PLAI : Notice of General Assembly

Notice is hereby served that the Philippine Librarians Association, Inc. (PLAI) will be holding its Annual General Assembly on 25 November, 2016, from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. at the SMX Convention Center, SM Lanang, Davao City. 

Kindly refer to the attached for the agenda, as well as the invitation for the Librarians' Day 2016.

We are looking forward to your participation in these events!

2015 PLAI Awardees

Congratulations to the 2015 PLAI Awardees

Witness the awarding ceremony on December 1, 2015 4pm @ 2nd Floor

Ballroom Hall of OP Building, UST, Manila

during the celebration of Librarians' Day and Fellowship Night

Advisory : Librarians' Magic Ball

“Philippine Librarians’ Magic Ball: A Red Carpet Event”

VENUE ADVISORY

Vehicles without a UST car sticker may enter either thru Gate 4 (Espana Blvd.) or Gate 14 (A.H. Lacson St.). There is an available multi-deck car park for a minimum fee of PhP 35 for the first three (3) hrs.

For those who have drivers, you may ask the guard on duty at Quezon Drive (Gate 4) entrance to let them thru for them to be dropped off at the BGPOP Bldg. The driver may then proceed to the pay parking. All this considered since the car park and the venue is one main building and a football field away.

For those who will be going by taxi, they may enter thru Gate 4, Gate 14, or Gate 10 (Dapitan St.). Just inform the guard on duty that they will be attending an event at BGPOP Bldg. by showing the event ticket or invitation if the guards asks for it.

For those who do not have drivers, we are sorry there will be no valet services for the event.

Librarian's Day 2015 Magic Ball

Philippine Librarian's Magic Ball : a Red Carpet Event

90th PLAI Fellowship Dinner Awardees

The Philippine Librarians Association, Inc. (PLAI) congratulates the following Awardees during the Multi-PLAI Fellowship Dinner / Librarian's Day held at Cherry Blosoms Hotel, Ermita, Manila on November 30, 2013.

Gabriel A. Bernardo Award - Prof. Thelma S. Kim

Cirilo B. Perez Award - Dr. Sonia S. Isip

Severino I. Velasco Award - Victoria R. Santos

Service Award - Fe E. Abelardo (not in picture)

Service Award - Virgina C. Ramos

Award of Recognition - Elnora L. Conti

Award of Recognition - Acts of Hope for the Nation (AHON) Foundation

90th Anniversary Special Achievement Award - R. Dante O. Perez

Hall of Fame Award - Lilia F. Echiverri

Hall of Fame Award - Rodolfo Tarlit

Eulogio B. Rodriguez Award - Prof. Rosalie B. Faderon

Multi-PLAI : Celebrating 90 years of Involvement

Philippine Librarian's Day

Last Oct 2007, I posted a message at Talakayan regarding the need for an observance of Philippine Librarian's Day after reading a post at PLAI-CVRLC blog wherein one article inquired if there was such a thing as Librarian' s Day since there is a professional celebration like Teacher's Day. After some preliminary e-brainstorming with selected colleagues in Region IV to further iron out the idea and to solicit their own opinion/comment/suggestion, we reckoned that for this campaign to be effective it should not be limited to Cagayan Valley Region nor to STRLC alone but to reach a greater number of our colleagues who have online presence as well. The idea is that such celebration will provide opportunity to further promote/market our noble profession. Furthermore it is a good advocacy that deserved to be discussed/brainstormed with a wider audience of colleagues to further "level-up" the profession, and as a parallel advocacy for the use of "RL" initial.

So far, the discussion on this matter, was viewed 450 times since then and a generally favorable feedback can be noted. In addition, it was such a joy to learn as relayed by a colleague who attended the PLAI National Congress last Nov 2007 that some resource speakers who are not librarians by profession encouraged participants to celebrate Librarian's Day as a form of marketing the profession.

During the 2nd PLAI-STRLC Regular Monthly meeting held at Kamayan Restaurant at Bay, Laguna yesterday, 19 Feb 2007, Mrs. Lourdes Soriano, elected NBOT representing STRLC, reported among other things for the PLAI Update portion of the Agenda, that during one of the PLAI-National meetings, PLAI National Officers approved the inclusion of Librarian's Day as part and parcel of the National Book Week Celebration. The designated observance is every November 29 of every year. We will be posting an official memo regarding this once it is circulated. (RBManlangit).