Faculty

Biography

Dr. Fernan R. Dizon is a part-time, Senior Lecturer III at the UP School of Library and Information Studies. He is also the Division Chief of the Copyright Services Division, Bureau of Copyright and Other Related Rights of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines. Previously, he was the Division Chief of the Knowledge Management Division, Development Information Staff of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Head of the Library System, San Sebastian College-Recoletos, Manila, and former Executive Managing Director of the Knowledge Resource Center, Asian Institute of Management (AIM). He also held various positions at the Rizal Library, Ateneo de Manila University, where he worked for almost fifteen years. He also taught library and information science courses at the University of the East-Graduate School and at the Jose Rizal University-Graduate School for the Baliuag University’s MLIS program.

Research Interest

Library management, Reference and information services, Records management and archives, Copyright infrastructure and metadata, and Emerging issues on copyright and related rights.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Education, University of the Philippines, Diliman

Master in Library and Information Science (MLIS), University of the Philippines, Diliman

Bachelor in Secondary Education degree, University of Santo Tomas