Information Help Desk

An Information Help Desk is located in the main lobby to attend to the information requirements of walk-in researchers and other inquiries received via email and telephone. Queries and complaints on consumer concerns and other issues relating to BSP-supervised financial institutions can also received and processed at the Information Help Desk.

Information Kiosks

Located in the center lobby of the ground floor are four (4) information kiosks/stands featuring self-running audio-visual presentations on the following topics: a) about the BSP; b) price stability; c) financial stability; and d) payments and settlements.

Publications and Sales

Visitors can purchase books published by the BSP, as well as corporate gifts at the sales counter located at the foyer.

Multi-media/Internet Research

Researchers interested in focused and specialized topics on the BSP may access more detailed information in this section. PC terminals have access to the BSP website, other relevant websites and several modules of interactive research materials related to economics and finance.

Statistcal Information Section

The Statistical Information Section is the central releasing point of all BSP data. It maintains hard copies of records and electronic data series of economic indicators. The electronic data series may be accessed using the EFLC Statistical Databases, a user-friendly database management system designed to facilitate creation of user-defined tables and downloading of databases in MS Excel, text and html formats.

Electronic and Digitized Resources

This BSP online resources inlcude JSTOR Archives comprising Business I, II, and III modules, IMF eLibrary, Gale Databases, EBSCO, OECD iLibrary, and Ebrary. Also available are the BSP's collection of CD-ROM databases of the Lex Libris collection of BSP issuances and Philippine laws, digitized versions of BSP publications, and back issues of leading newspapers in microfilm CD format.

Audio Visual Room

An audio-visual room serves as a venue for lectures, discussions, and short seminars/ briefings on various topics on central banking.

Library

The Library section houses the book, journal and other collections of the EFLC.

A. Book Collection

The book collection covers subjects on general economics, international economics, monetary economics, banks and banking, business and finance, fiscal theory and institutions, accounting, management and general works. The resources of the Library are classified using the Library of Congress Classification Scheme

• A.1 General Collection
  

  The collection includes foreign books, monographs, theses, dissertations, conference papers and proceedings. These were either purchased by the Library or given as complimentary copies or donations from institutions such as the World Bank (WB), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the United Nations (UN) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
  

• A.2 General Reference Collection
  

  Includes dictionaries, encyclopedia, directories, handbooks, manuals, atlases and other reference materials. This collection is open to the public.

• A.3 General Filipiniana
  

  Includes local books, monographs, theses, dissertations, conference papers and proceedings.

• A.4 Reference Filipiniana
  

  Includes dictionaries, encyclopedia, directories, handbooks, manuals, atlases and other reference materials published locally.

 

Comprising this collection are local and foreign scholarly journals and general periodicals, as well as magazines, newspapers and annual reports, to which the BSP subscribes and those given on a complimentary basis by other agencies. Back issues of major newspapers are available in tmicrofilm or CD format.

The BSP publications collection comprises current and past issues of books, serials and periodicals published by the BSP. This collection includes, among others, annual reports, statistical publications, textbooks, and various reports on economic and financial issues, monetary policy and operations, banking supervision, and payments

The BSP online resources include JSTOR Archives comprising Business I, II and III modules, IMF e-Library, Gale Databases, EBSCO, OECD iLibrary and Ebrary. Also available are the BSP's collection of CD-ROM databases of the Lex Libris collection of BSP issuances and Philippine laws, digitized versions of BSP publications, and back isues of leading newspapers in microfilm CD format.

On-line Public Access Catalog (OPAC)

OPAC Terminals provide access to the searchable online database of bibliographic records of all library resources available to the public.