Happy New Year

Have a Prosperous New Year Everyone! God Bless Us All. Cheers!!!

Rizal Day 2015

Today is the 119^th death anniversary of our National Hero, Dr. Jose P. Rizal.

Download. Print. Create a scale model of the Rizal Monument at
http://bit.ly/DIYRizalMonument

Re-read the Rizal monument centenary at

http://www.gov.ph/rizal-monument/

Know the Rizal Day 2015 Activities HERE. 

37th Manila International Book Fair

37^th Manila International Book Fair (MIBF)

September 14-18, 2016

SMX Convention Center

SM Mall of Asia, Pasay City

Merry Christmas From Your PLAI-STRLC Family

This

Xmas,

I would

like to put

up a tree in my

heart, and instead

of hanging presents,

I would like to put the

names of all my friends.

Close friends and not so close

friends. The old friends, the new

friends. Those that I see every day

and the ones that I rarely see. The ones

that I always remember and the ones that

I sometimes forget. The ones that are always

there and the ones that seldom are. The friends of

difficult times and the ones of happy times. Friends

who, without meaning to, I have hurt, or without meaning

to have hurt me. Those that I know well and those I only know

by name. Those that owe me little and those that I owe so much.

My humble friends and my important friends. The names of all those

that have passed through my life no matter how fleetingly. A tree with

very deep roots and very long

and strong branches so that

their names may never be

plucked from my heart. So

that new names from all

over may join the existing ones. A tree with a very

pleasant shade so that our friendship may take a

moment of rest from the battles of life. "May the

happy moments of Christmas brighten every day 

of the new year". These are our sincere wishes.

A Blessed CHRISTmas everyone! Wishing you and your family Health, 

Happiness, Peace  and Prosperity this holiday season!!! May the magic

of  Christmas abundantly fill our heart with all Warmth, Joy and Love 

in 2016 and beyond!!! Merry Christmas from your PLAI-STRLC Family!!!

Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach -- Miss Universe 2015

 Congratulations!!!

Miss Universe 2015 : Top 15 Candidates

Pia Wurtzbach (Philippines)

Miss Universe 2015

Ariadna Gutierrez  (Colombia)

1st Runner Up

Olivia Jordan (USA)

2nd Runner Up

UPDATED as of 10:30am 21 Dec 2015

UPDATED as of 10am 21 Dec 2015

The top 15 contestants are:

Brazil—Marthina Brandt

Australia—Monika Rudolovic (5) (4)

Indonesia—Anindya Kusuma Putri

Dominican Republic—Clarissa Molina (6)

Philippines—Pia Wurtzbach (9) (3) (3)

France—Flora Coquerel (7) (1)

USA—Olivia Jordan (1) (5) (1)

Curacao—Kanisha Sluis (8)

Belgium—Annelies Toros

Japan—Ariana Miayomoto (3)

Venezuela—Mariana Jimenez (10)

South Africa—Refilwe Mthimunye

Colombia—Ariadna Gutierrez (2) (2) (2)

Mexico—Wendy Esparaza

Thailand—Aniporn Chalermburanawong (4)

Legend: In yellow - Top 10 Candidates (with the corresponding # when they are called)
Legend: In orange - Top 5 Candidates , Final 3 Candidates

Info source: Philippine Daily Inquirer

Mendiola Consortium Forum on Effective Customer Relations

Mendiola Consortium

Committee on Libraries

December 14, 2015

Dear Colleagues:

Greetings!

We would like to invite you and your staff to attend the forum with the topic “The Library At Its Best: A forum on sharpening integrity towards effective customer relations” on January 13, 2016 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 n.n. to be held at the Pamanang Bedista, San Beda College, Mendiola, Manila.

The forum aims to:

1. Redefine the library as a research haven for conducive study and discovery;

2. Reorient the library staff and customers on the value of silence and discipline;

3. Demonstrate positive customer service through improved library attendance, use of resources and feedback forms.

Participants will be charged two hundred pesos (P200.00) to cover certificates and snacks. Registration starts at 7:30 a.m.

We look forward to seeing you and your staff at the forum. Please contact any of the following for reservations.

Victoria P. Baleva (CEU) 735-9406 vpbaleva@ceu.edu.ph
Rosette E. Nuera (CHS) 735-6021 loc 210 rosette611@yahoo.com
Claire Flores-Pascua (LCCM) 736-02-35 clairegfpascua@gmail.com
Rose Robles (SBC) 735-60-11 loc 6135 stp_roserobles@yahoo.com
Arnulfo O. Junio (SJCS) 735-6393 makkj97@gmail.com

Thank you.


Sincerely yours,


Mr. Arnulfo O. Junio
Chair, Committee on Libraries, 2015-2016

PAARL Board of Directors and Officers for 2016

Congratulations to the incoming PAARL Board of Directors and officers for 2016.

President

Michelle A. Esteban

Far Eastern University

Vice President

Ana Maria B. Fresnido

De La Salle University-Manila

Secretary

Melquiades I. Alipo-on

Olivarez College

Treasurer

Aniline A. Vidal

University of Perpetual Help System

Auditor

Editha A. Alamodin

National University

PRO

Juan Martin R. Guash

Asian Institute of Maritime Studies

Directors

Kaori B. Fuchigami

University of Santo Tomas

Grace A. Garcia

University of the Philippines-Diliman

Vernon R. Totanes

Ateneo De Manila University

NLP Holiday Schedule

In line with the Christmas season, the library presents its holiday schedule for December. Please be informed that we will be closed on the ff. dates:

December 18 (Friday) to give way to our annual get-together.

December 24-25 - Christmas 

December 30 - Rizal Day

December 31 - January 1, 2016 - New Year's

We are open from Mondays to Fridays INCLUDING December 21 - 23 and Dec 28 - 29. 

For the new year (2016), Library operations will resume on January 4, 2016, Mondays to Fridays 8:00 am to 5:00pm.

Please be guided accordingly.

Word of the Year for 2015

Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year is a pictograph, officially called the "Face with Tears of Joy" or emoji.

Digital communication is the sign of our times. And emoji functions extremely well in that medium, often in language-like ways. And for this reason, it is surely not a stretch to consider an emoji to be, if not a word in the conventional sense, at the very least, having language-like properties.

While Dictionary.com selected IDENTITY as the Word of the Year for 2015.

Dictionary.com has updated a handful of terms to reflect the new ways that people are speaking about the concept of identity explicitly. These include a new sense at the word identify to account for the common construction identify as and the addition of the term gender expression, defined as “the external expression of gender roles, as through socially defined behaviors and ways of dressing.” Further edits were made to the entry code-switching. Originally a linguistic term, code-switching has expanded in meaning in the recent past to encompass all aspects of identity beyond just language or manner of speech. The sociolinguistic definition is “the use of one dialect, register, accent, or language variety over another to project a specific identity.” The less technical sense is “the modifying of one’s behavior, appearance, etc., to adapt to different sociocultural norms.” Over the last few years, code-switching has emerged as important terminology for framing our multi-faceted identities.

Today, Merriam-Webster announces that ISM, a small but powerful suffix as the Word of the Year for 2015 following the selection of the word "CULTURE" as the Word of the Year for 2014.

But not just any ism. The top isms to earn high traffic spikes and big bumps in lookups on the dictionary company’s website in 2015 over the year before are socialism, fascism, racism, feminism, communism, capitalism and terrorism.

UN releases comic book explaining climate change

from Philippine Daily Inquirer
by Kristine Angeli Sabillo

PARIS — In a bid to explain the issue of climate change to children, the United Nations has released a comic series that features the adventures of two superheroes attempting to address the effects of global warming.

Comics Uniting Nations, a partnership of the UN Children’s Fund (Unicef), PCI Media Impact and Reading with Pictures, launched the series “Chakra The Invincible,” based on an Indian animated film. Chakra is a character created by Stan Lee and Sharad Devarajan.

The third comic released by the group, Chakra climate change starts with a group of students from various countries attending a Model UN activity.

The students share their experiences on pollution, drought and other effects of climate change.

Mayumi, a student from the Philippines, talks about the changing weather patterns, which result in stronger typhoons devastating her country.

Read the full article HERE and HERE to read / download the comic series pdf.

Update: Typhoon Nona

School Library Research [open-access online research journal]

Click HERE to visit the AASL's open-access online research journal.

Use of Social Media by the Library

"Social media has the potential to facilitate much closer relationships between libraries and their patrons – wherever users are based, and however they choose to learn about and access library services and resources. Current usage of social media by the library community generally remains ad hoc and somewhat experimental, but the uptake of these tools is accelerating, and they will likely play an increasingly important role in library service provision and outreach in the future".

Click HERE to read the fulltext  / download the pdf of the white paper.

Claretian Bookstore Christmas Sale

Christmas is coming! Enjoy your Christmas shopping and find the perfect gifts for your loved ones! The Claretian Bookstore CHRISTMAS SALE is ongoing until December 29, 2015! Hurry! Drop by the Claretian Bookstore at 8 Mayumi St., U.P. Village, Diliman 1101, Quezon City. Call Cito at +63 2 924 6835 for more details.

2015 National Human Rights Consciousness Week

National Human Rights Consciousness Week is observed from December 4-10 of every year pursuant to Republic Act No. 9201. This year celebration is with the theme “Karapatang Pantao: Igalang, Ipagtanggol, Isakatuparan”

As per DepEd memo no. 152 s.2015, it encourages the hanging of the No To Bullying banner as part of the NHRCW celebration.

Let us joins the celebration by posting a copy of this No To Bullying banner in our Library Bulletin Boards.

IFLA School Library Guidelines

Click HERE to download the pdf.

See also HERE our Standards for Philippine Libraries : 
School Library Media Centers

How Social Media Changed the Way We Read Books

Paulo Coelho observed, “My bonds with my audience have never been stronger. Now I can really interact with readers,” but added, “I believe books in the future will change totally, and I need to be ready for this.”

Click HERE to read more. 

Book Review: Notable Children's Books of 2015

Click HERE to read the full article from New York Times.

Do We Still Need Librarians?

“Librarians should recognize their important role not just in supplying and recommending texts, but also in their understanding and use, and in thinking across the many curricular areas.”

Click HERE to read more. 

2016 LLE Schedule

LLE schedule for 2016 : September 20-21. 

Read HERE for more of the 2016 Scheduled examination.

PNULISAA 15th Annual General Assembly

Dearest alumni,

We are coming home! smile emoticon
You are cordially invited to the 15th Annual General Assembly with the theme, “Moving Forward to Continued Excellence and Renewed Passion for Service”, happening on December 12, 2015, 10:00am-12:00pm at Philippine Normal University Alumni Hall, Taft Avenue, Manila.

This is free for all alumni of PNU Library and Information Science programs. Registration starts at 9:00am. Lunch will be served after the program.

Please send your RSVP on or before Tuesday, 08 December 2015.

Thank you and we really hope to see you there! smile emoticon

NBW Souvenir Program Ads for 2015

Old banknotes good up to December 31, 2015

source: http://www.gov.ph/2015/05/29/old-banknotes-good-up-to-december-31-2015/

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Deputy Governor Diwa C. Guinigundo today reminded the public that the old banknote series launched in 1985 can still be used for daily transactions up to December 31, 2015.

From January 1, 2016 up to December 31, 2016, the old banknotes can still be exchanged in authorized agent banks and the BSP Cash Department. However, starting January 1, 2017, the old banknote series will be fully demonetized or without monetary value.

This means that the New Generation Banknotes introduced in December 2010 will result in the circulation of a single currency series in the country. The New Generation Banknotes have more and enhanced security features to protect the safety of the public against counterfeiters.

The demonetization process of the old banknotes is in line with the provisions of Section 57 of Republic Act No. 7653, otherwise known as the New Central Bank Act, which authorizes the BSP to replace banknotes that are more than 5 years old. The old banknotes have been in circulation for almost three decades.