Books in Spanish from the Philippines published between 1500-1900

The colonization of the Philippines was a complex and lengthy process that led to the emergence of Spanish-language non-fiction and fiction literature in the archipelago. Filipino intellectuals, emerging from the Spanish-imposed education system, became a force against colonialism by producing Spanish fiction and non-fiction. Despite the shift to English during American colonization, Spanish-language literature continued to evolve, reflecting Filipino resilience. The Catholic Church significantly shaped Filipino society through the Spanish education system. This article focuses on themes of identity, colonialism, and aspirations for freedom found in Spanish-language works published in the Philippines or Spain, and the Filipino intellectuals who contributed to this narrative. Theoretical frameworks by Benedict Anderson and Partha Chatterjee provide insights into how Filipino authors used Spanish to articulate a collective identity, fostering a unique national consciousness even within th..., For data collection, the author used purposive sampling using the Choreo Insights- a tool developed by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) to provide real-time information about the holdings in academic libraries to avoid potential duplication and collaborate to build sustainable collections moving forward, as many academic libraries face budgetary and space constraints. The Choreo Insights tool allows for comparing two academic libraries' collections to see the overlap or gap in collections. For this analysis, since the author wanted to establish the collections of the UC Berkeley library, the author deliberately chose the University of California-San Francisco (UCSF) as a library against which the analysis was run.
UCSF primarily collects items related to medicine and biological sciences; thus, the study showed no overlap in collections. For the format, the author only opted for printed books because these unlike the manuscripts formed the part of the general collections that wa..., , # Books in Spanish from the Philippines published between 1500-1900

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.q83bk3jt0](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.q83bk3jt0)

## Description of the data and file structure

In the submitted datasets where additional information was not available or missing, I have added 'not available' (n/a) in each empty cell to avoid ambiguity. For example, in Appendix 3 that shows the authors who wrote in Spanish in the Philippines, but I could not locate copies of their works in the UC Berkeley Library's catalog, I have added n/a in those cells. In other instances, where I could not locate digitized publicly accessible copies of these items, I have added n/a to those cells.

The dataset includes the following three Excel files

### Appendix3modified.xlsx

Appendix 3: This appendix includes list of authors from the Philippines whose publications were found in the UC Berkeley Library's catalog at the time of data extraction. This file includes following column names: Author,...,