How to build libraries using a properly applied theory of change, with key proof points

1. There and Back again:
The LRP Fellowship and Adventure

2. Libraries as Third Spaces and
Sustainable Development Tools
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Quintin Jose V. Pastrana
Founder & Managing Director
Library Renewal Partnership

3. Reading 101
~ Alan Bennett, The History Boys

4. Where we can start…

5. We can do better…
88% or a Total of 49.2 Million Filipinos Read
Even with a slight decline in the number of Filipino adult readers in the country,
there is an enormous market and development opportunity in the Philippines.

7. Uneven Growth…
Source: National Economic Development Authority, Philippines

8. Vision | Partners | Objectives | Motivation | Successes | Future Projects
Currently, only 1 out of 10
students are able to
graduate from university
Females particularly at risk

9. • Education infrastructure falling behind
• Aptitude limited
– Retention rates: 70% (English), 17%
(Science), 7% (Math)
• Literacy → Numeracy

10. Vision | Partners | Objectives | Motivation | Successes | Future Projects
Sources: Oldenburg, Gangouly, Bhattacharya, Myers, Quandt, Kroger
Third Spaces are…

11. “The fundamental aim of the public place is to
ensconce community and arbitrate social conflict.”
- Kostof, Spiro
“The City Assembled: The Elements of Urban
Form Through History.” Thames & Hudson 1992

12. “Public Space as Contested Space: The Battle over the
Use, Meaning and Function of Public Space.” IJSSH, Mar. 2016
Source: The Atlantic
Public space is not just about regulation; it is also about
opposition. But unlike traditional forms of oppositional politics,
these are not organized conquest of mall spaces; instead, they
are individual acts of passive defiance.”
- Reyes, Rowena

13. Conference Lecture. "Architectures of Fear. Terrorism
and the Future of Urbanism in the West“ May 2007.
Source: AE Design

14. Vision | Partners | Objectives | Motivation | Successes | Future Projects

15. Vision | Partners | Objectives | Motivation | Successes | Future Projects

16. Vision | Partners | Objectives | Motivation | Successes | Contact Us
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17. Legitimacy &
Authority
Capability
Building
Public Value
3P2G
Public-Private Partnerships
Good Governance
Reference: Mark Moore (2000)
Public Sector
Library Mandate (RA7743)
Private Sector
Resource & Operating
Systems
Good Governance,
Literacy, Livelihood,,
Community Development

18. Vision | Partners | Objectives | Motivation | Successes | Contact Us
Our PPP Model enables us to build and sustain results:
• LGU donates building
• LGU provides overhead
• LGU provides library staff
• Partners and donors provide books and education materials
• Partners provide Literacy program
Local Government
• 70 sq.m. area (min.)
• Shelves
• Chairs
• Internet connection
• Library overhead
– Electricity
– Library Staff salaries
– Maintenance & repair
Partners and Private Donors
• 8,000 -10,000 volumes
– 60% Filipino publications
– 40% International
• Literacy Program
• Up to 5 computers
• Photocopying machine
• Multimedia (VCR, DVD, TV)
• Décor and Artwork
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Provided for under Philippine Law

19. Vision | Partners | Objectives | Motivation | Successes | Future Projects

20. Leveraging Resources

21. KH&3C
Knowledge Hubs
Collaborative Community Clusters
Municipal
Library
Barangay
Library
Barangay
Library
Barangay
Library
Public Schools,
Community
Partners and
Residents
Library
Partners and
Support
Coalition
National Library
Provincial Library
Reference: Yu, et al (2011)

22. Strategic Interventions

23. GDPe
Group Development
Punctuated equilibrium
Reference: Tuckman (1965), Gersick (1989)
Forming
Storming
Norming
Performing
Time
Self-Reliance
2010 2015 2020 2025 2030
750 municipal
libraries
1000
municipal
libraries
1497
municipal
libraries
(100%)
600 municipal
libraries
550 municipal
libraries
4000
barangay
libraries
(10%)
1000
barangay
libraries
700 barangay
libraries
600 barangay
libraries
400 barangay
libraries
Current LRP intervention
(200 libraries)
Future LRP / Coalition
programmes

24. 2 years → 2 months → 2 weeks

26. Lubuangan, Kalinga

27. Sagada, Mountain Province

28. Tanudan, Kalinga

29. Patikul, Sulu

30. Soar High Mobile Library, Marawi, Lanao del Sur

31. Basco Batanes Little Libraries

32. Adams, Ilocos Norte

33. Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur

34. Tagbanwa Communities, Palawan

35. Aeta Communities, Pampanga

36. Tibungco, Davao

37. Hanunuo Mangyan Community, Oriental Mindoro

40. Kalibo, Aklan
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Tiwi, Albay

42. Novaliches, Quezon City

43. Laoag, Ilocos Norte

44. Sta. Ana, Manila

45. Philippine Heart Center

46. Philippine General Hospital

47. New Bilibid Maximum Security Prison, Muntinlupa

48. Gawad Kalinga Farm and Entrepreneur training library, Angat

49. Binan, Laguna Library Hub

50. Ilocos Norte Centennial Hub

51. Talisay, Negros Occidental

52. Bahay Aruga, Paranaque

54. Smokey Mountain, Tondo, Manila

55. MacArthur Park & Recreation

56. Meet Basyang

57. Davao: Water, Football, Reading

58. Library 1000

59. Dapitan in Luneta

60. Palawan to Papua New Guinea

62. Where would you like to build one?

63. www.librarypartners.com