Vernon R. Totanes is the Director of the Rizal Library, Ateneo de Manila University. He finished his PhD at University of Toronto, where he wrote his dissertation, entitled "History of the Filipino History Book," which won him the NCCA's Young Historian's Prize in 2015. He is a licensed librarian with a master's degree in library and information science from the University of the Philippines, and an undergraduate degree in management engineering from the Ateneo de Manila University. 

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