ALAP Forum and General Assembly

17 March 2015

Dear Colleagues:

Greetings from the Agricultural Librarians Association of the Philippines (ALAP), an organization of librarians and information professionals from private and government agencies, agricultural colleges and universities and other institutions conducting research in agriculture, natural resources and allied fields.

ALAP, in partnership with the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) will be holding a forum on “Quality Management System and ISO in Libraries”on 05 June 2015, 8:30AM to 12:00NN, at UPOU CCDL Auditorium, UPOU Headquarters, Los Baños, Laguna.The ALAP General Assembly will alsobe held in the afternoon at 1:00 to 5:00PM. These events will highlight the celebration of the 43rd founding anniversary of the association.

In connection with this, we are inviting you to attend the said forum / General Assembly and celebrate with us on this memorable day.The forum fee will be Php500.00 inclusive of AM and PM snacks, lunchand kits. Attached is the registration form and program for the said events.

For reservation and further queries, please contact (1) Ms. Adelina M. Esperante, ALAP President (amesperante@up.edu.ph); or (2) Nimphas E. Javier, ALAP Vice President (nejavier@yahoo.com; or (3) Evangeline L. Alcantara, Board Secretary (ela1018@yahoo.com).

We hope to see you and warmest regards.

Respectfully yours,

NIMPHAS E. JAVIER

Vice President and Conference Chair

Noted by:

ADELINA M. ESPERANTE

President

Harvesting Online Resources and Cloud Computing

Dear Colleague:

Greetings!

Agricultural Librarians Association of the Philippines will celebrate its 41st anniversary on June 7, 2013 at the UPLB Main Library through a forum entitled “Harvesting Online Resources and Cloud Computing”.

There are common questions from information professionals, researchers as well as library users that this seminar would like to address: these are 1) How can we gather free digital resources to augment our print collections; 2) How can we systematically search, download, and share these reliable materials to our library users; 3) what do we need to know about cloud computing; and 4) how is cloud computing influencing the way we keep and share information?

Please come and bring a friend or colleague to join us, as we learn from the invited experts on the topics.

The forum fee is Php 500.00 to cover snacks, lunch and certificates.

During the forum, exhibits of agricultural websites will be displayed at the UPLB Main Library lobby while ALAP's General Assembly starts at 1pm onwards.

For reservation and inquiries please contact Andriette S. Valdez at 0908-320-9416 or Evangeline L. Alcantara at 0916-5056120 or get in touch with any ALAP officers.

See you there!

Very truly yours,

LORENZA D. OLIVEROS

Vice-President and

Chair, Conference Committee

Noted by:

VICTORIA B. SANDOVAL

President