2012 Ramon Magsaysay Awardees

This year's Magsaysay Award winners will each receive a certificate, a medallion bearing the likeness of the late President, and a cash prize. They will be formally conferred the Magsaysay Award during Presentation Ceremonies to be held on 31 August 2012 at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), to which the public is cordially invited.

I hope one day in the near future, a fellow Librarian will be named a Ramon Magsaysay Awardee.

Info source: http://www.rmaf.org.ph/home.php?id=1&page=readMore2012

Call for Papers : 3rd International Conference of Asian Special Libraries

Info Source: http://units.sla.org/chapter/cas/Paper-ICoASL-2013.htm

PLAI-STRLC CBOT 2013-2014

The PLAI-STRLC Council of Board of Trustees (CBOT) for 2013-2014 elected by the General Assembly held at the Tagaytay International Convention Center on August 15, 2012 are as follows:

1. BATIANCILA, Marcial R. - San Sebastian College Recoletos de Cavite

2. MANLANGIT, Rene B. - San Pablo Colleges

3. VILLAMATER, Augusta Rosario A. - Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation

4. RABINO, Lilian C. - De La Salle-Lipa

5. RAIRATA, Isabel Noreen R. - Calayan Educational Foundation, Inc.

6. PANCHO, Jenalyn A. - Quezon Provincial Library

7. SORIANO, Lourdes V. - Laguna Provincial Library

The newly elected members agreed to set on a latter date the election/selection of the executive officers of the incoming CBOT, namely, the President, VP, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor and the 2 board members of the Council.

Thank You

In behalf of the PLAI-STRLC National Conference Organizing Committee, we would like to say thank you to all our resource speakers, exhibitors, product presentors and most especially to all the participants from the provinces of Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Mindoro, Quezon, Rizal and the participant coming from Manila, Cebu, Nueva Vizcaya, Pampanga for the support extended, camaraderie, exchanges of ideas and best practices, among others.

Truly, the recently concluded National Conference live up to its history of the being conducted in the midst of   typhoon before, during or after the conference. It is even more challenging to the Organizing Committee due to the recent flooding of Metro Manila and nearby provinces continuously for a week that even during the conference the torrential rains continued but thankfully most of the resource speakers are able to come ahead of their scheduled time.

2012 Buwan ng Wika Poster

2nd Filipino Reader Conference

Speakers : PLAI-STRLC Conference 2012

Day 3

Session 3: Building an Open Access Collection

Mr Marcial Batiancila

San Sebastian College Recoletos de Cavite

Participants with the Speakers

Speakers (L-R): Ms Janice D. Penaflor, Ms Ma. Ana Marie B. Fresnido, Ms Willian Frias (DLSU-Manila)

PLAI-STRLC Officers (L-R): Ms Eulalia Zapata (NOMELEC), Ms Noreen Rairata (Chair-NOMELEC), Dr Rose Villamater (VP), Mr Rene Manlangit (Pres), Ms Lourdes Soriano (Aud), Ms Larrie Pangilinan, Ms Lilian Rabino (Sec), Ms Connie Villanueva (Rep-CLASS), and Mr Alex Lunar (Rep-LAB)_in black jacket at the last row, Ms Jenny Pancho (Board Member)_standing at the back of Ms Zapata.

The directory of the conference participants and the General Assembly participants will be distributed later.

Speakers : PLAI-STRLC Conference 2012

Day 2

Session 4: Collection-Centered Assessment

Ms Janice D. Penaflor

De La Salle University, Manila

Session 5: Client-Centered Assessment

Ms Willian Frias

De La Salle University, Manila

Session 6: Collection Development Plan -- Print, Non-Print or Hybrid?
Ma. Ana Marie B. Fresnido
De La Salle University, Manila

Speakers : PLAI-STRLC Conference 2012

Day 1:

Session 1: Challenges in Revisiting Libraries Collection

Ms Cielito D. Santos

Bulacan State University

Session 2: Workshop on Determining the Age of the Collection

Ms Vivian Praxedes DC Sy

De La Salle University, Manila

PLAI-STRLC National Conference 2012

Memorandum Circular No. 33-A, s. 2012

PLAI-STRLC Conference at TICC

Party-list for Librarians

The Philippine Group of Law Librarians, Inc (PGLL) a national organization of law librarians is sponsoring a forum on “ Party-List for Librarians and Information Professionals” during the Manila International Book Fair on Thursday, 13th September 2012 from 1:00am to 3:00pm at the SMX Convention Center (Meeting Rooms 2 & 3), Pasay City.

Party-list is a national, regional and sectoral parties or organizations or coalitions duly registered with the Commission on Elections (COMELEC). Sectoral representatives work for the special interest or concerns of their sector. There is a party-list for teachers, women, and even security guards that work and advanced their special concerns in Congress. We, librarians and information professionals have to explore this option to further advance the gains achieved by our respected elders in the professions.

A group of librarians have started to work for the formation of a Party-List. It is for this reason that we would like to invite all stakeholders in our beloved profession to attend the forum and give your feedbacks, suggestions, comments, support, etc. on how this movement could materialize.

Resources Speakers: Congressman Teodoro A. Casino and Michael A. Pinto 

Forum Fee: P200 non-PGLL members, P150 –PGLL members and P100 for students. 

See you there. Thank you.

Dear Librarians and Would-Be Librarians,

The Board for Librarians is conducting an online survey to determine whether there is a need to propose amendments to Republic Act 9246 and ultimately to increase the number of Library and Information Science (LIS) professionals in the country. Please take time to participate in this short survey which can be opened at this link http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VKZFMCZ

Also, please share the survey with LIS professionals with no Internet access (by now there should be very few of them) and send the response to my email address.

Thank you.

Mila M. Ramos

Member, Board for Librarians