University of the Philippines School of Library and Information Studies

The School of Library and Information Studies of the University of the Philippines or UP SLIS is the oldest library school in the Philippines. Formally established in March 1961 as the Institute of Library Science, it can trace it roots to 1914, making it one of the first library schools in Asia. It is an independent degree-granting unit of the University of the Philippines Diliman, and offers programs in the field of library and information science. In December 2015, the Commission on Higher Education declared the school as the first and only Center of Excellence among universities and colleges with library and information programs in the Philippines.

The School was formerly situated in Gonzalez Hall, where the UP Diliman Main Library is located. Constructed in the 1940s almost simultaneously with the arts and sciences, administration and engineering buildings, the Main Library was completed in 1950 and is one of the oldest structures at the Diliman campus; it was designed by alumnus architect Juan Nakpil, the official campus architect of that time. The building was later named Gonzalez Hall, in honor of the former UP President Bienvenido M. Gonzalez. It was purposely fashioned after the administration building, now known as Quezon Hall, just like how the arts and letters and engineering buildings were mirror images of each other.

UP SLIS was situated in the South Wing on the 3rd Floor of the Gonzalez Hall, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City. In May 2019, the School started vacating Gonzalez Hall. The School currently has its own building on Quirino Avenue, the old Zoology Building, which was formerly occupied by the Institute of Biology.