THE UNIVERSITY of the Philippines Visayas launched “Chat Bisay,” a library virtual chat service for members of its community.

The university said the online library uses Facebook as its main platform.

“Bisay is the avatar used by the library as virtual assistant or persona that users interact with, though librarians are the ones who provide necessary information via chat messaging,” UPV said.

“Facebook is being used as the platform for this service as most of our users have a Facebook account and it is more convenient for them to send a message through Facebook messenger,” it added.

UPV said the concept of Bisay was based on Library Virtual Services Assistance and Interactions.

Students and faculty members who want to use Chat Bisay can visit the UP Visayas University Library Facebook Page UPVUniversityLibrary or can e-mail [email protected].