Monday, January 25, 2010

February 5, 2010 Beyond Conventions: Leveraging on the Roles and Competencies of Librarians and Information Professionals (LIPs

Dear fellow Alumni:

Warm greetings!

The University of the Philippines (UP) Library Science Alumni Association (UPLSAA)
will be having it’s 1st Library and Information Science (LIS) Student Summit with the theme Beyond Conventions: Leveraging on the Roles and Competencies of Librarians and Information Professionals (LIPs) on February 5, 2010 (Friday), from 8am to
5pm at the Conference Facility of C&E Publishing Inc. 1672 Quezon Ave.,South Triangle, Quezon City.

This summit is the first of its kind in the Philippines, where all Library Science
undergraduate students (both major and minor in), and faculty from various Library Science schools in the country will be gathered under one roof to hear about the different experiences, skills and expertise of successful practitioners and thought
leaders in the field to prove that the work of LIPs goes beyond the traditional
boundaries of libraries. It will also provide new ideas and best practices to
develop and enhance the roles and core competencies of those who would like to
build a successful career in Library and Information Science. (See attached rationale and list of speakers for the summit.)

In this regard, we would like to invite you as a participant to attend the summit.
Registration is free. Participants will receive ID, certificate of attendance, and giveaways from our corporate sponsors. Food will not be provided; however Dolce Latte is offering an affordable meal package to all participants at PhP250 per pax, which includes set lunch and pm snacks. We’re encouraging everyone to avail this affordable meal package. (see Pre-Registration form for more details). Also because of the size limitation of the venue, we can only accommodate certain 30 slots for the event. Please accomplish the pre-registration form and fax to (02) 9818500 loc. 2869 or email to rrmubana@gmail. com on or before February 1, 2010.

Should you have more concerns about the event, we are more than willing contact you
and discuss the details of this first ever LIS Student Summit. Feel free to contact me or anyone from the UPLSAA Executive Board. Thank you very much and we are highly anticipating your participation to the summit.

All the best!

UPLSAA Executive Board 2009-2010

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Ramos, also supervised a memorial library, came to PNU from barrio library work, where he managed three libraries and adult classes for Trinity College of Quezon City-Sagada Special Academic Program for 3 years. He started as a teacher-librarian (E. Abada High School, DCS, Manila) in 1992, became an instructor-librarian for six years (St. Louis College of Valenzuela City), and previously college librarian of the Education & Periodicals Section of PNU, 2008 president to PNU-LISAA, Inc., now conference chair to Every Librarian's Association, PAARL, Inc He earned academic units both for Master in Public Administration and Master in Educational Management. Presently, he is enrolled in MAED with Library Science as specialization at PNU and used to work in the IRS of DLSU-Manila and now associate librarian to its Archives services.