamed live via YouTube.

The activity was granted by the following objectives: 1) to know the platforms of the new government; to create awareness among students on their important role as young citizens of the country and; to identify the government’s role in education.

Students from different departments joined the event. The activity culminated after the inaugural speech of President Rodrigo R. Duterte.

The USL Elementary Library in partnership with the Young Readers Club conducted Tongue Twister and Tongue Twister Making Contests on September 2, 2016 at the Elementary Audio Visual Room. The objectives of the activity were: to develop among pupils their communication skills (both written and oral) and to market the tongue twister collection of the library. The activity was facilitated by Ms. Mary Angelique H. Baylon, Assistant to the Elementary Library Head. The winners can be gleaned from the table below:

Contested Event	Name of Winner	Category	Grade and Section
Tongue Twister Recital	Princess Jeramycah G. Forelon	Junior division	Grade 4 Jasmine
Tongue Twister Recital	Steven Joshua G. Narag	Senior division	Grade 5 Catleya
Tongue Twister Making	Juan Carlos P. Pajarillo	Senior division	Grade 6 Daffodil

The participants enjoyed the activities and anticipate more activities in the future.

As part of the Elementary Library's promotional and marketing strategy and also in support to the National Children's Book Day, the Elementary Library spearheaded by the Elementary Library Head conducted "on-the-spot speed reading with comprehension" last July 8 and 15 among the Grades 4 to 6 pupils. The objective of the activity is to foster reading culture and love for libraries among pupils. Oral storytelling and shadow puppet was also conducted last July 29, 2016 among Preschool and Kindergarten pupils featuring the stories "The Little Mermaid", "Gingerbread Man", "Bruhahaha, Bruhihihi" and "Bakit matagal ang sundo ko" Featured stories were told by BLIS students Ms. Llewe Dwight Gayo (3rd year student), Angelica Joy Cauilan  and Janelle Buco who are both  On-the-Job trainees assigned at the Elementary Library. The storytelling was well appreciated by the pupils.