Takbook : a book drive

In support to the Philippine Librarians Association’s (PLAI) project “One Million and Counting . . .: Book Drive for Victims of Calamities” Philippine Librarians Association, Inc – Southern Tagalog Region Librarians Council (PLAI-STRLC) organized TAKBOOK, a fun run. The objective of this activity is to generate books and other instructional materials to be donated to libraries badly affected by calamities.

TAKBOOK will be held on November 10, 2013 Sunday at 6:00 in the morning. It will also be one of the activities of the different provincial chapters in Southern Tagalog in celebration of the National Book Month and Library and Information Science Month. This is a simultaneous activity to be held in Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon, Marinduque and Mindoro.

Books will serve as registration to this activity and will be given to the libraries affected by calamities in the province or to the other libraries in the nearby provinces/region.

JOIN US IN THIS PROJECT. LETS RUN FOR A BOOK.

PAARL 40th Anniversary

Strategic Librarianship

CHRDF LLE 2013 Intensive Review Classes

DepEd Memorandum no. 165 s.2013 - National Tree Planting Day

DepEd Memo no. 165 .2013

Oct 5 : World Teacher's Day

DepEd Memorandum no. 155 s.2013 - National Teacher's Month And World Teacher's Day Celebrations

Boni @ 150 : On-the-spot Poster making and Essay writing contest

Click here to save/download the poster. Thanks.

Training-Workshop on Koha Library Systems

Click HERE to reserved your slots. Thanks.

Notice of the 4th Regular Meeting of NBOT

4th Regular Meeting of the PLAI-National Board of Trustees
September 14, 2013, 9am - onwards
PLAI Headquarters, TNL, Ermita, Manila

PLAI Congress 2013 flyer

The invitation and program for the PLAI National Congress to be held on 20-22 November 2013 in Punta Villa Resort, Iloilo is now available.

Please click here for the invitation, while the program can be found here. Online registration is also required for participants. Please click here to go to the online registration site.

Click here for the Department of Education advisory and here for the Commission on Higher Education Memo. For public servants, the Civil Service Commission endorsement can be found here.

For more information, get in touch with PLAI-NBOT at plainbot2013@yahoo.com / plainbot2013@gmail.com, Mr. Mike Pinto at 09268330266 / uslt_dol@yahoo.com, or Ms. Eimee Lagrama at 09273801215/ eclagrama@upd.edu.ph

PAARL Library Benchmarking in Bangkok

Dear Colleagues:

The Philippine Association of Academic/Research Librarians, Inc. is pleased to invite you to its four-day annual international library benchmarking in Bangkok, Thailand, dubbed as “Collaborative Benchmarking Plus 1: The Amazing Bangkok, Thailand Experience” to be held on 15-18 October 2013.

The target outcome of the benchmarking activity is to increase the performance of participating libraries and information centers by adopting the best practices of selected libraries in Bangkok, Thailand. The tour specifically aims to (1) identify best practices of selected libraries in Bangkok, Thailand in terms of services and programs, resources, processes, staff development, and learning spaces; (2) learn new trends and transformation in a hybrid library environment; and, (3) foster professional and cultural exchange between Filipino and Thai librarians. 

In addition to the benchmarking, participants will have a chance to attend and participate in an International Forum on Trends and Transformation 2013: Managing Collections in an Electronic Environment to be held at the Chulalongkorn University Library on 16 October 2013, 2:00-7:00PM.

The forum will focus on the value ebooks and online journals in academic research work and promotion/marketing of online resources. Attached herewith are the following: (1) Itinerary of Library Visits, (2) Official Registration Form; and, (3) Travel Package. Please find this link to download the attachments

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwDCbY2KebZhYUt3WWJDeFAwR1E/edit?usp=sharing

Please make reservations as early as possible. Only limited slots are available. Full payment is due on or before 16 September 2013 through Ms. Ma. Cecilia D. Lobo of UST at 731-3034. Check payment should be payable to PAARL for the PhP1,000.00 Registration Fee and for the travel package of PhP26,136.00 payable to TRAVEL WAREHOUSE INC. Cash or checks payments for the registration fee (PhP1,000) may be deposited to our BPI Family Savings Bank - Mabini Pedro Gil Branch Current Account No. - 00595-1-07820-6 and for the travel package to Travel Warehouse Inc. BANCO DE ORO – Paseo De Roxas 2, Makati City Branch Savings (Peso) Account No.: 001700-2150-76 or UNION BANK-Emerald Ave., Ortigas Ctr. Pasig City Branch Savings Account Number 03203-0000000. Please send a proof of payment (scanned bank deposit slip) to Ms. Ma. Cecilia D. Lobo through email (cdlobo@mnl.ust.edu.ph) or fax (632) 740-9709.

INVITATION Collaborative Benchmarking Plus 1.pdf - Google Drive

34th Manila International Book Fair

34th MIBF Schedule of Special Events

DAY 1
Wednesday, September 11, 2013

8:00 A.M. – 10:00 A.M. / Meeting Room 4
Fit or Fat: How to Have a Healthy Lifestyle Forum
Speaker: Dr. Enrique A. Tayag, Assistant Secretary of Health Designate of the Department of Health
Fees: Members – P150.00, Non-Members – P200.00, Students – P100.00
Medical & Health Librarians Association of the Philippines (MAHLAP)

8:00 A.M. – 10:00 A.M. / Meeting Room 5
Research Trends in Philippine Librarianship: The UP Experience
Speaker: Prof. Johann Frederick A. Cabbab, Dean of UP SLIS
Fees: Members – P150.00, Non-Members – P200.00,
Undergraduates – P50.00
Philippine Association of Teachers of Library and Information
Science, Inc. (PATLS)

1:00 P.M. – 3:30 P.M. / Meeting Rooms 4 to 6
4th Marina G. Dayrit Lecture Series with the topic “Things You Ought To Know: IFLA Key Issues in Electronic Resources Collection Development and CMO Proposed Standard Guidelines for Academic Libraries (Draft)
Speaker: Ms. Xenia Romero
Fees: Members – P300.00, Non-Members – P350.00, Students – P200.00


DAY 2
Thursday, September 12, 2013

10:00 A.M. – 12:00 NN / Meeting Rooms 4 & 5
Information and Media: The Role of the Library in the Re-shaping of Information Forum
Speaker: Mr. Jose Javier Reyes, well-known Director and Professor of De La Salle University
Fees: Members – P200.00, Non-Members – P300.00, Students – P100.00
Association of Special Libraries of the Philippines (ASLP)

1:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M. / Meeting Rooms 4 & 5
Seminar on “The Librarian as a System Thinker in the Emerging Future”
Speaker: Ms. Fides Manual-Abad, Consultant,
Organizational Change Consultants International, Inc. (OCCI)
Seminar Fees: P200.00
University of the Philippines Library Science Alumni Association (UPLSAA)


DAY 3
Friday, September 13, 2013

8:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M. / Meeting Rooms 4 to 6
Collaborative Learning Spaces in Libraries: Design Considerations Forum
Speaker: Mrs. Ana Maria B. Fresnido,
Director of De La Salle University Library
Fees: Librarians and Library Staff – P300.00, Students – P200.00
Philippine Librarians Association, Inc. (PLAI) and
PLAI-NCR Librarians Council

8:30 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. / Meeting Rooms 7 & 8
Forum on Social Media: Issues and Problems
Speaker: The Honorable Senator Nancy Binay
Forum Fees: Members – P150.00,
Non-Members – P200.00, Students – P100.00
Philippine Group of Law Librarians (PGLL)

1:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M. / Meeting Room 8
Towards a Reading Society Forum (Patungo sa Lipunang Palabasa)
Speakers: Sen. Francis Joseph “Chiz” Escudero and Pastor Jojo Baldo
Book Talk Society of the Philippines


DAY 4
Saturday, September 14, 2013

12:00 NN – 2:00 P.M. / Meeting Room 5
What You Need to Know About Textbook Writing Seminar
Speakers: Dr. Alicia Bustos-Orosa and Ms. Agnes Malinis
Abiva Publishing House, Inc.

6:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. / Meeting Room 8 to 9
How to Write Your Own Book
Speaker: Dr. Isagani Cruz
Central Book Supply, Inc.


DAY 5
Sunday, September 15, 2013

8:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M. / Meeting Rooms 4 to 6
Managing Your Money Effectively Forum
Speaker: Mr. Jeremiah P. Resurreccion,
Former Executive Staff of Philippine Judges Association and
Corporate Secretary of World Cup Security Agency
Forum Fees: Members – P100.00, Non-Members – P150.00,
Students – P50.00
Ortigas Center Library Consortium (OCLC), Inc.

1:00 PM – 3:00 P.M. / Meeting Room 5
Challenges and Opportunities in Philippine Librarianship Forum
Speaker: Mrs. Corazon M. Nera, Chair, Board of Librarians, PRC
Fees: Professionals – P200.00, Students – P100.00
University of the East Library Science Alumni
Association, Inc. (UELSAAI)

The U.P. Library Science Alumni Association (UPLSAA), 

in cooperation with Primetrade Asia Inc.

and in celebration of the 34^rd Manila International Book Fair (MIBF) 

will be holding a seminar-workshop entitled: 

The Librarian as a Systems Thinker in the Emerging Future 

facilitated by Ms. Fides Manuel-Abad of the Organizational Change Consultants International, Inc. (OCCI)

 The event will provide an overview of Systems Thinking in the library and information center setting. Developed by Peter Senge, American scientist and director of the Center for Organizational Learning at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Systems Thinking provides a novel way of viewing the world, and on a more specific scale, the organizations we belong to. This seminar-workshop, with the use of entertaining and educational exercises, aims to demonstrate how seemingly incremental changes coupled with simple shifts in perspectives can help us achieve better and more efficient results.

 This lecture will be held on 12 September 2013, 1:00 to 3:00 PM, at Meeting Rooms 4 & 5 of the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City. Registration fee is PhP 200 inclusive of materials and certificate.

2nd NCBSL Participants

The participants of the 2nd Consultative Workshop in the formulation of the National Competency Based Standards for Librarians (NCBSL) organized by the BFL and held at The National Library of the Philippines Auditorium last September 5, 2013.

QLA Newsletter v5 issue 1 (September 2013)

DepEd Advisory no. 360 s.2013 - Poster Making Contest

National Literacy Week - September 2-8, 2013

PD no. 239 declared the period September 2 to 8 of every year thereafter as Literacy week.

DepEd Memo no. 145 s.2013 - Advance Certificate Course on Modern Library Practices

DepEd Advisories no. 349 s. 2013 - PLAI Congress 2013

The Philippine Librarians Association, Inc. (PLAI), in cooperation with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) through the National Committee on Libraries and Information Services (NCLIS), will conduct its Annual National Congress with the theme Libraries: Preservers and Promoters of Culture and Arts on November 20-22, 2013 at the Punta Villa Resort, Arevalo, Iloilo City.

LAQuep-L, Inc. 7th Year Anniversary Seminar-Workshop

In celebration of its 7^th year anniversary, the Librarians Association of Quezon Province-Lucena Inc. (LAQueP-LInc) have arranged a Seminar-Workshop on “RDA: Introduction and Workshop” to be held at Queen Margarette Hotel Downtown, Lucena City on September 6, 2013. This workshop is designed for librarians, school librarians, library personnel,   library assistants, and para-professionals working in the library.

In this regard, we cordially invite you to this activity. The following objectives are anticipated to be achieved:

1. To provide introductory concepts on the key features and structure of Resource Description and Access;
2. To teach the participants on how to transcribe/record elements of manifestations and items using the new rules as prescribed in RDA; and
3. To inform participants on the importance of RDA and issues leading to it.

Registration fee is Php 600.00 for members and Php 700.00 for non-members to cover the seminar kits, certificates and food. An optional fee of Php 100.00 for those who are interested to be a member for 2013. We will strictly implement One Hundred (100) participants only. Please make your reservation on or before August 23, 2013 to reserve your seat. For inquiries/reservation/confirmation, please contact Dr. Aurora A. Navela, President at 09172771096, Mrs. Ivy Rose A. Declaro, Vice-President/(042) 710-2021 and Mrs. Jenalyn P. Nacar, Secretary at 09328628873/09206475573 or any of the officers. 

National Competency Based Standards for Librarians

A Second Consultative Workshop for the Adoption and Prescription of a National Competency Based Standards for Librarians (NCBSL) by PRC will be held on September 5, 2013 at The National Library of the Philippines Auditorium.

In connection with this, the Board for Librarians is inviting librarians from all types of libraries such as academic, school, public and special who are also members of the different professional library organizations to participate in the Second Consultative Workshop. The draft of the Standards will be presented again for discussion and review before the Board for Librarians will finalize/endorse a resolution to this effect to the Commission proper. The adoption and prescription of a NCBSL is part of the BFL Competitiveness Roadmap.

Info source: Mam Fe Angela Verzosa post @ fb-PLAI group