November 2008: Library and Information Services Month (LIS)

Library and Information Services Month (LIS)
Theme: Philippine Libraries and Librarians in the Midst of Global Competitiveness

NOVEMEBR 2008
Sponsored by: National Committee on Library and Information Services (NCLIS); The National Library (TNL); Philippine Librarians Association, Inc. (PLAI)

SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES

I. Opening Ceremonies – November 3; Venue: The National Library (TNL)
- Motorcade
- Mass
- Program
- Award for “2008 Outstanding City Libraries in Metro Manila”

II. First Philippine Congress on Electronic Libraries – November 13-14; Venue: The National Library (TNL)

III. PLAI National Congress on the “Multicultural Landscape of Philippine Librarianship” – November 20-22; Venue: Grand Meng Seng Hotel, Davao City

IV. NCLIS Execon Regular Meeting – November 21; Venue: Grand Meng Seng Hotel, Davao City

V. PLAI House of Delegates and General Assembly – November 22; Venue: Grand Meng Seng Hotel, Davao City

VI. National Book Week (NBW) – November 24-28; Theme: Ang Batang Palabasa Dalubhasa sa Kultura”; Venue: The National Library (TNL)
- Opening/Book Parade
- Program
- Awarding of Contest Winners

VII. TNL-German Embassy Workshop on Paper Conservation and Restoration – November 26-27; Venue: The National Library (TNL)

VIII. Closing Ceremonies/Librarians Day – November 28; Venue: Shangri-la, West, Quezon City
- Lecture Forum on “Filipino Librarians: Today and Tomorrow”
- Fellowship Luncheon


For other PLAI Regional Council and Library Association Activities, separate announcements will be distributed.

For particulars, call the NCLIS Office c/o U.P. Law Library – 929-2180; PLAI Office – 525-9401; TNL – 525-1748

Steering Committee

Co-Chairpersons: Susima L. Gonzales (PLAI); Antonio M. Santos (NCLIS); Prudenciana C. Cruz (TNL)

Sub-Commitees

OPENING CEREMONIES

Honorary Chair: Prudenciana C. Cruz; Chair: Flora A. Valmonte

Motorcade
Chair: Rodolfo Y. Tarlit; Co-Chair: Sancho A. Domenden

Search for 2008 Outstanding City Libraries
Chair: Antonio M. Santos; Co-Chair: Sancho A. Domenden

PLAI NATIONAL CONGRESS/ANNUAL CONVENTION

Over-All Chair: Susima L. Gonzales; Co-Chair: Thelma S. Kim

Conference:
Chair: Thelma S. Kim; Co-Chair: Nora Fe H. Alajar

Ways and Means
Chair: Susima L. Gonzales; Co-Chair: Zoraida E. Bartolome

Physical Arrangement
Chair: Nora Fe H. Alajar; Co-Chair: Belen M. Vibar

Registration
Chair: Marlo C. Chavez; Co-Chair: Fe E. Abelardo

Food/Refreshment
Chair: Rebecca B. Napiere; Co-Chair: Lourdes V. Soriano

NATIONAL BOOK WEEK (NBW)

Chair: Fe A. Abelardo

Committee on Contest
Chair: Leonila Galvez; Co-Chair: Josefina Juare

Committee on Food/Refreshment
Chair: Helen Grace Cacho; Co-Chair: Nona Yonder

Committee on Finance/Ways and Means
Chair: Ceferina Andaya; Co-Chair: Marlo C. Chavez

Committee on Physical Arrangement/Reception
Chair: Melba A. Tablizo

Committee on Publicity
Chair: Jesusa C. Manhit

Committee on Souvenir Program
Chair: Lilia F. Echiverri

Committee on Invitation/Program
Chair: Emma M. Rey

CLOSING CEREMONIES

Committee on Lecture/Forum
Chair: Susima L. Gonzales; Co-Chair: Rodolfo Y. Tarlit

Committee on Fellowship
Chair: Mona Liza P. Leguiab; ; Co-Chair: Marlo C. Chavez

PROCLAMATION NO. 837

Declaring the Month of November 1991 and every year thereafter as “Library and Information Services Month”

WHEREAS, there is a need to focus public awareness to the invaluable service that libraries and information centers render, i.e., providing data and materials for life-long knowledge and learning for research and for leisure. NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the month of November 1991 and every year thereafter as “Library and Information Services Month,” under the auspices of The National Library and The National Committee on Library Information Services of the Presidential Commission on Culture and Arts.

I call upon all residents, regardless of race or creed, and the public and the private sectors to extend their full support to the observance of “Library and Information Services Month.”

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 19th of November in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-one.

By the President.

(SGD.) CORAZON C. AQUINO
President of the Philippines

(SGD.) FRANKLIN DRILON
Executive Secretary

Source: http://www.stii.dost.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50&Itemid=32

NOTE: Ramos attended a PLAI Meeting with Presidents last September 17 (Wednesday) at the PLAI Office, 1 p.m. and obtained a copy of the invitation for PNU-LISAA, Inc., A Caring Alumni Group.