As part of the University Libraries’ education service, the College Library spearheaded the four-day Library Orientation Program for freshmen and transferees. Topics discussed during the Orientation were: History of the University Libraries, University Libraries Staff, Library Policies & Guidelines, and Resources and Services. A virtual tour was presented to familiarize the students with the sections and facilities of the library. The Orientation Program was conducted to introduce the students to the library’s wealth of resources as well as to strengthen their research skills and inculcate the value of reading in them. The table below shows the schedule of the Orientation Program per department:

On June 3, 2015 the University Libraries completed its set of Semestral Insets for SY 2014-2015. Topics covered in the inset were storytelling, and storytelling techniques and methods in preparation for the series of storytelling activities attached to the USL Book Mobile Project due for deployment in the Barangay Reading Centers of USL’s partner communities this SY 2015-2016. Among the speakers were Mrs. Juliet D. Villanueva (College Library Head), Mrs. Arlyn S. Cristobal (Elementary Library Head) and Mrs. Venus Guyos (Director of Libraries). Another part of the activity was the series of re-echo of the seminars/conferences attended by the University Libraries staff, particularly on:

As part of the University Libraries’ commitment to uplift the condition of libraries in the Region, a book donation from the USL Elementary Library was conducted last April 30, 2015 to Brgy. Cataggaman Pardo Tuguegarao City for their barangay reading center to support the barangay officials’ initiative to put up a mini-library for children and out-of-school youth taking informal education through the Abot-Alam Program of the DepEd Region 02. Book donation was in cooperation with the Cagayan and Kalinga Apayao (CaAkAp) Librarians Association. 459 titles in 459 volumes of donated materials were received by Mrs. Luz Tabilisima, a councilor of the said barangay.