New Librarians for 2007

The PLAI - Southern Tagalog Region Librarians Council (STRLC) congratulates and welcomes the new librarians who passed the Librarian Licensure Examination given by the Board for Librarians last November 26-27, 2007.

*Note: New librarians from the Southern Tagalog Region are highlighted. If you are from Southern Tagalog Region and your name is not yet highlighted, please leave a comment or email us. Thank you.

UPDATE as of 1 December 2007

List of Top Ten Placers (taken from Manila Bulletin, Dec 1, 2007 issue)

1. Reyna M. Parman	87.05% UP Diliman
2. Jeffrey Y. Merana	86.70% UP Diliman
3. Anna Liza G. Orocay	86.00 % UP Diliman
4. Aries C. Espino	85.85% Baliuag University
5. Chona F. San Pedro	85.75% PNU Manila
6. Joan B. Dadang	85.40% UP Diliman
7. Riza R. Eica	85.25% UE Manila
8. Joan R. Quindor	84.85% Central Philippine University
9. Palma Clarissa V. Carillo	84.80% UST
10. Katrina R. Romero Fairlyn H. Sarga	84.70% UP Diliman

Below is the complete article and listing of passers taken from the online issue of Philippine Star, November 30, 2007:

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 278 out of 868 passed the Librarian Licensure Examination given by the Board for Librarians in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cebu, Davao and Legazpi this November 2007.

The members of the Board for Librarians who gave the licensure examination are Corazon M. Nera, Chairman; Elizabeth R. Peralejo and Elnora L. Conti, Members. Registration for the issuance of Professional Identification Card (ID) and Certificate of Registration will start on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 but not later than December 21, 2007. Those who will register are required to bring the following: duly accomplished Oath Form or Panunumpa ng Propesyonal, current Community Tax Certificate (cedula), 2 pieces passport size picture (colored with white background and complete nametag), 1 piece 1" x 1" picture (colored with white background and complete nametag), 2 sets of metered documentary stamps, and 1 short brown envelope with name and profession; and to pay the Initial Registration Fee of P600 and Annual Registration Fee of P450 for 2007-2010. Successful examinees should personally register and sign in the Roster of Registered Professionals. The oathtaking ceremony of the successful examinees in the said examination as well as the previous ones who have not taken their Oath of Professional will be held before the Board on Monday, January 7, 2008 at 1:30 in the afternoon at the Manila Hotel, One Rizal Park, Manila.

Following is the list of Successful Applicants:

ABANIA, LUISA GANDIA
ABELLANA, MARIA FE CIMAFRANCA
ABLES, MICHELLE ARANTE
ABRIGO, JOY ANNE LUMANLAN
ACOSTA, SHEENA FELICIANO
ADIL, MYRLIE LIM
ADISON, MARIO SUNDAY CANSON
ADRIATICO, MARIE JOY DIRECTO
AFRICA, ANNA MICHELLE ICASIANO
AGNER, ROSE ANN BABON
ALAMIS, ELENITA DILICANA
ALBARACIN, AILYNHOPE CABASE
ALDABA, BYRON RUIZ
ALIANZA, SHERLYN MAE DOONG
AMADEO, ELVIRA NAVALTA
AMANTE, MA SALVACION PALENZUELA
AMIO, ANGELICA DIZON
AMOR, AMELITA MURILLO
ANCINO, JUNISA PRADO
ANGOY, MEYCHELL SON-OC
ARAGON, DONNA LOU ALMAIZ
ARELLANO, MARIBEL BADIVAL
ARINDAENG, FLORA MAE DUPA
ATIBAGOS, ANTHONY ATIPONGAN
AUSTRIA, JACQUELINE GARCIA
AVANZADO, CRISTINA MORDEN
AVISO, HELEN MACARAYAN
AÑOBER, ROBELIEN TORREGOSA
BALATAY, LANI COLICO
BALDERAS, JUVY FAILANGCA
BALOLOY, RONNA AÑONUEVO
BANAL, KAREEN DE JESA
BARCEBAL, MARIAN ROSE CATALDAVAN
BAUTISTA, JUVYLYN OBRA
BAWAG, CELESTE ATIENZA
BEDE, MANUEL JR DAGIW-A
BELANDRES, JULIETA SAN JOSE
BELDAD, MIRAFE FABRE
ANIA, MICHELLE EVANGELISTA - Batangas Province
BERNARDO, OLIVIA GUERRERO
BETANA, ORLYN LACABA
BETIA, MARK RYAN QUIAMBAO
BILAN, NANET LIBRELLA
BONINA, MA CRISTINA LATOSA
BORJA, RIA CLARIZ SUELLO
BORJAL, RODERICK TOLLEDO
BRIÑAS, MYLENE AGATO
BUENAVENTURA, GRACIA ELPOSAR
BULAON, MARK ANTHONY AGULTO
BURIGSAY, JANE JOSE
CABALLERO, CATHARINE GOMA
CABICO, GINA MEQUIN
CABUÑAG, CESAR AGAS
CADELIÑA, ESMERALDA DELA CRUZ
CALAUNAN, ARUNAH SIOBAL
CALAYCAY, ANGELICA CARULLO
CANOZA, RONALDO OFALDA
CAPLIS, ELVINA RACILES
CAPULE, EMELINDA LEGASPI
CARILLO, PALMA CLARISSA VALEROSO
CASAR, NIHAYA GURO
CASTAÑARES, EMBER ILEJAY
CASTRO, EDELYN CARBONILLA
CASTRO, REINA FLOR ALEJO
CAYABYAB, LANA CABANGON
CAYABYAB, MARK JAMES GAMOS
CAÑOS, SHARON JANE MANGULABNAN
CEREZO, GILBERT VISTA
CEZAR, AIHLIEN CORPUZ
CHUA, RAYMUND MELVIN SANTIAGO
CLAUNA, MARIFE SISON
COO, MARICEL VILLANUEVA
CORTEZ, IMIE CONCEPCION LOREN
COSIDO, VIOLETA RAYLA
CUBOS, MARIA THERESA MICAELA CHUA
DADANG, JOAN BAGAS
DADUBO, DAVE VIRGEL FULE
DADURAL, GUIA FALLARNA
DAGALE, ENRICO ABRUGAR
DALMACIO, ALFRED ESCANLAR
DAZO, CAROLINA GUEVARRA
DE GUZMAN, VILMA LADRINGAN
DE LA CRUZ, MAREBEL UMALI
DE LOS REYES, LOUISE IAN TIMONERA
DEBALUCOS, ROVILYN PADRE-E
DEE, AARON JED ONG
DEL PILAR, ANALIZA PLATON - Quezon Province
DELA CRUZ, VANNESSA LAGUERTA
DELOS SANTOS, ANNE CAMILLE CAPILAR
DELOS SANTOS, NERIZA CABIGAO
DIONSAY, DANIEL ESTELLORE
DOMETITA, REXNEL DINO
DOMINADO, LIEZL MANLULU
DORINGO, MA TERESA MIRADORA
DURAN, CRISTINA PALADAN
DURON, ALONA DELOS SANTOS
ECLEVIA, CARLOS JR LAGROSAS
EJERCITO, LYN ESPIÑA
ELICA, RIZA REYES
ELLA, LILIAN FRANCO
EMANO, JUDY ANN MIACO
ENCARNACION, RAYMOND ILAO
ESPARDIÑEZ, JEREME BUENDIA
ESPINO, ARIES CRUZ
ESTAL, MARYFLOR BETERO
ESTUESTA, ELVIS MANUEL
FAJAGUTANA, ARCHIE BILLANES
FIGUEROA, ZYRA MERCADO
FLORENDO, RUGIE CALUZA
FLORES, AILEEN ALMONTE
FONSECA, NOEL NATHANIEL JIMENO
FRANCISCO, MICHAEL CAMET
FRANCO, ARNEL CRUZ
FREJAS, DOMINICA TOMINES
FUNCLARA, ROSALLY DIMASAYAO
GAAS, ALFEL MARY JAN REMERATA
GABASA, DENNIS BAGUIO
GABIA, JOEBERT DALI-AN
GADORES, LOURDES ANOTDE
GALANG, OFELIA AQUINO
GALO, ARCHIE DEPACTO
GALORA, HUWARAN MAPALARIN SINAG CARLOS
GARCIA, AISA CAMILON -Quezon Province
GARCIA, JENNYLYN CAPARAS
GARCIA, JENNYLYN HIPOLITO
GARLAN, RUBI ROSA VALENCIA
GARMA, MARILYN RUGA
GAYANILO, ROMNICK HENRIC HENRY MIRANDA
GELERA, MARVE ENDENCIO
GERCITOSANTO, STEPHANIE MOSQUEDA
GERVACIO, PAOLO FELIZARDO
GLARIADA, JOHN VINCENT ARCHIVAL
GLORIA, JOANA KRISTINA MOLON
GOKEY, SHARON TAMPOC
GONDA, JOJIE ABANES
GONZALEZ, ROBERTO RODEL ROMANO
GORTIFACION, JOEL
GRONA, MARIA LARA CHAVEZ
GUILLES, DENNIS MARCO TOMENBANG
GUIMARY, JO-ANN TINAMBACAN
HARE, FATIMA PORRAS
HERNANDO, ROSA MAY MUAÑIA
HERRERA, SHIRLEY ONG
HIPOLITO, MARLON AMARO
HORNEJA, ROXANNE ENCARNACION FACTO
IGNACIO, KRIS MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ
ILAGAN, AILEEN NACARIO
INTANO, CANDIDA AZARCON
JAAFAR, TADZ MAJAL AYESHA VERDOTE
JUANILLO, MARAH PASCUA
KALNGAN, MICHAEL LLOYD JULIAN
LAGNE, EDNA DEQUILLA
LAGOS, ESTERLITA DUMAGPI
LANDICHO, SHERYL CINDY DIAZ
LANZUELA, ANDREW GAVINA
LAPAD, CHERRY LOVE MAE DAHINO
LASCANO, JOEL PIJAN
LASTICA, JOANN CONSTANTINO
LAURENTE, SARAH JANE GERONA
LAZARO, KAREN FERRER
LEGASPI, CONNIE LEA CALINGASAN
LENGWA, LEA GAUT
LEPAGO, CLARENCE KIAL
LEPALAM, VERONICA JIMENEZ
LESCANO, MARY GRACE TIBAYAN
LIBAG, FRAHMARIE MIGUEL
LISONDRA, ARDNASIL NOVELA
LIWANAG, APRIL RODRIGUEZ
LIZARONDO, MARIA WILMA TERRORA
LLAGUNO, ANA NANETH HISOLER
LLANES, LOURDES ABENDANIO
LOGRONIO, DAISYVIL CORDOVA
LOMERIO, REINA RADA
LUMAYNO, CHELLY SALANG
LUMIBAO, MARIEL COLLADO
MABUNGA, NANCY CARLOS
MACADANGDANG, MA DANA CARBONEL
MACALANDA, ANGELIE MAE DUQUES
MACALANTONG, FAISHANIE POLOG
MACAPIA, MYRNA PEREYRA - Quezon province
MADIGYEM, SHENNA MAARAY
MAGLAQUE, CLARISSA PARULAN
MAGLAQUE, LYNDERLITTE MERO
MAMANAO, GEMMA CALIGUIRAN
MAMATTONG, SHERYL BUTIC
MANLAPAZ, MADEL CANLAS
MANLAPIG, BELLE CADAO
MANUMBALE, ANSELMA MENDOZA
MANZALAY, JETT ANGALA
MARCELINO, JANETH ABSIN
MEDINA, MA KATRINA GAPE
MENDOZA, GERLIE NAVARRO
MERAÑA, JEFFREY YORRO
MERCADO, MARIA SHIELA FORBES
MIAQUE, WILLIAM LOPEZ
MIRANDA, CHARLOTELYN OBO
MISMISIN, MARIEDONE DIO
MOJARES, APOLINARIO RANILLO - Quezon province
MONTECILLO, ELISA LEONARDO
MORALES, MARICONE BARIN
NABUSAN, RHEA JADE WASSIG
NAPILOT, AURELIO JR MICIANO
NEPOMUCENO, JADE MORTEL
NIPES, LOURDELENE QUIME
NON, NENITA PAGAYON
OCAMPO, MARK ANTHONY MAMALIAS
OGLIMEN, MA ELOISA TRUFIL
OMANDAM, AUBREY JARA
OMPOC, MARLON GALINATO
ORBETA, GRACE BUNSUCAN
OROCAY, ANNA LIZA GAGATIGA
ORTIGAS, KAREEN KER CARMAN
OSANO, JENNY ORTEGA
PADAGDAG, RONNAVETH
PAGATPATAN, MARIANNE MOLATO
PAGULAYAN, LYRA JOYCE NAVARRO
PANGAN, CHARLITA TEODOSIO
PANIERGO, GIRLIE ERESUELA
PANSINSOY, MA VICTORIA SALIDO
PARENTE, MICHAEL CANOY
PARMAN, REYNA MAGLUNOB
PASCUA, SONIA MANALO
PASCUAL, MARY GENE PASCUA
PATAJO, JANICE EMBERNATE
PERDIGUERRA, JEAN RAZZELL CALUSA
PEREZ, MARILOU GRACE BLANCO
PEREZ, MONICA GUERRERO
PERNIA, MARIA TERESA CARMEN
PIOCOS, ROMELYN MONTESA
PONCE, DONA CRISTAL
PORRAS, GINA PUNSALAN
PORTO, CHARLYN CALLEJA
QUINDOR, JOAN RICO
RAMINTAS, CIRILA BARQUILLA
RAYOS, ROXANNE ASILO
REVELO, FLORENTINA TALIBONG
REY, ENGRACIA GATCHEALEJO
RIVERA, DANA MICHELE ORBINAR
ROBOSA, KARLO MARTIN MARTINEZ
RODIS, IRENE MAMARIL
ROLDAN, ROXANNE SANTOS
ROMERO, KATRINA REFUERZO
SABELO, DAISY WILLIAM
SAGUISA, MERCEDITA LUCERO
SAGUN, KARRYL KIM ABELLA
SALVADOR, REBECCA LOPEZ
SAMONTE, JOANNE LUCIANO
SAN PEDRO, CHONA FABON
SANDOVAL, VICTORIA BRIONES
SANOAN, SUSANA AGELBA
SANTOS, CESAR RYAN MARAMAG
SANTOS, JONATHAN FAUSTINO
SANTOS, RIENALYN LOPEZ
SARGA, FAIRLYN HADUCA
SAWEY, MARILINE BABAB
SEMILLA, MAIZEL BIBAT
SEPTIMO, LIEZEL VIVAR
SIBAYAN, SHEENA KATE ATIWAG
SISON, ANTONIO III EMNACIN
SOMBILLA, LENNIE RUTH LACUESTA
SOSMEÑA, ISABEL ENEMENZO
SUAGA, EUGENIA ESTRULLO
SUGALA, EMMA DAPLINAN
SUMALINDAO, ARCHIE BARRIOQUINTO
SURMELA, SR MA BARBARA OP SOGO-AN
TABIQUE, VITA ANGELI PHILEIN VILLAFLOR
TAMAYO, AMY LAPUZ
TENEFRANCIA, JULIE ANN CABALLES
TEODORO, RAYMOND LAZO
TORRES, MA CRINEZA BANAGUAS
VALLE, BERNADETTE PEREZ
VALLO, LUISITO ADALIGA
VENERACION, MARILYN RAMOS
VILLALON, HAZEL CELESTE NUNAG
VILLASIS, MICHELLE RONOLO
WONG, JOSE RAPHAEL MANALOTO
YORO, SHERYL JOY LACUESTA
ZAMBOANGNON, ABETHA PERMANO

Successful Applicants for Registration Without Examination

ARCILLA, JULIA WALSIEN
LAZALITA, HERMINIA ABIQUIBIL
MANGAO, SATURNINA JUBAC
MANGODA, ZENAIDA MANGOTARA
PANTOLA, ALICIA TABLAN
RAMIREZ, JAIME ILAS

NBDB 2007 Readership Survey

(As our "in-house quality control measure", any post written by the other must be reviewed or checked by the other partner for his/her timely comments/peer review before it got published, hence the delay in some post to be published besides other "task of equal importance" in our own offices/libraries than proofreading an article. Likewise I wrote a lot of draft potentials topics and in various stage of proofreading that some are overtaken by events to be relevant. We just saved them for another day/month and today an opportunity knocks to dust off an old draft and see the light of day albeit revised to conform to the new topic.)

Not too long ago I wrote about the need to conduct a readership survey for the Filipinos as an offshoot to the published Associated Press-Ipsos poll (too bad the link is not working anymore ) regarding U.S. reading habits. I said:

Just wondering if Pulse Asia or SWS would care to do a similar survey of reading habits of Filipinos. Maybe National Bookstore, the other new bookstore chain in the country plus some local publishers could underwrite the cost of doing this timely survey. Every educational institution/stakeholder may find the result instructive in crafting timely intervention to arrest the continuing decline of our educational competitiveness and general reading competency.

It was therefore a joy to learn from the article of Queena Lee-Chua published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer last Sunday, November 25, 2006 Do Pinoys read at all? that National Book Development Board (NBDB) commissioned Social Weather Stations to do a second Readership Survey for 2007. The Readership Survey result will be presented to the public by NBDB on November 28, 2007 at 9 a.m. to 12 noon, at the Discovery Suites in Ortigas Center, Pasig City. Go and read Queena Lee-Chua article to gain an advance insight of the 2007 result for she is an authority being a member of the current governing board of NBDB while we await the full result to be presented to the public with bated breath.

New PLAI Members of NBOT

In the National House of Delegates (HoD) Election held last November 14, 2007 at DLS-Angelo King International Convention Center, the following were the newly elected members of NBOT serving the association for one year. Prof. Corazon Nera, Chair of the Board for Librarians (BFL), inducted the newly elected officers.

STRLC	Lourdes Soriano Librarian IV Laguna Provincial Library and Information Center Sta. Cruz, Laguna
BRLC	Donabelle Marilag Chief Librarian Naga College Foundation Naga City, Camarines Sur
CVRLC*	Enrique T. Cayaban Director of Libraries Saint Mary's University Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya
NMRLC	Myrna Acedera Librarian IV Cagayan de Oro City Public Library Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental
SMRLC	Nora Fe H. Alajar Librarian IV Davao City Library and Information Center Davao City, Davao del Sur
CVRLC*	Lorna T. Yso University Librarian Silliman University Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental

* see comments in the PLAI-Regional Councils post.

PLAI Regional Councils

Since PLAI-Southern Tagalog Region Librarians Council (STRLC) is the "oldest among the council blog" and up-to-now, PLAI-National has no blog nor website to disseminate this information to our colleagues, we have taken this "role for the meantime" in order to hasten the cooperation or sharing of information between regional council and for better intra-council camaraderie and shared undertaking in the not so far future.

From the 2001 PLAI Constitution and By-laws under Article IV-Organization, the provinces (cities and municipalities) comprising each regional council are as follows:

SECTION 15. REGIONAL COUNCILS. Librarians, as defined in Sec. 6, who belong to each Chapter as provided for in Sec. 12 of this By-Laws, shall organize themselves into Councils as provided hereunder.

Each council shall be comprised of librarians from the following provinces, cities and municipalities:

CORDILLERA AUTONOMOUS REGION LIBRARIANS COUNCIL (CARLC)

CARLC shall be composed of librarians from the six (6) provinces which constitute the CAR, namely: Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga, and Mt. Province.

ILOCOS & PANGASINAN REGION LIBRARIANS COUNCIL (IPRLC)

IPRLC shall be composed of librarians from the four (4) provinces which constitute Region 1, namely: Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union and Pangasinan.

CAGAYAN VALLEY REGION LIBRARIANS COUNCIL (CVRLC)

CVRLC shall be composed of librarians from the five (5) provinces which constitute Region II, namely: Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino.

CENTRAL LUZON REGION LIBRARIANS COUNCIL (CLRLC)

CLRC shall be composed of librarians from the six (6) provinces which constitute Region III, namely: Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales.

NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION LIBRARIANS COUNCIL (NCRLC)

NCRLC shall be composed of librarians from the thirteen (13) cities and the four (4) municipalities which constitute the NCR, namely the cities of: Caloocan, Las Piñas, Makati, Mandaluyong, Manila, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Parañaque, Pasay, Pasig, Quezon City, Taguig and Valenzuela, and the municipalities of Malabon, Navotas, Pateros and San Juan.

SOUTHERN TAGALOG REGION LIBRARIANS COUNCIL (STRLC)

STRLC shall be composed of librarians from the eleven (11) provinces which constitute Southern Tagalog, namely: Aurora, Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Marinduque, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Palawan, Quezon, Rizal and Romblon.

BICOL REGION LIBRARIANS COUNCIL (BRLC)

BRLC shall be composed of librarians from the six (6) provinces which constitute Region V, namely: Albay, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Masbate and Sorsogon.

WESTERN VISAYAS REGION LIBRARIANS COUNCIL (WVRLC)

WVLC shall be composed of librarians from the six (6) provinces which constitute Region VI, namely: Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo and Negros Occidental.

CENTRAL VISAYAS REGION LIBRARIANS COUNCIL (CVRLC)

CVRLC shall be composed of librarians from the four (4) provinces which constitute Region VII, namely: Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental and Siquijor.

EASTERN VISAYAS REGION LIBRARIANS COUNCIL (EVRLC)

EVRLC shall be composed of librarians from the six (6) provinces which constitute Region VIII, namely: Biliran, Eastern Samar, Leyte, Northern Samar, Western Samar and Southern Leyte.

WESTERN MINDANAO REGION LIBRARIANS COUNCIL (WMRLC)

WMRLC shall be composed of librarians from the three (3) provinces which constitute Region IX, namely: Basilan, Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur.

NORTHERN MINDANAO REGION LIBRARIANS COUNCIL (NMRLC)

NMRLC shall be composed of librarians from the four (4) provinces which constitute Region X, namely: Bukidnon, Camiguin, Misamis Occidental and Misamis Oriental.

SOUTHERN MINDANAO REGION LIBRARIANS COUNCIL (SMRLC)

SMRLC shall be composed of librarians from the six (6) provinces which constitute Region XI, namely: Compostela Valley, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Davao Oriental, South Cotabato and Sarangani.

CENTRAL MINDANAO REGION LIBRARIANS COUNCIL (CMRLC)

CMRLC shall be composed of librarians from the three (3) provinces and two (2) cities which constitute Region XII, namely: Lanao del Norte, North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Cotabato City and Marawi City.

AUTONOMOUS MUSLIM MINDANAO REGION LIBRARIANS COUNCIL (AMMRLC)

AMMRLC shall be composed of librarians from the four (4) provinces which constitute the ARRM, namely: Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi.

CARAGA REGION LIBRARIANS COUNCIL (CRLC)

CRLC shall be composed of librarians from the four (4) provinces which constitute CARAGA, namely: Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur.

Comments:

The acronym CVRLC are both shared by Cagayan Valley Region Librarians Council and Central Visayas Region Librarian Council. The people who drafted the 2001 PLAI Constitutions and by-laws must have overlook this small glitch. Hopefully in the amended [final version] constitution duly approved by the GA last November 14, 2007, this small glitch have been resolved to avoid confusion in the use of the acronym.

Librarian Events for December

Since last October 2007, we have collated & posted on a monthly basis some of the librarian's events/activities in the country we are aware of for timely information and judicious planning of scarce resources of our colleagues for their CPE need viz-a-viz available funding from their home institution (or from external sources). For convenience, they are presented in chronological order.

What: Seminar on "The New Face of the 21st Century Libraries and Information Specialists"
When: December 5-7, 2007
Where: La Sallete Retreat House, Biga, Silang, Cavite
Reg Fee: Click here
Sponsored by: Cavite Librarians Association, Inc. (CLASS)


What: Seminar on “Library Service Strategies and Linkage : Towards a Better Access to Information Within and Beyond”
When: December 6, 2007
Where: Bulwagang Teodulfo Domingo, University of Saint Louis Tuguegarao
Reg Fee: P600 (P60.00 for students)
Sponsored by: University of Saint Louis Tuguegarao-University Libraries


What: The 7th Year of PNU-LISAA, Inc. [General Assembly, Christmas Party, Raffle, Induction of New Officers]
When: December 8, 2007 ; 1:00 PM
Where: Edilberto P. Dagot Hall, Philippine Normal University
Fee: P150 for the annual alumni membership fee & P100 for the food
Sponsored by: PNU-LISAA, Inc.


If you happen to know other librarian events/activities set for December 2007, please feel free to email us at plaistrlc(at)gmail(dot)com or simply add a comment and we will gladly add them here for the general information of our colleagues. Thanks!

Contributions to UPLSAA Newsletter

The newly elected officers of the UP Library Science Alumni Association (UPLSAA) would be releasing an online version of the UPLSAA Newsletter this November. In connection with this, they are inviting all alumni of the School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) formerly known as the Institute of Library and Information Science (ILIS) and originally called Institute of Library Science (ILS) , to contribute any personal or professional article to be included in the issue they are preparing. Deadline for submission of articles is on November 18, 2007. Please see complete transcript of the information disseminated via email below.

Subject: [uplsaa07-08] Alumni Updates

Hello all,

Greetings fellow Pinoy Librarians!

We will be releasing UPLSAA newsletter (online version) this month. This year, the board decided to release just the online version of the newsletter for environmental and financial reasons. Doing so will allow us to save on publishing and mailing costs, and it will be easier on the trees. It will also allow us to release the newsletter more often (should the need arise), plus we'll have a wider reach if we just published online.

Rest assured that it will still be the same newsletter (but I'd like to think it's even better) because now, we are not hampered by page and postage limitations. We believe that this change is for the better both economically and environmentally.

Anyway, if you would like to have your personal and/or professional updates included in our upcoming issue (new graduates, new job, promotion, change of civil status, delivered a paper, published a scholarly article, received a grant/scholarship) please email us right away with the pertinent information. Please also include your full name, degree and year of graduation from the Institute so we can update our directory (sorry, us old-timers still refer to SLIS as the institute.

You may email your updates to us:
Eimee Lagrama (Pres) - emang796@yahoo. com
Troy Lacsamana (PRO) - troybdude@yahoo. com

Please send it on or before Sunday, 18 Nov. 2007. And feel free to forward this to other alumni.

We hope to hear from you.

Cheers,

Eimee Lagrama
President, UPLSAA 2007-08

P.S.

We are having a training session for the Marikina Youth Center Library Volunteers this Saturday at the Aklatang Pambata, Paltok , QC . We'll begin at 9am until (about) 4pm. If you'd like to join us, let us know. See you this Saturday!

STRLC Delegates to PLAI-National Congress '07

PLAI-STRLC sponsored five (5) PLAI-STRLC officers who attended the 2007 PLAI-National Congress held at DLS-CSB Angelo King International Center from November 12-14, 2007. They were: Ms Jane Lantaca-Bebeng (Council Chair/NBOT Dir), Letran-Calamba; Ms Lourdes Soriano (Council Auditor), Laguna Provincial Library; Ms Milagros Pangilinan (HOD/Acting Treasurer), Cavite Provincial Library; Ms Adelina Esperante (NOMELEC), UPLB College of Veterinary Medicine Library; and Ms Theresa Zapanta (NOMELEC) PUP-Lopez. The sponsorship includes payment of seminar and transportation fee.

On the other hand, Mr Rene Manlangit (HOD/Vice Chair of National HOD) will be attending the HOD Meeting on November 14, 2007 at 8:00 am. He together with Mr. Marcial Batiancila and Ms. Charity Mahusay (both of SSC-Recoletos de Cavite) shall attend the GA in the afternoon of the same day.



UPDATE as of 15 November 2007

From the list of the participants, the following librarians from Region IV also attended the Congress and GA.

Lyceum of Batangas Batangas City, Batangas		Ma. Elsa V. Guarino STRLC Vice Chair/ Chief Librarian
Quezon Provincial Library Lucena City, Quezon		Ria Marelle H. Algozo-Timbal Librarian III
		Ma. Daisy E. De Rama Librarian
Mater Ecclesiae School San Pedro, Laguna		Rosalinda E. Capisonda Head Librarian
		Daniel Fausto S. Aquino Asst. Librarian
		Mary Ann A. Gacias Library Staff
St. Michael College Biñan, Laguna		Jocelyn H. Dalicano Chief Librarian
Imus Institute Imus, Cavite		Wenefreda B. Metante Head Librarian
		Michael M. Tolentino College Librarian
Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies Silang, Cavite		Megumi Sol M. Flores Library Director
		Jennifer B. Libalib Asst. Library Director
		Hesell F. Fabellon Librarian
Siena College Taytay Taytay, Rizal		Wilhelmina A. Luna Librarian
		Roselyn M. Madia Librarian
		Ma. Loida E. Dolores Librarian
Divine World College of San Jose San Jose, Occidental Mindoro		Neofe J. Lazaro Library Staff
Collegio de San Juan de Letran-Calamba Calamba City, Laguna		Freya Faye L. Perez Electronic resource & AV Librarian
Leonidas S. Virata Memorial School Rio Tuba, Bataraza, Palawan		Susana P. Amores Librarian

LLA's Forum and General Assembly

In celebration of the first anniversary of the Laguna Librarians Association (LLA) a forum entitled "Occupational Stress of Librarians" was conducted last November 9, 2007 at the College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT) Library, UP Los Baños, College, Laguna. Ms. Marilen M. Parungao, Assistant Professor, UP Manila gave the lecture and openly shared her expertise during the open forum.

After the forum, the LLA General Assembly and Election followed. The following were the elected officers who were inducted to office by the Associate Dean of CEAT, Prof. Moses Dorado:

President	Mary Ann Ingua Main Library UP Los Baños College, Laguna
Vice President	Reagan Austria International Rice Research Institute Los Baños, Laguna
Secretary	Audrey Anday UP Open University College, Los Baños, Laguna
Treasurer	Adelina Esperante College of Veterinary Medicine UP Los Baños College, Laguna
Auditor	Ma. Rona Remojo San Pablo City Library San Pablo City, Laguna
Board of Trustees	Lina Copioso Main Library UP Los Baños College, Laguna
	Evelyn Bacud Colegio de San Juan de Letran-Calamba Calamba City, Laguna
Ex-Officio	Rhodora Vargas Main Library UP Los Baños College, Laguna

Pictures taken during the Forum and General Assembly using a Sony Ericsson W810 can be viewed at the LLA Blog (RBManlangit)

Pathfinders: Philippine Libraries

UPDATED as of 03 March 2008


To document freely available materials of paper presented (with full text) about Philippine libraries, Filipino librarians and library association published abroad or sponsored by international librarian association, we compiled this sort of a "pathfinder" arranged by the name of the author(s). We encourage anyone who finds these materials useful to exercise proper attribution/citation in the use of the materials. Thank you.

Arlante, Salvacion M. 2005. Preserving national heritage for the future. Paper presented at the ICOL 2005 (International Conference on Libraries) "Towards a Knowledge Society" held last 14-16 March 2005, Malaysia.

Bolos, Adoracion M. Library development and future trends in the Philippines : a country report. Paper presented at the CONSAL IX Conference

Caña, Mercy B., Cueto, Quiza Lynn Grace G., de Guzman, Allan B., Fuchigami, Kaori B., Manalo, Leona Rica T., and Yu, Jake Cathleen U. 2007. Clientele recognition of library terms and concepts used by librarians : a case of an academic library in the Philippines. Paper presented at the 3rd Rizal Library International Conference on “From Classroom to Career : Roadmaps to a Library’s Success.” held last 22-23 October 2007, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City.

David, L. T., & Perez, D.R. (2006). An assessment of the perception of licensed librarians about their academic preparation and satisfaction in their job as librarians. In: C. Khoo, D. Singh & A.S. Chaudhry (Eds.), Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information Education & Practice 2006 (A-LIEP 2006), Singapore, 3-6 April 2006 (pp. 416-422). Singapore: School of Communication & Information, Nanyang Technological University.

de Guzman, Allan, Custodio, Sheena Mai B. and Garcia, Melissa Angela P. 2007. Surfacing Filipino school children’s images of librarians through doodling. Paper presented at the 3rd Rizal Library International Conference on “From Classroom to Career : Roadmaps to a Library’s Success.” held last 22-23 October 2007, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City.

Garcia, Perla T. 2004. De La Salle University library system migration : a strategic decision. Paper presented at the Paper presented at the Rizal Library Conference on "Library Management in the 21st Century" held last 29-30 March 2004, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City.

Hernandez, Vicente S. 1999. Trends in Philippine library history. Paper presented at the World Library and Information Congress : 65th IFLA General Conference and Council held last 20-28 August 1999, Bangkok, Thailand.

Hickok, John. 2004. International best practices of service-friendly librarians : fresh perceptions from a yearlong comparative analysis of U.S. & Asian-Pacific libraries. Paper presented at the Rizal Library Conference on "Library Management in the 21st Century" held last 29-30 March 2004, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City.

Samaniego, Carina C. 2007. An analysis of the data archiving practices of selected scientific agencies in the Philippines. Paper presented at the World Library and Information Congress : 73rd IFLA General Conference and Council held last 19-23 August 2007, Durban, South Africa.

Santos, Antonio M. 2005. Continuing Professional Education (CPE) program for registered librarians in the Philippines. Paper presented at the 25th Anniversary Workshop of the Indonesian Library Association “Issues and Challenges on Developing Professional LIS Education and Training in Indonesia within the ASEAN Region" held last 11-13 July 2005, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Santos, Antonio M. 2003. The professionalization of librarians in the Philippines: the role of library associations. Paper presented at the World Library and Information Congress : 69th IFLA General Conference and Council held last 1-9 August 2003, Berlin.

Tullao Jr., Tereso S. 2000. An evaluation on the readiness of the Filipino professionals to meet international standards. PASCN Discussion Paper No. 2000-01

Verzosa, Fe Angela M. 2004. Increasing access to archival knowledge through archival cooperation and partnerships : a proposal for enhancing networking and linkage capabilities among academic archives in developing countries. Paper presented at the seminar 10 years of SUV : Past Achievments - Future Strategies held on 20-21 August 2004, at Vienna Technological University, Austria.

Notice to Readers

Information in this pathfinder was obtained primarily from publicly available sources from the Internet and where possible, was double checked from available printed copy(ies).

The information was up-to-date as of Nov 2007. Every effort was made to ensure that provided URL are active and in case no longer available, feel free to contact us for a copy of the pdf we downloaded earlier for offline access. This pathfinder is an unedited, unfinished and will evolve as we go along.

The compiler or PLAI-STRLC officers/members accept no responsibility for any inaccuracies or omissions. The views expressed in this post do not necessarily represent the views of the association.

We welcome your comments on this pathfinders. Please e-mail comments to plaistrlc(at)gmail(dot)com

Irreplaceable Value of Librarians

I meant to post this article a month ago but apparently forgot, better late than never.

Charles Tan of Bibliophile Stalker have been posting essay every Monday devoted to librarianship as his contribution to the recently organized Pinoy Bibliobloggers' Mafia from the perspectives of a library user. A welcome development I guess for our beloved profession that a dedicated library user invested time & effort to offer his "viewpoint".

Here are some of his recent essays:

Transitioning Libraries

Speculative Libraries and Librarians

Specialized Libraries

From Reader to Librarian

While Mrs. Mila Ramos of IRRI Library posted in the plai-strlc yahoogroups awhile ago the 33 Reasons Why Libraries and Librarians are Still Extremely Important (thank you Ma'am Mila) which might help in our holistic understanding on the ongoing formal/informal discussion of the "irreplaceable value of librarians" in the digital age/21st century.

International Conference on Asian Digital libraries

What: 10th International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL)

Theme : “Asian Digital libraries: Looking Back 10 Years and Forging New Frontiers”

When : December 10-13, 2007

Where: International Convention Center, 11 Le Hong Phong, Ha Noi, Viet Nam

Reg Fee: Click here

Keynote Speakers

Clara M. Chu, UCLA
Kristine Hanna, Internet Archives
Gordon Mohr, Internet Archives
Bjørn Olstad, FAST
Maristella Agosti, University of Padova
Jill Cousins, The European Library

Tutorial Speakers

Edward Fox, Virginia Tech, Tutorial Topic: Introduction to (Teaching / Learning about) Digital Libraries

Ian H. Witten, University of Waikato, Tutorial Topic Introduction to Greenstone Digital Library Software

Peter Jacso, University of Hawaii, Tutorial Topic: Open Access Scholarly Databases


from the ICADL website:

The ICADL meetings draw researchers and professionals from library and information science, computer science, social science, information systems, law and policy, education and learning, and various other academic disciplines. Research topics range from digital library technologies and information systems; to content management, service models, and cost and sustainability issues.

Past ICADL Conferences:

Kyoto, Japan (2006)
Bangkok, Thailand (2005)
Shanghai, China (2004)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2003)
Singapore (2002)
Bangalore, India (2001)
Seoul, Korea (2000)
Taipei, Taiwan (1999)
Hong Kong (1998)


Comment: When will be the time Manila or the Philippines will host this ADL meeting? in 2010 perhaps?