Sunday, February 28, 2010

March 22, 2010 Social Networking

Dear Colleagues in the LIS profession,

You are cordially invited to a Lecture Forum cum General Assembly of the Philippine Librarians Association Inc.-National Capital Region Council (PLAI-NCRLC) . Details are the following:

Date: March 22, 2010 (Monday)
Time 8:00 A.M. – 12 noon
Venue: The National Library, TM Kalaw, Ermita, Manila

Registration: 8:00-9:00 a.m

Part I
Forum: Social Networking in promoting library services

Objective:
The forum aims to provide knowledge on social networking and how we can use this in promoting our library services.

Resource Speaker: Ms. Zarah Gagatiga

Part II

General Assembly: President's Report
Treasurer's Report
Other matters


* FREE to all paid members of the PLAI-NCRLC.

For more details, please email/call/text : Lily Echiverri, lily.echiverri@ gmail.com, 9292180; 9205514 loc. 301; Jo Ladlad, jocelyn.ladlad@ dlsu.edu. ph, 5244611-21 loc. 602/265; Fe Abelardo, feabelardo@yahoo. com, 09194948178; Nora Claravall, nora04claravall@ yahoo.com, 09278417048, Marlo Chavez, marlochavez_ capricorn@ yahoo.com, 5259401, 09273027474 and Sandy DAvid:sdavid@aps.ateneo. edu; 09179625388

Thank you.

Very truly yours,

NORA J CLARAVALL
Chair, NCRLC

Friday, February 26, 2010

March 24-27, 2010 Library Skills Training and Personality Enhancement for Paraprofessional Staff

February 15, 2010

Dear Colleague:

The ABC-RST InfoSpecialists Co. is pleased to invite you and your staff to its Second Library Skills Training and Personality Enhancement for Paraprofessional Staff to be held in Opal Function Room, Hotel Supreme Convention Plaza, Magsaysay Avenue 2600, Baguio City on March 24-27, 2010.

This activity is in line with the company’s advocacy and commitment to provide efficient and quality library services by training the paraprofessional staff in libraries.

The objectives of the training, are: to update participants on changes in library processes and services brought about by the new information and communication technologies; to enhance skills and maximize use of ICT’s in library services; and to foster smooth interpersonal relationships that will ensure customer satisfaction.

The training fee is P 4,500 for live-in participants inclusive of accommodation and meals, while P 3,000 is charged for live-out participants. For further details, please see attached brochure.

Payments may be made in cash or check payable to ABC-RST InfoSpecialists Co. An amount of P 100.00 is added to the registration fee if paid in check issued outside Metro Manila.

We would appreciate early reservations to facilitate a smooth and successful conduct of this endeavor. We hope to receive your confirmation on or before March 15, 2010 to the e-mail addresses and mobile/telephone/fax numbers indicated in the attached brochure.

Thank you and see you all in Baguio City.

Sincerely yours,

ANTONIO M. SANTOS
Manager

Monday, February 22, 2010

March 19, 2010 Demonstrating High Impact Library Customer Handling in the 21st Century

Dear Colleague (s),

Warm greetings from PAARL, Inc.!

The Philippine Association of Academic and Research Librarians (Every Librarian’s Association), in cooperation with Ortigas Foundation Library, is pleased top invite you to an afternoon forum themed on Demonstrating High Impact Library Customer Handling in the 21st Century in the vicinity of the Ortigas Foundation Library -is most appropriate with its looks, inviting atmosphere, and unique way of handling clients- 2nd floor of the Ortigas Building, Ortigas Avenue corner Meralco Avenue, Ortigas Complex, Pasig City, beginning 1pm to 5pm on March 19, 2010.

Forum’s objectives are as follows:

1. To be customer-centric library organization while discovering library- customer chemistry;
2. To handle difficult library customers appropriately;
3. To establish effective customer relationships management by acquiring, maintaining and expanding library customer database; and,
4. To create mechanisms in providing and marketing hardcore web-based/online 24-hour service to invisible and wired library customers.

PAARL, Inc. gives you one best corporate resource person on March 19, 2010 (Friday) to facilitate this activity and encourages libraries and librarians to promote their services and products in a business-like manner that seduces their respective clients to go back again and again and become their solid patrons not only to fill up their chairs and spaces but also to interact and be involved responsibly with personal causes.

There is a registration fee of P300.00 for members, P350 for non-members and P100 for students to cover the snacks and certificates. Renewal and application of membership for 2010 are also encouraged. For reservations and details, please contact the undersigned or any of the Association’s Officers and Directors. Thank you.

Sincerely yours,

Roderick B. Ramos
VP/Chair, Conference Committee

Noted by

Christopher C. Paras
President

April 28-30, 2010 "Towards Librarians' Skills and Competencies Enhancement"

The Philippine Librarians Association Inc. - Southern Tagalog Region Librarians Council (PLAI-STRLC) cordially invites all librarians, library staff, information professionals and teacher-librarians to its Summer Conference on April 28-30, 2010 at the St. Ezekiel Moreno Spirituality and Development Center, Brgy San Jose, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan.

This year's Conference theme is "Towards Librarians' Skills and Competencies Enhancement". (Click the theme to download the Invitation with Pre-registration Form)

The Conference aims to:
1) enhance the librarians skills & competencies and enable them to make their library services receptive, effective and apt to the needs of their constituents;

2) present current issues and concerns affecting Philippine libraries and librarianship and develop feasible plans to address these issues; and

3) provide an avenue to impart to participants professional updates that governs the library professions to include among others an awareness on Philippine cultural, historical and educational heritage.

Topics include: Professional updates on PLAI, NCLIS and BFL/CPE; Disaster Management Readiness of Philippine Libraries; Library Networks and Linkages; Accreditation of Philippine Libraries; Storytelling for Libraries; Online Presence of Philippine Libraries; Library and Staff Development Plan.

The Conference fees are as follows:

Live - IN: PhP 4,200 - to include accommodation (twin sharing), meals, conference kits and certificate.
Accompanying person: PhP 3,000 - to include accommodation and meals

1st 40 EARLY BIRDS*: PhP3900.00 Conference Fee provided attendance is confirmed to Organizing Committee on or before MARCH 28, 2010. However, non-appearance will still mean the interested attendee shall pay the corresponding Conference Fee unless cancellation is made on or before April 7, 2010. (*Dormitory type accommodation)

For particulars and reservations, you can contact any of the following:

Audrey G. Anday
(049) 536-5998
audreyanday[at]yahoo[dot]com

Rene B. Manlangit
(049) 5611586
rbmanlangit[at]yahoo[dot]com
Rosario Villamater
(043) 3731542
villamaterrose[at]yahoo[dot]com

Maphella A. Ruado
(0921)5730440
maadru[at]yahoo[dot]com or

contact any STRLC Provincial Chapter Representatives.

Don't forget to submit your Pre-Registration Form on or before March 28,2010. Thank you very much for your continued support.

Note on CPE: The council has applied for CPE credit units of this activity and endorsement from the Civil Service Commission, Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and Department of Education (DepEd) has also been sought. We shall be posting the approved letters as soon as we have them.

March 13 "The Changing World of Library and Information Science"

Dear Colleagues & Friends,

Greetings of Peace from PFLSI! We are pleased to inform you that PFLSI will hold a Lecture Forum on the theme "The Changing World of Library and Information Science on Saturday, March 13,2010 from 8-12 noon at the Miguel de Benavidez Library Conference Room, UST, Espana, Manila. The lecture forum aims to know what recent changes have taken place in the field of Library and Information Science and to recognize how these changes have affected the LIS profession in our country.

The lecture forum is intended for all librarians, students of Library and Information Science and other information professionals. A fee of P200 will be charged for librarians and P100.00 for undergraduate students of LIS inclusive of snacks and certificates.

For inquiries and reservations, please contact Dr. Nora J Claravall, 0927-8417048, Ms. Lilia D Lardizabal or Ms. Noemi R Bugarin at 531-8031 loc. 15 or email nora04claravall@ yahoo.com; lilia.lardizabal@ jru.edu. We would appreciate if you could help us disseminate this activity by sharing this information with other librarians and your students of Library and Information Science.

Thank you and we look forward to your continued support and participation.

Sincerely,

CANDIDA C AGCAOILI
Chair

April 21-23 "Library Automation in the 21st Century"

February 15, 2010

Dear Colleague:

It is our great pleasure to invite you to attend the National Seminar on "Library Automation in the 21st Century" to be conducted by the Philippine Librarians Association (PLAI), Inc. in cooperation with its regional council, the Ilocos Region Librarians Council (IRLC). The Seminar will be held on April 21-23, 2010 at Lay Formation Center,Bonuan Gueset, Dagupan City.

We have invited renowned speakers in the field of Technology and Automation to share their expertise. The seminar objectives are to:

• understand the fundamental aspects of library automation;
• keep abreast the technologies, systems/software as applied to library process and seminar;
• learn how to enhance our collection and to improve existing services;
• impress upon the importance of sharing of resources and information that appear only in electronic formats (e.g. Electronic

Resources, Internet Resources, Databases, etc.)

The seminar registration fee: P3,000 (Live-Out), P4,000 (Live-In) inclusive, kit, conference papers, certificate of attendance/particip ation, meals (3 AM/PM snacks, 3 lunches).

For details and inquiries, please visit PLAI website www.nlp.gov.ph/plai or get in touch with the following: Sonia S. Isip, 09205841991, browneyes007_ ph@yahoo. com; Florence P. Castro 09054949329, florence_209@ yahoo.com; Ligaya N. Caranay, 242-5535/36 loc. 123, 09175584455, slc_library@ yahoo.com; Lorena U. Ontangco, 09185413874; Lily F. Echiverri, 929-2180/920- 5514 loc. 301, lily.echiverri@gmail.com; Marlo C. Chavez, 09273027474, 5259401, marlochavez_capricorn@ yahoo.com,

Everyone is enjoined to attend. We have requested CHED Memo, DepEd Memo, and Civil Service Commission Memo for attendance on official time.

We likewise urge you to please make your reservations to ensure the smooth flow of the seminar and the timely provision of snacks and meals.

Thank you very much. We hope to hear from you soon.

Very truly yours,

SONIA S. ISIP
Seminar Chairperson

Noted:

LILIA F. ECHIVERRI
President

March 10-12 “Web Technologies: Training for Development of Library and Teaching Resources”

February 19, 2010

Dear Sir/ Madam:

Attached is the Memorandum of Dr. Catherine Q. Castaneda, Director, CHED-NCR on the “Web Technologies: Training for Development of Library and Teaching Resources”.

In connection with this, may we invite you to send your librarians and other personnel to attend the said training on March 10-12, 2010 at UPITTC, Vidal Tan Hall,
UP Diliman, Quezon City. However, if your Agency's budget may allow, we also have
the following provincial schedules:

Baguio City - March 17-19, 2010
Davao City - March 24-26, 2010

Registration fee payable to the Philippine Librarians Association, Inc. (PLAI)
is five thousand pesos (5,000.00) per participant. The fee shall cover the lunch and
snacks for three (3) days, proceedings/ papers in CD, training kit and certificate of
participation. Further, participating librarians will earn 20 CPE units for this training.

Due to limited seats, may we receive your confirmation including the number and
names of attendees from your institution three (3) days prior the start of the training. You may contact the following persons:

Ms. Connie Lea - Tel. no.: 5250926
Email add: elea285@yahoo. com
Ms. Tina - Tel no. : 525-3196
Email add: tina_d1272@yahoo. com

We are also attaching herewith the list of modules of the training for your
reference and/or guidance.

Thank you for integrating information technology in your library.

Sincerely yours,

PRUDENCIANA C. CRUZ
Director IV
The National Library
And
Project Manager
Philippine eLibrary Project

Friday, February 12, 2010

April 28-30, 2010 “Towards Librarians’ Skills & Competencies Enhancement”

Dear Colleague:

Greetings of peace!

The Philippine Librarians Association Inc. - Southern Tagalog Region
Librarians Council (PLAI-STRLC) cordially invites you to its Summer Conference on
April 28-30, 2010 at the St. Ezekiel Moreno Spirituality and Development Center, Brgy. San Jose, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan.

This year’s Conference theme is “Towards Librarians’ Skills & Competencies
Enhancement”. The conference aims to enhance the librarians skills & competencies
and enable them to make their library services receptive, effective and apt to the
needs of their constituents; present current issues and concerns affecting Philippine
libraries and librarianship and develop feasible plans to address these issues and
provide an avenue to impart to participants professional updates that governs the
library professions to include among others an awareness on Philippine cultural,
historical and educational heritage. The target participants of this Conference are
librarians, library staff, information professionals and teacher-librarians from the
Southern Tagalog region and nearby regions.

The topics include: Professional Updates on PLAI, NCLIS, and PRC;Disaster Management Readiness of Philippine libraries; Library Networks and Linkages; Accreditation of Philippine Libraries, Storytelling for Libraries; Online Presence of Philippine Libraries; and Library and Staff Development Plan.

The conference fees are as follows: Live-in: Php4,200 (to include accommodation, with breakfast/dinner, in addition to seminar meals). Accompanying person: PhP3,000. Early bird rates for the first 40 confirmations (first come-first served) received on or before March 28, 2010, is Php3900. An email confirmation from Organizer will be sent to validate your slot.

For particulars and reservations please contact the following: Audrey G.
Anday / U.P. Open University; tel.: (049) 536-5998; e-mail audreyanday@yahoo.com;
Rene B, Manlangit/ San Pablo Colleges; tel.: (049) 561-1586; e-mail:
rbmanlangit@yahoo.com; Rosario A. Villamater / Manuel S. Enverga university
Foundation Library tel.:(042) 373-7542; e-mail villamaterrose@yahoo.com; Maphella
Ruado/ Western Philippines University tel.: (0921)5730440; e-mail:
maadru@yahoo.com or please contact any of the Provincial Representatives.

Please send/fax to us the pre-registration form on/before March 28, 2010.

We look forward to seeing you at the Conference. Thank you and God bless you always.

Very truly yours,

AUDREY G. ANDAY
Chair, Conference Committee and
Vice-President, Board of Directors

NOTED BY:

MARCIAL R. BATIANCILA
President, Board of Directors

Monday, February 8, 2010

March 26, 2010 “Library Crosses:the blocks for IQUAME”

February 4, 2010

Dear Colleague,

Greetings of Peace!

The Association of Laguna Librarians (ALL) will be having a Forum entitled “Library Crosses:the blocks for IQUAME” on March 26, 2010 from 8:00-12:00 at the UPLB Conference Room, UPLB, Los Banos, Laguna.

The objective of the forum is to prepare the University/College for IQUAME as well as the library standards and procedures concerned.

A forum fee of Five Hundred pesos (Php 500.00) will be collected from participants to cover the certificates and snacks.

General Assembly and election of new set of officers for 2010 will be followed right after the forum at around 2:00 pm.

For more particulars, please contact any of the officers.

We are looking forward to seeing you in the above activities.

Thank you and more power,

Very truly yours,

Aniline A. Vidal
Conference Chair/Vice President

Noted:

Elizabeth D. Malabanan
President

Thursday, February 4, 2010

April 14-16, 2010 “Superior Practices and World Widening Services of Philippine Libraries”

3 February 2010
Dear Colleagues and Friends,

Warm greetings from PAARL, Inc.!

The Philippine Association of Academic and Research Librarians, Inc. (Every Librarian’s Association) is pleased to invite you to a 3-day National Summer Conference on the theme: “Superior Practices and World Widening Services of Philippine Libraries.” This professional activity will be held on April 14-16, 2010 at the Function Hall of Dao Diamond Bed & Breakfast Hotel, Km. 3, Dao District, Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines. .

The theme will specifically evolve on the following objectives:

1. to stimulate a service differentiation and offer practical guidance through experienced library and information professionals whose expertise have always been in the frontlines of change, in terms of, library management, supervision and administration;

2. to acquire a worldwide view, be equipped, and, establish web-based/online presence and space through libraries’ offers of both local and international information and networking; and,

3. to brainstorm, benchmark and draw recommendations that will best sustain and facilitate the exceptional function and crucial role of libraries’ circulation and reference work for successful repeat services rendered by libraries and library personnel.

For live-in participants, a seminar fee of Php 5,000.00 will be charged inclusive of 3 days/2nights accommodation with meals and snacks, seminar kits, handouts and certificates. Likewise, accompanying persons of live-in participants will be charged Php 4,000.00 to cover the cost of accommodation with meals and snacks. Live-out participants will only pay a seminar fee of Php 4,500.00. CHED or DECS memo endorsements and 20 CPE credit units are being applied. The optional Bohol package tour is priced only at Php 875.00. Book as early as now for your plane tickets for promo prices and lower rates thru Philippine Airlines or Cebu Pacific airlines. .

For inquiries and reservations and details, please contact the undersigned or any of the Association’s Officers and Directors. We would appreciate if you could help us disseminate this activity by posting a copy of this invitation on your bulletin board or share this information with other librarians.

Thank you and we look forward to your continued support and participation.

Sincerely yours,

Roderick B. Ramos
Vice President/Chair, Conference Committee

Noted by

Christopher C. Paras
President

About Me

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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.