May 10-12, 2011 Empowering the School Administrators and School Librarians in Rendering Library Services

February 28, 2011

To all School Administrators and School Librarians:

The Philippine Association of School Librarians, Inc. (PASLI) in cooperation with the Department of Education is pleased to invite you to the 3-day national seminar-workshop on Empowering the School Administrators and School Librarians in Rendering Library Services” to be held in Quirino Hall, Teacher’s Camp, Baguio City on May 10 – 12, 2011.

The seminar-workshop aims to help administrators, professional librarians and non-professionals working in both public and private school and academic libraries to:

1. improve their professional skills in delivering library services to the public;
2. upgrade their knowledge and skills in performing reference services;
3. enhance their skills and techniques in library promotion and oral interpretation of books;
4. update themselves on the latest bibliographic citation styles;
5. observe and promote love of the Philippine culture.

Registration fees of Php 4,000.00 for live-in participants and Php 3,800.00 for live-out participants will cover expenses for board and lodging, handouts, certificate and other administrative expenses.

For more information and reservation, please contact Ms. Procerfina Laman – Laong Laan Elem. School [(02)7418065/09273472740], Mr. Marion Jude Gorospe – Miriam College HS Department, [(02)5805401 local 3184/09185679308], Ms. Gemma Cuña – Claret School of Quezon City [(02)9216587/09163208011].

We look forward to seeing you at the seminar.

Thank you.

Sincerely Yours,
(Sgd) (Sgd)

Mr. Marion Jude Gorospe Ms. Procerfina V. Laman
Seminar Coordinator Over-all Seminar Chairman
Vice President, PASLI PASLI President

September 24-26, 2008 “Regional Conference on Empowering Librarians in the 21st Century”

ThePhilippine Librarians Association Inc - Southern Tagalog RegionLibrarians Council (PLAI-STRLC) will hold its Regional Conference and General Assembly on September 24-26, 2008 at the Queen Margarette Hotel, Domoit Diversion Road, Lucena City, Quezon Province.

The theme for this year activity is “Regional Conference on Empowering Librarians in the 21st Century.” It aims to stress the importance of the involvement of librarians in enabling students and its community to become critical thinkers andeffective users of information in all formats and media; strengthenlibrarian's understanding of the library’s basic functions and how technology has changed these basic functions; and to empower the administrators, librarians, information professionals andteacher-librarians in conquering successfully the library challenges ofthe 21st century.

The topics include: ABC’sof Librarians’ Success in the Workplace; Personal and ProfessionalCompetencies; Library Administration and Management; Basic LibraryFunctions and Services; Current Trends in Information Technology asApplied to Libraries.

The conference fees are as follows: Live – out: PHP 3000.00 for member*; PhP3300.00 for non-member; (to include lunches/snacks, conference kits and certificate) ; Live-in:PhP3900.00 for member; PhP 4200.00 for non-member (to include 3days and2 nights accommodation, with breakfast/dinner, in addition to seminarmeals). Accompanying person: PhP 2800.00. General Assembly: PhP 500.00 (to include lunch and snacks).

Forparticulars and reservations please contact the following: Audrey G.Anday / U.P. Open University; tel.: (049) 536-5998 ; e-mailaudreyanday[ at]yahoo[ dot]com; Marcial R. Batiancila / San SebastianCollege-Recoletos de Cavite; tel.: (046) 431-0861; fax: (046) 431-1461local 740; e-mail: m_batiancila[at]yahoo[dot] com: Rene B, Manlangit/ San Pablo Colleges; tel.: (049) 561-1586; e-mail: rbmanlangit[at]yahoo[dot] com; Rosario A. Villamater / Manuel S. Enverga university Foundation Library tel.:(042) 373-7542; e-mail: rosevillamater[at]yahoo[dot] com; Aurora A. Navela / Sacred Heart College Library tel.: (042) 710-3888 loc 222 email: aunavela012[at]yahoo[dot] com.

Please send/fax to us the Pre-Registration form on or before August 21, 2008*Memberis defined here as registered librarian who has paid his/her PLAI 2007and 2008 annual membership fee or is an active member of any of thefollowing Provincial Chapters: Cavite Librarians Association (CLASS), Quezon Librarians Association (QLA), Association of Laguna Librarians (ALL), Librarians Association of Batangas (LAB), Oriental/Occidental Mindoro Librarians Association (OMLA) and Rizal Librarians Association (RLA)

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