The Marine Science Institute Library has an array collection of marine science resources in print and digital form of books, serials, theses and dissertations, maps, and audiovisuals.
Initial collections are from book donations of in-house researchers, personal subscriptions of faculty, and the Seaweeds and Invertebrates Information Center (SICEN) collection transferred in 1994. The collections comprise a large percentage of reprints from various laboratories of the Institute.
The library maintains a comprehensive source of information in various fields of marine science (i.e. oceanography, marine biology, marine chemistry, marine geology, and marine biotechnology).
It houses the Institute’s significant contribution to Philippine marine science in the research areas of marine biological diversity & tropical ecosystems, archipelagic oceanography, marine biotechnology, and climate change since the official operation of the UP MSI in 1975.