ASLP Seminar on Digital Assets

Date: March 30 to April 1, 2016

Venue: San Antonio Resort, Roxas City, Capiz

Theme: Digital Assets in our Midst : Positioning Librarians in the 

Knowledge Management Environment

Official Gazette of the Philippines @ archive.org

The archive of the Official Gazette of the Philippines has been made digitally available through another avenue, through a partnership with archive.org—augmenting the preserved and digitized Philippine historical materials already available online. The Official Gazette print archive can be accessed through the following URL: https://archive.org/details/govph

The use of an an open-source platform enables researchers, historians, scholars and the general public to use a variety of resources, all for free. These resources are shared with the public at minimal cost to the government.

archive.org is a nonprofit organization founded to build Internet libraries around the world, such as Project Gutenberg and Open Library, to preserve and provide access to a wide array of materials such as texts, audio files, and videos.

The Official Gazette is the official journal and national government portal of the Republic of the Philippines.

info source: http://www.gov.ph/2015/10/01/official-gazette-archiveorg/

The Role of Digital Libraries in the Regional Integration Era

The National Library of the Philippines (NLP) in cooperation with the Association of Librarians in Public Sector, Inc. (ALPS, Inc.) and Public Librarians Association of Ilocos Norte (PLAIN) will hold National Conference of Public Librarians on March 11-13, 2015 at the Plaza del Norte Hotel and Convention Center, Barangay 41, Balacad, Laoag City, Ilocos Norte. The theme of the activity is "The Role of Digital Libraries in the Regional Integration Era”

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?