by Rusieljs G. Lunasco

Chat BERTHA’s namesake is Anna Bertha Houger, CPU’s first librarian.

Henry Luce III Library (HLL) recently launched Chat BERTHA, a library chat service on Facebook for students, faculty, and staff.

Bertha is the avatar used by the library “virtual assistant” or persona who users interact with. Her namesake is Anna Bertha Houger, CPU’s first librarian. She served the university from 1910-1940.

Aside from faculty, staff, and students, the alumni and outside researchers can use this service. Chat Bertha is part of the Virtual Reference Services (VRS) of the Henry Luce III Library. VRS also offers Open Access Resources, Webinars, and Request for Library Resources.

The library can link or curate Open Access resources, arranged by subject for faculty and students to access online (available upon request). Faculty can also request for books and other online resources.

HLL has also hosted webinars on library-related topics to assist faculty in delivering online classes and services.

If you’d like to avail of HLL’s Virtual Reference Services, click the following links below:

Chat BERTHA:
https://facebook.com/cpulibrary

Request for Library Resources via E-mail (exclusive for faculty):
queries should be sent to library@cpu.edu.ph
visit the library catalog at http://destiny@cpu.edu.ph

Open Access Resources- available upon request

Webinars:
https://facebook.com/cpulibrary or http://hll.cpu.edu.ph

For updates please like and follow the library Facebook page
https://facebook.com/cpulibrary

HLL website:
https://hll.cpu.edu.ph