UP Future Library and Information Professionals of the Philippines (UPFLIPP)

University of the Philippines Future Library and Information Professionals of the Philippines (UP FLIPP)[1]

Founded on 17 July 2002, the UP Future Library and Information Professionals of the Philippines (UP FLIPP), is a duly recognized socio-academic organization based at the School of Library and Information Studies, University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City. We in UP FLIPP believe that we have a significant role to play in the promotion and development of our “future profession.” Hence, “we believe that to realize and fulfill this role is our noblest contribution as students of library and information science in the Philippines.”

VISION

UP FLIPP is an organization working in the spirit of cooperation and unity, and, in the sense of pride and duty, towards promoting and developing the Library and Information Profession.

MISSION

UP FLIPP shall inculcate amongst Library and Information Science students the significant role that they play in the promotion and development of the Library and Information Profession.

OBJECTIVES

UP FLIPP shall promote solidarity, camaraderie, academic excellence and leadership among its members;

UP FLIPP shall initiate establishing an avenue or a forum amongst library and information science students in the Philippines in which they can collaborate in fulfilling their role of promoting and developing their future profession;

UP FLIPP shall serve the studentry and the country in general through its programs and activities that embody the organization’s vision, mission, and, objectives.