PASLI Officers, 2013-2015

Congratulations to the new set of PASLI Officers 2013-2015

President : Marie Joie Agojo Lobo – International School-Manila
Vice-President : Gemma Murillo- Cuña – Claret School of Quezon City
Secretary : Cristina Larracas – Colegio San Agustin
Assistant Secretary : Gilbert Cerezo – Columban College-Olongapo City
Treasurer : Connie Jimenez – Olongapo City National High School
Assistant Treasurer : Maria Gia Gamolo – Paco Catholic School
Auditor: Marites Koh – Mariano Marcos Memorial High School
P.R.O. : Mark Fernando Morana – Ateneo de Manila High School

Board Members:

Myrna Pereyra Macapia – Enverga University - Quezon Province
Josefina Santos – DCS High School
Jhona Calamanan – St. Scholastica’s College
Marjorie Aquino — La Salle Greenhills

Representative from Visayas: Bea Yap Martinez – Philippine Christian Gospel School - Cebu City
Representative from Mindanao: Rubilyn Aguidan – Ateneo de Zamboanga G.S.

Role of Special Libraries in the Digital Age

Reinventing the School Library

Click here for the Invitation, here for the Program, 

here for the CHED memo, here to Register Online

PLAI President Elizabeth R. Peralejo

UP Eng'g Library BLIS-OJT, Summer 2013

EnggLib is now accepting BLIS OJTees for the summer semester. Learn various skills and knowledge that will prepare you for the librarianship profession. Contact us at 9818500 local 3251, reference@engglib2.upd.edu.ph or visit EnggLib 1 (Melchor Hall) or EnggLib 2 (UPAECH Bldg).

Info Source: FB posting_UP-SLIS Community group

Developing Librarians' Leadership Skills

The Philippine Librarians Association Inc., in partnership with the Rizal Library of the Ateneo deManila University, will be conducting a forum on “Planning for the Future: Developing Librarians’ Leadership Skills” on April 15, 2013 at 1:30 PM to be held at the Rizal Library, Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City.

We have invited Stephen Abram, one of Library Journal’s original “Movers & Shakers” in 2002, to lead the discussion. Mr. Abram is former president of both the Special Libraries Association and the Canadian Library Association, and has been the keynote speaker at numerous conferences around the world. With his expertise, this forum aims to enlighten the participants on the possible scenarios that the library will be facing in the future and how library leaders and workers should prepare for the new developments in the field.

In this regard, we invite you to attend this forum since this is an opportune time to meet an expert and to listen to his talk on the said topic. Those who wish to come earlier may also be given, upon request, a tour of the Rizal Library before the forum. Further, this will be a chance for those who would like to renew their membership to PLAI.

The registration fee is P250.00 for MEMBERS, P300.00 for NON-MEMBERS and P100.00 for STUDENTS. For inquiries, please contact: Michael A. Pinto (uslt_dol@yahoo.com / 09269604830), Susan O. Pador (spador@ateneo.edu / 09281693334), Eimee Lagrama (eimee.lagrama@gmail.com / 09175081877).

BRLC Seminar-Workshop on Indexing

New Information Literacy (IL) book from Unesco

This collection of Information Literacy (IL) Resources from around the world is divided into 42 language lists and includes selected resources – from websites, books, journals and other kinds of publications – that were provided by contributors from different countries and institutions and compiled by Dr Forest Woody Horton Jr.

In order to provide an inclusive and multilingual approach, this publication brings together contributions from IL experts from all over the world. By listing resources in several widely spoken languages, it enables professionals, researchers and individuals from various backgrounds and nationalities to access relevant information in their native languages.

 The author’s objective is that school teachers and school librarians, at the appropriate primary and secondary grade levels, team together to prepare lesson plans and tutorials to introduce information literacy training into the classroom, by using the extensive native language resources. In addition, it is also expected that Library and Information Science faculty at higher education institutions, independent practicing IL consultants, and private sector training companies will collaborate closely to design, organize workshops to train native language IL trainers.

Download your e-copy from Unesco here.

Research Colloquium

2013 Women's Month Celebration

2013 Women's Month Celebration 

Theme: “Kababaihan: Gabay sa Pagtahak 

sa Tuwid na Daan”

The Women’s Month/Day Celebration is pursuant to:

Proclamation No. 224 s. 1988 declaring the first week of March each year as Women’s Week and March 8 as Women’s Rights and International Peace Day; 

Proclamation No. 227 s. 1988 providing for the observance of the Month of March as Women’s Role in History Month; and 

Republic Act (RA) 6949 s. 1990 declaring March 8 of every year as National Women’s Day.

The objectives of this year’s celebration are as follows: 

To highlight women’s leadership roles, participation in-decision making, and participation in the political arena, peace-building and conflict resolution; 

To build upon the gains achieved under existing mechanisms and institutions that support women and gender-responsive governance; and

To strengthen partnership with media in promoting women’s rights and in advocating to address gender issues.