Part 2: October Happenings

We are posting a part 2 of October happenings after we received email announcements and invites of the activities of other library association. Part 1 are all tentatively set activities for October, while this part 2 are all scheduled activities presented in chronological order.

From the Philippine Group of Law Librarians (PGLL) email:

In celebration of its 26th Founding Anniversary, is sponsoring a Forum on "Legal Information Networks : International Experience and Perspective" and General Assembly and Induction of the Newly Elected Officers and Board on October 19, 2007, Monday, 8:00 A.M.– 12:00 Noon at the University of the Philippines (U.P.), College ofLaw, Ambion Room, Malcolm Hall, Diliman, Quezon City.

The speaker is Dr. Holger Knudsen, the Immediate Past President of the International Association of Law Libraries (IALL) and the Library Director of Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg, Germany, will talk about "Legal Information Networks: International Experience and Perspective. "

The forum aims to define the current status and inter-relationships of different types of law libraries and librarians (corporate, special, court, government agency, hospital, institutional, law, newspaper, etc.; to explore the role of law libraries and librarians in the network plan for multi-type library cooperation and resource- sharing; and to assist in furthering the fine-tuning and development of the multi-type library network.

Registration fee is FREE to PGLL members and P200.00 to non-members inclusive of certificate and snack.

Please contact us and confirm your attendance on or before October 15, 2007:

Lily Echiverri, (02) 929-21-80; 920-55-14 loc. 300; lily.echiverri(at)gmail(dot)com;
Nora Rey, (02) 818-98-36; nora_rey(at)cvclaw(dot)com; Sandy David, 899-43-43; sdavid(at)aps(dot)ateneo(dot)edu

From the Ateneo de Manila University Rizal Library (ADMU) email:

The 3rd Rizal Library International Conference with this year theme "From Classroom to Career: Roadmaps to a Library's Success". on October 22-23, 2007 at the Escaler Hall, Science Education Complex, Ateneo de Manila University Loyola Heights Campus, Quezon City.

The Conference Program is designed to encourage and appreciate the exchange of ideas and experiences on strategic plans that ensure responsiveness and relevance of libraries, librarians, and information professionals in the information society. Likewise, the conference pursues how library stakeholders create and manage library roadmaps in a constantly changing society. While it is true that some libraries and information centers have accomplished great strides, they should continue to create new roadmaps to meet greater challenges.

To learn more about the Conference, please access the conference website http://rizal.lib.admu.edu.ph/2007conf/index.htm or contact the organizers via email conference_rizallibrary(at)yahoo(dot)com; wcueto(at)ateneo(dot)edu or call: (02) 426-60-01 Local 5817, 5804; (02)426-59-61.

From the Society of Filipino Archivist (SFA) email:

A live-in Seminar Workshop on "Conservation of Documentary Heritage" on 22-24 October 2007 at the Pearlmont Inn, Cagayan de Oro City.

Registration Fee is P4,900.00 inclusive of registration, accomodation and meals, instructional materials, kit, cost of conservation supplies and other adminsitrative expenses.

Submit your reservation before 17 Oct 2007.

From the PLAI-NCR Librarian Council email:

4-days study tour to Bangkok, Thailand, on October 23-26, 2007.

The objective of this trip is to benchmark the facilities/services/operations of libraries and museums in Thailand and visit cultural/historical places.

The package tour is $350.00. Open to anyone who wants to have the opportunity to visit Bangkok.

We would appreciate very much if you can reserve and pay on/before September 28, 2007. Reservations are on a Book and Buy Basis Only.

For inquiries/reservation/confirmation, please call:

Marlo Chavez, 7356011; email: caslib(at)sanbeda(dot)edu(dot)ph; Lily Echiverri, 9292180; email: lily.echiverri(at)gmail(dot)com; Fe Abelardo, 5250926; email: feabelardo(at)yahoo(dot)com; Eena Narciza, 9268928 / 9269027; email: island_con(at)yahoo(dot)com(dot)ph

If you happen to know other librarian activities set on October 2007, feel free to email us at plaistrlc[at]gmail[dot]com or simply add a comment and we will gladly add them here. Thanks!

NOTE: e-mail syntax edited to reflect recently adopted site advisory.

MIBF Seminars -- Empowering Libraries

The 28th Manila International Bookfair at the World Trade Center has seminars/fora as parallel events of the bookfair that catered to our professional growth and development.

For those who cannot attend the other worthy seminars/fora because they are simultaneously being held, and for those other colleagues not able to visit the MIBF for some valid reasons, we have requested for permission to post the ppt or outline of those presentation. We will post them here in slideshare format and/or provide links to other associations sites that will upload them.

The first ppt we have is from Ma'am Corazon Nera. (Thank you Ma'am). See also Ma'am Nera other uploaded ppt here: 1, 2.

ce-Logic, a subsidiary of C&E Publishing, Inc. free seminar on "Empowering Libraries : The Effect of Modernization and Emerging Technologies in the Philippines" from 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM. The resource speaker is Mrs. Corazon Nera. (Thanks to ce-Logic, and C&E Publishing, Inc. for their continued support of the profession).

This is the introductory lecture by Prof. Corazon M. Nera as a take off for her main lecture. This powerpoint was prepared by Ms. Hermie de Leon:

While this is the main lecture of Prof Corazon M. Nera on "Empowering Librarians" in today's world:

PLAI-STRLC Resolution no. 2006-04

PLAI-STRLC RESOLUTION PRESENTED AND APPROVED DURING THE 3^RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING HELD AT CAPUCHIN RETREAT HOUSE, LIPA CITY, BATANGAS ON 26 SEPTEMBER 2006.

PLAI-STRLC Resolution no. 2006-04

USE OF THE INITIAL RL (Registered Librarian) AFTER THE NAME OF REGISTERED LIBRARIAN

The use of initials before or after a name is an existing practice in some profession (e.g. Law, Nutrition, Nurse, Engineer, etc.) that in past several librarian professional seminars, gatherings, and meetings, a proposal to adopt a similar initials for the licensed librarian was felt needed. But the idea didn’t take off until the STRLC officers brainstormed on the idea after receiving feedback from librarians in the government sector that they experienced discrimination from other profession in their institution with similar PRC supervised board license.

After several brainstorming session, the officer adopted the position of why not use similar initials to further drum beat awareness of the profession and as form of marketing our hard won recognition as one the profession that requires examination before anyone is allowed to practice in the country. The initials of LL (licensed librarian), RIP (Registered Information Professional), and those pattern after the Physical & Occupational therapist, RLRP (Registered librarian of the Republic of the Philippines) were considered. LL was initially favored until someone opined that it could be mistaken for “loko-loko” that finally the officers settled for RL.

It was further agreed by the officers that the proposal be brought to the attention of the GA for approval and widespread adoption.

WHEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED AND ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY WITHOUT DISSENT OR ABSTENTION BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT REGISTERED LIBRARIANS IN REGION IV ARE ENCOURAGE TO USE THE INITIAL OF RL IMMEDIATELY AFTER THEIR LASTNAME TO PROMOTE AWARENESS AND RESPECT FOR THE PROFESSION.

PLAI-STRC Blog First Birthday

Today is Sunday and we are blogging. Hurray!!! We mark today PLAI-STRLC blog's first birthday amidst the birth pains of coming out a post regularly and the officers "intramural" we are experiencing (more on this intramural on succeeding post, be sure to visit again!)

To commemorate this milestone, we challenge ourselves to come out with a month-long daily posting except on Sunday (you noticed?) for the month of August as our simple way of remembering the roller-coaster ride of the past 365 days of the blog existence.

A screen shots of our blog in its initial days:



Please do come back later for more exciting, exclusive, and explosive posting!

LLE 2007 Review Classes

To help our future colleague a better chance of passing this year LLE, we are helping disseminate review classes schedule our dear examinees may opt to take before that final day of reckoning.

For those who missed to enroll for the UP School of Library and Information Studies review classes that started last August 12 to October 28, 2007, an Intensive Review Course for two weeks will be held from October 15-26, 2007 at UP-SLIS Room 3 & 4. The rest of UP-SLIS announcement:

Interested parties are requested to place their reservations early. The number of reviewees to be accepted is limited to 90, on a first come, first served basis. Registration fee is PhP3,700.00 excluding food.

For reservations and further information, please call 981-85-00 locals 2869 to 2871 or e-mail:

shelly.bayang[at]up[dot]edu[dot]ph
josefina.cervas[at]up[dot]edu[dot]ph
zorina.franco[at]up[dot]edu[dot]ph

If you happen to know other librarian review classes for the scheduled November 26 & 27, 2007 examination, please email us at plaistrlc[at]gmail[dot]com or simply add a comment and we will gladly add them here. Thanks!

NOTE: e-mail syntax edited to reflect recently adopted site advisory.

October Happenings

We are posting as early as now other tentatively set events for October so as to guide us and possibly calendar them ahead of time as part of our first semester-ender activities and allot / re-allocate / request budget for our attendance. Details are still preliminary and changes are expected.

First, an email notice for a PTLS-Forum:

August 17, 2007

Dear Colleague:

Please be informed that the PATLS will hold a forum, tentatively set on October 31, 2007, at a venue that will be announced later. We shall invite the writers of the completed modules for the LIS curriculum to present their modules and suggest ways of making these interesting for our students.

We shall also report to the PATLS members the results of a discussion between the members of the Board and some stakeholders on how to improve the MLIS curriculum. We, likewise, hope to create a committee that will propose policies and standards for graduate programs in LIS.

We shall inform you of the details after our September 12 Board meeting.

Thank you very much on behalf of the PATLS Board,

(Sgd.) Vyva Victoria M. Aguirre
Chair, PATLS Conference Committee
U.P. School of Library and Information Studies
Diliman, Quezon City
Tel. 9818500 L-2869 or 0928-6252880

(UPDATE 2 as of 24 Sept 2007)

From Ma'am Vyva Aguirre, PATLS Vice-President email:

The PATLS will hold a forum to present selected teaching modules for LIS. We shall be inviting some of the module writers to present significant portions of the modules and suggest ways by which these can be made more interesting to LIS students.

In the same venue, we shall form a committee that will look into the curriculum of MLIS with a view of standardizing this. Your participation will be a great help towards a better MLIS education.

The forum will be held on November 10, 2007, from 9:00-12:00 am at the PNU Library conference room. We shall be charging a token fee (to be announced later) for the venue and snacks.

Secondly, PLAI-STRLC will hold its seminar and 4th General Assembly, tentatively set this coming October 8-9 2007 in Pansol, Calamba, Laguna. The seminar is tentatively titled "Research Capabilities of Information Specialists : A New Outlook of the trade". (Thanks T. Rose for sharing the info)

Mark now you appointment calendar!


(UPDATE 2 as of 27 Aug 2007)

PLAI-STRLC seminar and 4th General Assembly will be held instead on October 9-10, at La Vista Resort, Pansol, Calamba, Laguna. The seminar tentative title is "Research in Librarianship : Challenges, Competencies and Strategies". The seminar fee is PhP 2,500.00. More details will be announce shortly by the organizing committee.

3rd Prize Library Marketing Brand Contest

Our warmest Congratulations to Ms. Louella Bagis, Librarian of Colegio de San Juan de Letran-Calamba, for having won the third prize in the Library Marketing Brand contest of the recently concluded PNU-LISSA seminar-workshop on Library Customer Care. See her winning entry.

From your colleagues in PLAI-STRLC, keep up the good work!

STRLC Members Links to their Friendster Page

If you have not noticed it yet (at least for those regular reader of this blog!), we have added links in the names of the 2007 paid STRLC & lifetime members to their friendster page to increase familiarization of the biographical information of some STRLC member. This move will atleast (we fervently hope) energize those who have signed up to update their page and upload recent photos to facilitate recognition among STRLC members in any events or gatherings we attended and thus increase the likelihood of greater cooperation and shared undertakings. Likewise, for those members without yet an account will be motivated enough to sign up and felt their presence in the social networking sites and be a part of the 21st century.

Incidentally, Von latest post lamented on the state of librarianship in the country:

What is the state of librarianship in the Philipines? I think the fact that PLAI and PATLS do not have websites says a lot about "Philippine librarianship in the 21st century." And of those librarians' associations that do have websites, some have not been updated in years. There seems to be a disconnect between what has been said—and will continue to be said—at seminars and conferences about the skills librarians need today and what is actually being done by those responsible for the continuing education of professional librarians and current and future LIS students.

Prompting Arnold to comment:

The same, when you left. The same ten years ago. The same for God knows how long ago.

- Same people running the different professional associations.

- Same people delivering lectures/talk about almost the same "emerging trends" topics

At the very beginning of STRLC blog existence, we helped in the promotion/marketing of other librarians associations seminars, conferences, fora, activities, etc. and never seen them as competitor in providing for the professional growth and continuing education of our colleagues but rather as a partner in creating a critical mass of highly motivated individuals to propel the association to greater heights 3-5 years from now.

Although a group within STRLC viewed & insisted that our blog exist purely for strlc sponsored activities and not to serve as other association marketing machine (READ: cpe provider competitor). We resisted this myopic view and persevered to post other associations events hoping that someday a critical mass of participants will be created.

We are even a trailblazer for posting immediately online the conference ppt and made this open access to all interested colleagues and forfeiting an opportunity to re-use the material for another paid conference or fora. We believe and continue to believe that posting those ppt online far outweight the monetary gain we will get to the immediate and unquantifiable need of other colleagues not able to attend said activity to improve their professional knowledge & competence.

We believed that forming a critical mass of technologically aware and inclined members will save the day for the association soon atleast initially in the Southern Tagalog Region. We hope that this linking will instill awareness on every member of the association to take an active role in moving out from the "old culture" and be a part of the "emerging culture of excellence in the profession" in a more collaborative, transparent, and collegial way (RBManlangit and AGAnday)

Note: Just in case you are a paid member and you have a friendster account that we have missed. Please send us a comment or a note and we will gladly add you. For those whose account we are not sure, we deliberately did not include them since the account has not been verified or if we inadvertedly added the wrong link to your page, promptly call our attention. We are more than glad to hear from you. Thanks.

Site Advisory

This site is best viewed in Firefox. Due to some technical aspect of html coding we are not too familiar with and coupled by our limited free time to troubleshoot the problem during office hours, Internet Explorer (IE) users may think some part of article takes too long to load when in facts there is none (e.g. viewed this post in IE and then in Firefox). Not too long ago some % (percentage) character showed interspersed in the posted article when viewed in IE but none in Firefox. We have resolved this technical hurdle already. Time to switch to Firefox perhaps?

Likewise, we noted in the Sitemeter visitor tracking software that quite a number of this site visitors are looking for hotmail or yahoo email addresses we suspect might be spammers or scam artists. We were not that bothered before since zero minute was consumed, and only the Google / Yahoo referred page was viewed. Lately we noticed that they are spending quite sometime viewing posted articles culled from a Google / Yahoo search result.

We considered ourselves responsible netizens and thus to avoid spam robots or scam artist from harvesting email addresses in this site, we resolved to re-edit earlier posted articles with email addresses following this syntax: name(at)site(dot)com We may opt to use square brackets instead of parenthesis to mislead spam robots. I guess we need just to "cut and paste" the email addresses from now on and just change the (at) and (dot) to arrive at the correct syntax.

We hope this small inconvenience we have to bear will make Internet less traffic for spams and con artists.

Quezon Librarians Association (QLA) Forum

The Quezon Librarians Associations (QLA) will hold a one-day "Forum on the Eminent Role of Librarians In Research Management and Development" on 14 September 2007 (Friday) at Sacred Heart College, Lucena City.

The forum is open to all librarians, library assistants, support staff, teacher-librarians and other information professionals. It aims to cultivate clearer understanding on the role of librarians and other information professionals in research and management development.

The forum fee is P200.00 to cover lunch, snacks and kit. An additional P100.00 as registration fee for new QLA members.

For more information and reservation, please contact Mrs. Teresita DJ. Magbag / MSEUF - Tel No. 710-8431; Mrs. Lally Zapata / Maryhill College - cp no. 09184494306 or any of the executive officers.

To view earlier QLA held forum here.