ALAP Celebrates NBW2017 via an On the Spot Poster Making Contest

In Celebration of National Book week, ALAP will be having an On the Spot Poster Making Contest tomorrow at the UPLB University Library.

ALAP Forum : Open Educational Resources : its Impact to Libraries

ALAP Forum & 43rd General Assembly

Agricultural Librarians Association of the Philippines (ALAP) invites you to attend its Forum on Quality Management System and ISO in Libraries and 43rd General Assembly, June 5, 2015, CCDL, UP Open University, Los Banos, Laguna, 8:30AM - 4:30PM

Please confirm your attendance on or before May 29, 2015.

For more info please contact Ms. Vangie Alcantara, ALAP Secretary (Cellphone: 09175056120; Telephone: (049) 536-2251; Email: ela1018@yahoo.com) or email : alap61972@gmail.com

ALAP Forum and General Assembly

17 March 2015

Dear Colleagues:

Greetings from the Agricultural Librarians Association of the Philippines (ALAP), an organization of librarians and information professionals from private and government agencies, agricultural colleges and universities and other institutions conducting research in agriculture, natural resources and allied fields.

ALAP, in partnership with the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) will be holding a forum on “Quality Management System and ISO in Libraries”on 05 June 2015, 8:30AM to 12:00NN, at UPOU CCDL Auditorium, UPOU Headquarters, Los Baños, Laguna.The ALAP General Assembly will alsobe held in the afternoon at 1:00 to 5:00PM. These events will highlight the celebration of the 43rd founding anniversary of the association.

In connection with this, we are inviting you to attend the said forum / General Assembly and celebrate with us on this memorable day.The forum fee will be Php500.00 inclusive of AM and PM snacks, lunchand kits. Attached is the registration form and program for the said events.

For reservation and further queries, please contact (1) Ms. Adelina M. Esperante, ALAP President (amesperante@up.edu.ph); or (2) Nimphas E. Javier, ALAP Vice President (nejavier@yahoo.com; or (3) Evangeline L. Alcantara, Board Secretary (ela1018@yahoo.com).

We hope to see you and warmest regards.

Respectfully yours,

NIMPHAS E. JAVIER

Vice President and Conference Chair

Noted by:

ADELINA M. ESPERANTE

President

DepEd Advisory No.244 s.2014

Research Proposal Made Easy : ALAP 42th Anniversary

ALAP Forum 2013 Participants

Group picture of  50+ participants with the speakers during the recently held Agricultural Librarians Association of the Philippines forum entitled "Harvesting Online Resources and Cloud Computing" and celebration of the ALAP 41st anniversary last June 7, 2013 at the UPLB Main Library.

ALAP Forum on Harvesting Online Resources

Agricultural Librarians Association of the Philippines will celebrate its 41st anniversary on June 7, 2013 (Friday), 8-5 PM at the UPLB Main Library through a forum entitled "Harvesting Online Resources and Cloud Computing"

The forum fee is Php 500.00 to cover snacks, lunch and certificates.

ALAP Forum & General Assembly 2013

Bring a friend and visit UP Los Banos Main Library!

When : June 7, 2013 8am - 5 pm

AM - join us as we listen and learn from experts about "Harvesting Online Resources & Cloud Computing"
PM - attend Agricultural Librarians Association of the Philippines (ALAP) General Assembly

Forum Speakers
Topic 1 - Dan Anthony Dorado, SLIS, UP Diliman
Topic 2 - Marco van den Berg, IRRI

Forum Fee: Php 500. only!

Host: Agricultural Librarians Association of the Philippines (ALAP)

Reserve a seat now!
Contact us at 0908-2903941 / 0905-3527943 (lorenz)
Email us at lorenz_ph@yahoo.com / vbs728@yahoo.com (vicky)

Harvesting Online Resources and Cloud Computing

Dear Colleague:

Greetings!

Agricultural Librarians Association of the Philippines will celebrate its 41st anniversary on June 7, 2013 at the UPLB Main Library through a forum entitled “Harvesting Online Resources and Cloud Computing”.

There are common questions from information professionals, researchers as well as library users that this seminar would like to address: these are 1) How can we gather free digital resources to augment our print collections; 2) How can we systematically search, download, and share these reliable materials to our library users; 3) what do we need to know about cloud computing; and 4) how is cloud computing influencing the way we keep and share information?

Please come and bring a friend or colleague to join us, as we learn from the invited experts on the topics.

The forum fee is Php 500.00 to cover snacks, lunch and certificates.

During the forum, exhibits of agricultural websites will be displayed at the UPLB Main Library lobby while ALAP's General Assembly starts at 1pm onwards.

For reservation and inquiries please contact Andriette S. Valdez at 0908-320-9416 or Evangeline L. Alcantara at 0916-5056120 or get in touch with any ALAP officers.

See you there!

Very truly yours,

LORENZA D. OLIVEROS

Vice-President and

Chair, Conference Committee

Noted by:

VICTORIA B. SANDOVAL

President

ALAP 39th Anniversary and General Assembly

ALA Banned Books Week

From American Library Association (ALA) site:

Banned Books Week

September 29–October 6, 2007

Free People Read Freely ®

Banned Books Week (BBW) celebrates the freedom to choose or the freedom to express one’s opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular and stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of those unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints to all who wish to read them. After all, intellectual freedom can exist only where these two essential conditions are met. As the Intellectual Freedom Manual (ALA, 7th edition) states:

“Intellectual freedom can exist only where two essential conditions are met: first, that all individuals have the right to hold any belief on any subject and to convey their ideas in any form they deem appropriate; and second, that society makes an equal commitment to the right of unrestricted access to information and ideas regardless of the communication medium used, the content of the work, and the viewpoints of both the author and receiver of information. Freedom to express oneself through a chosen mode of communication, including the Internet, becomes virtually meaningless if access to that information is not protected. Intellectual freedom implies a circle, and that circle is broken if either freedom of expression or access to ideas is stifled.”

Why is that this celebration of "the freedom to choose or the freedom to express one’s opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular" is not observed nor local version adapted for our national association to celebrate? Is it because of our cultural differences to our American colleagues?

How do we celebrate our own BBW? For a moment, lets ponder why our younger colleagues seldom bother to contradict nor express (at least publicly) contrary opinion to superior/head of association or committee/elder colleagues in the profession?

Those few who dare are either labeled as unprofessional, impatient, cannot "wait for their time to shine", arrogant or simply a "trouble-maker" and not a team player. When will be the day when our beloved association/profession can handle diversity of opinion of individual members and respect them for that? Is it doable?

ALAP @ 35 Forum

The Agricultural Librarians Association of the Philippines (ALAP) held a well attended one day forum last 08 June 2007 at the College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT) Library, UP Los Baños, Laguna in celebration of their 35th founding anniversary. The theme for this year anniversary forum is "Empowering Information Professionals for Library 2.0".

The ALAP blog posted the presentation of the speakers in slideshare format. Dr. Nora Claravall papers deals with “Meeting the Expectations of Today”s Users” and Mrs. Mila Ramos, (Chief Librarian, IRRI) “The Role of Libraries and Librarians in the 21st Century”. View the ppt here.

Read also Mrs. Mila Ramos post ALAP Celebrates 35th Anniversary here.

ALAP @ 35: Empowering Information Professionals for Library 2.0

In celebration of the 35th Anniversary of the Agricultural Librarians Association of the Philippines (ALAP), a one day forum will be conducted on June 8, 2007 (Friday) at the College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT) Library, UP Los Baños, Laguna.

The theme of the forum is "Empowering Information Professionals for Library 2.0". The forum aims to update librarians and information managers on the new path of the profession and current applications of information communication technologies (ICTs) on library services. In addition, this occasion will also serve as a reunion of all ALAP members in the country, see program for details. Forum fee is P100 for members and P150 for non-members (to cover snacks, lunch, handouts and certificate).

For reservations and further inquiries, please send an email to alap_uplb(at)yahoo(dot)com ; vilma_uplb(at)yahoo(dot)com or contact Ms. Noemi G. Tolentino @ (0917)7635891; Ms. Connie DL. Saul @ (0916) 2305610; Ms. Vilma G. Anday @ (0915) 7860578 on or before May 25, 2007. (VGAnday)