Tuesday, January 27, 2009

PNU-LISAA Calls for Your Support

Professional librarians of PNU-LISAA, Inc will leave for La Union for its OUTREACH SANTOL on January 31 (Saturday). Santol Municipality is headed by its Honorable Mayor Daisy Olivar and assisting her for this project is her provincial librarian named Marissa Acosta (former DLSU library staff member).. The Association' s current president Ms. Jocelyn L. Ladlad facilitates and a team will offer professional assistance through lectures and workshop to 25-30 persons manning the different libraries in the municipality with some teachers attending. This activity is aimed at (1) providing basic information on: library management and service, sourcing and handling of donations, cataloging library materials; (2) acknowledging the importance of the work of people in far flung area through the different interactive activities; and (3) sharing some books and library materials to augment the library collection.

If you want to share a gift, a book donation, you can speak and discuss this with the 2009 Executive Board of PNU-LISAA, Inc., a caring alumni group. The Association also accepts cash donation/pledges for this specific project. Alumni or non-alumni may deposit through Banco de Oro with Savings Account Number 470378972 under the Account Name: Philippine Normal University Library and Information Science Alumni Assn.(PNU-LISAA) , Inc. and keep a copy of the deposit slip for the release of the OR.

Project:Outreach Santol

Date: January 31, 2009
Venue: Santol Municipality, La Union
Contact Persons: Marissa Acosta, Provincial Librarian and Mayor Daisy Olivar, Mayor of Santol, La Union
Recipients: Around 25-30 persons manning the different libraries in the municipality and some teachers

Background:
Mayor Daisy Olivar and Marissa Acosta came to visit DLSU-Manila in November 2008 to pick-up some library donations. M. Acosta, who used to work in DLSU Library, introduced J. Ladlad to the very young mayor, Mayor Daisy. In the brief conversation, there was inter-change of some municipal concerns and dreams for the welfare of her constituents while the librarian’s work and activities were also shared to her. Mayor Daisy wishfully thought of offering her teacher and librarian constituents a lecture or similar activities that would hopefully inspire them in their work. J. Ladlad offered assistance through lectures and workshop together with her group of librarians as an outreach activity in her town of Santol. Mayor Daisy gratefully accepted the offer.

J. Ladlad discussed the information during the PNULISAA Board meeting and recommended to the Board to have this as an outreach project which was whole heartedly accepted by the Board members.

Objectives:The objectives of the out reach activity are:
1. Providing basic information on
1.1 library management and service
1.2 sourcing and handling of donations
1.3 cataloging library materials
2. Acknowledging the importance of the work of people in far flung area through the different interactive activities
3. Sharing some books and library materials to augment the library collection

Activities: Lecture-workshop, Donation of books and other materials
A. A lecture-workshop will be held in the venue provided by Mayor Daisy Olivar and Ms. Marissa Acosta

The whole day activity has three (3) lecture-workshop with the following topics:
1st Lecture-workshop on Library Management and service –J. Ladlad
2nd Lecture-workshop on Sourcing and handling of donations—N. Nabus
3rd Lecture-workshop on Cataloguing –E. Montejo

All the lectures are expected to have one or two activities for the workshop. In between lecture, ice-breaker activities will be given.

B. Turn-over of donations.

Materials Needed
A. Hardware
Computer and LCD
B. Paper and pens for the participants
C. White board or black board

Schedule, Expenses etc.

Arrival: Manila, 12:00 AM-4:00 A.M.
Departure: Santol 10: 00 P.M-4:00 A.M.

Transportation: The group will take the public transport (Partas/Viron bus in Quezon City terminal); fare is Php 400 + one way or around Php 1, 000.00 round trip.

PARTAS BUS COM.

Pasay City Quezon City
EDSA (beside Winston Hotel) Aurora Blvd. cor. Bernardino St
Pasay City Quezon City
Tel. (63 2) 851-4025 Tel. (63 2) 725-7303

If the group decides to stay overnight and return to Manila on Sunday, Mayor Daisy is offering her home to stay. So no expense will be incurred here.

Our heart is on service for PNULISAA is a caring group.

Saturday, January 24, 2009

LIS Prof Retiring and Celebrating Soon!

A party is expected to be held next month and someone asked what would be the greatest retirement gift any could give him. On his birthday, this beloved professor will be retiring from the Philippine Normal University. A Golden Ring Awardee last 2006. Such is given to loyal and dedicated knowledge workers, the faculty and administrative staff of PNU, like this Cataloging expert who served the University for more than 4 decades. He does not only take the center stage of our admiration and respect but also allows us all to see enshrined in his heart the name of the Philippine Normal University - our very formidable Alma Mater!

Send your greeting cards, flowers, etc. now or if you want to share a gift, you can speak and discuss this with the 2009 Executive Board of PNU-LISAA, Inc., a caring alumni group. The Association also accepts cash gifts for our retirees' project.

You may also deposit through Banco de Oro with Savings Account Number 470378972 under the Account Name: Philippine Normal University Library and Information Science Alumni Assn.(PNU-LISAA), Inc. and keep a copy of the deposit slip for the release of the OR.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

CAREER TALK 2009

January 12, 2009

Dr. Linda Tayona
Head, PNU LIS Department
Philippine Normal University
cor. Taft Ave. and Ayala Blvd., Manila

Dear Dr. Tayona:

Greetings from the Association!

I am very pleased to inform you that PNULISAA, Inc. (Philippine Normal University Library and Information Science Alumni Association, Inc.) is now on its 9th year of existence as a professional group for alumni graduates of the Philippine Normal University.

The Association aims to encourage intellectual growth, maintain high levels of professionalism; to advance networking, communication and enhance social fellowship among its members; to promote and support a continuing program of library education; and, to uphold the dignity and the professional ethics of librarianship.

In this regard, the Association wishes to offer a roundtable career talk to the six LS students who are graduating this March. We hope that this will be acceptable to you.

Looking forward to your favorable response.

Thank you very much.

Sincerely yours,

JOCELYN L. LADLAD
President

MESSAGE TO MAHLAP

PNU-LISAA, Inc. takes great pleasure in celebrating with you!

My warmest congratulations to 2008 Executive Board and members of the Medical and Health Librarians Association of the Philippines (MAHLAP) for a wonderful year which sets next years of the Association. Your authentic sincerity and deep involvement to serve fellow librarians and the nation are noteworthy. MAHLAP will prevail – win through - and is worthy of emulation by all - both as a quality program provider and as a professional group.

As a quality program provider, MAHLAP prepares itself and instrumental in playing a big role in the educational challenges facing medical and health libraries, locally and internationally. Here, MAHLAP is at its best!

As a professional group, MAHLAP only shares what they have become and continuously serves and assists. Here, MAHLAP shines above us all!

Long life to Medical and Health Librarians Association of the Philippines!

RODERICK B. RAMOS
2008 President

Request for Message

MAHLAP
Medical and Health Librarians Association of the Philippines
Room 301 PLAI Office, The National Library, T.M. Kalaw, Manila, Philippines
www.mahlap.org

Request for Message

13 January 2008

MR. RODERICK RAMOS
President
Philippine Normal University
Library and Information Science Alumni Assn. Inc.
Taft Avenue, Manila

Dear Mr. Ramos,

The Medical and Health Librarians Association of the Philippines (MAHLAP) will be releasing its 2009 edition of MAHLAP directory. This directory will consist of medical and health libraries and librarians in the Philippines and will showcase the historical background, activities and events of MAHLAP since its establishment twenty years ago.

In this regard, we are asking for a message coming from your office to be included in the 2009 directory. This will serve as our inspiration as we continue to uplift the medical and health librarianship as a profession in our country. Kindly include a passport-sized colored photo in your reply.

Visit our website at www.mahlap.org for more information.

Thank you very much.

Sincerely yours,

Mr. Joseph M. Yap
P.R.O.

Mr. Gilbert D. Santos
President

Sunday, January 11, 2009

President’s Report 2004-2005

By Evelyn P. Nabus

It has been a year since I accepted the responsibility as president of this Association and now the time has come for me to turn-over the duties and responsibilities to the incoming president. But before that, allow me to present the achievements of the board for the year 2005.

Organized fora and workshop

As part of the yearly activity of the Association, last February, we held the 3rd annual career planning workshop for all graduating students of LIS, in coordination with the Department. It aimed to help the graduating class prepare for their job hunt. The activity included how to prepare an application letter and resume and how to prepare for an interview. The resource person was no less than our very own, the energetic Ms. Jocelyn L. Ladlad of De La Salle University.

On August 17, we held a lecture-workshop on “Cataloging in a Networked Environment” at the PNU library multimedia center. We invited, as our resource speaker, to share her expertise in cataloging, also our very own, Ms. Estela Montejo with the help of her colleague Ms. Michelle Panti of Ateneo De Manila University. The activity aimed to make cataloging easy with the help of available web resources.

Thirty-six librarians, both public and private schools attended the half-day lecture-workshop. We extend our gratitude for the sponsors on that day, the Manila Bulletin for the laptop used by the speakers and Gakken Philippines for the wireless LCD projector.

Financial Matters

Some of our past and present officers pledged certain amount of money to our coffer for the scholarship, and we are still waiting for the other alumni who may want to share their blessings also. We are still in the process of preparing documents and selection criteria for the scholarship program.

Membership

We are now in our 5th year of existence, but membership is still a problem with us, as to how we can reach out to alumni. We worked hard to establish this Association, so we are asking your help, active members to invite your classmates to be part of the Association. This is ours: share your expertise, time and sometimes your resources for the benefit of the Association.

We extend our gratitude to Lorenz and Ofel for emailing some names of their classmates and we are expecting more emails of alumni from you active members.

We published at least 2 newsletters a year. We are encouraging you members to contribute articles, announcements or ideas that you want to include in the newsletter. We also have one web site which we share with the Department at http://pnulibraryinfoscience.blogspot.com. The site’s name is PNU-LIS Updates and is maintained by a core group of alumni.

Board Members 2004-2005

As one of the pioneer in this Association, I’m proud to say that the Association survived for 5 years now and that is because all of you who supported our activities. I take great pride in being part of a team that always works as one, walang pataasan, and everyone is welcomed to contribute his ideas during brainstorming. It is indeed a commitment to all of us to work for the benefit of our Association. I will miss the group, especially the laughter during our meeting. May I present each one of them, our very energetic vice president, Ms.Medina de Castro of Sta. Isabel College; Ms. Myrna Fortus of Araullo High School, secretary; Ms. Bless Velasco of National Library, treasurer; Ms. Vivian Gallardo of Philippine Cultural High School, auditor; Mr. Roderick B. Ramos of Philippine Normal University, PRO; and board of trustees, Ms. Jocelyn Ladlad, DLSU; Ms. Mary Ann Jimenez, DLSU-Dasma; Ms. Estela Montejo, ADMU; Mr. Antonio Resureccion of Xavier School; and ex-officio Ms. Consuelo Estigoy.

Thank you for your support to all our activities under my leadership as president. If someone will call you to be part of the team don’t hesitate to accept the nomination. I know you will enjoy and learn more. Also a sincerest gratitude to our dear fellow professionals who are always willing to attend and support all our activities, and to the faculty, who serve as our inspiration to continue our journey. This is not the end, always expect my full support to the Association, you can always reach me through cell phone or email anytime you need me. Hope to see more of our fellow alumni in our future activities.

Friday, January 9, 2009

Acceptance Speech by Medie De Castro, Incoming President 2005-2006

Mrs. Susima Gonzales, our inducting officer, Dr. Linda M. Tayona, Chairman-PNU LIS Department, Prof. Ruben P. Marasigan, Chief Librarian, Prof. Miguel M. Cobaria and other members of the LIS Dept., colleagues in the profession: Good Morning!

Based on the By-Laws of the Association, if your are elected as the vice-president, automatically, you will be the conference chair for the whole term. That’s why, when I got elected as vice-president, I felt hesitant to accept the position because as you all know being a conference chair is a very difficult task. But with the help and cooperation of my co-officers and members of the Board and ex-officers like Ms. Placida Socorro Limpin and Connie J. Estigoy and with the guidance of our advisers, especially Professors Ruben P. Marasigan and Miguel M. Cobaria, I can say that I successfully passed the challenge and am ready to accept more challenging tasks ahead and to respond to the concerns of our Association.

Our group will continue the plan of activities of the outgoing president. Primarily, the Scholarship Program for deserving LIS students. Hopefully, we can start the program this coming June 2006. With this, we are asking your help through your monetary pledges and tapping other alumni to share their resources so that we could raise funds and continue to support the program.

We are aiming also to conduct not just fora but a series of seminar-workshops in and outside Metro Manila for the professional growth of our members as well as the non-members.

Lastly, I would like to appeal to all the members to actively participate in all the activities of the Association and religiously pay your annual membership dues in order to sustain the financial needs of the Association. Once again, good day and thank you!

Ateneo librarian now president to PNU-LISAA, Inc

Estela Montejo, professional cataloger of ADMU, along with other officers and board members have been inducted to officership last December 9, 2006 at a PNU-LISAA, Inc. general assembly. Here written is her acceptance speech:

New President’s Goals

Our beloved Board for Librarians, Member, Mrs. Elnora Conti, PNU Library Science Professors; Dr. Tayona, Prof. Ruben Marasigan (etc.) and our new Chief Librarian Dr. Mary Orendain, Guests, Past Presidents of PNULISAA, Fellow officers, Friends, Ladies and Gentlemen, a pleasant Good morning and welcome to PNULISAA 6th General Assembly and Induction ceremonies.

I am indeed very happy that you are present at this occasion. Being here is already a manifestation of your persisting interest in our Association’s programs and activities.

Let me first narrate how my involvement with our association came about, the first I was appointed as an officer (as secretary) of the Association was in 2002, with Mr. Jing Bautista as our president. Mr. Bautista approached me during the General Assembly and asked me to be the Secretary of the Association, at first, I was reluctant to accept his invitation, thinking that I wouldn’t be able to make it because I knew then that accepting would mean commitment and acceptance of responsibilities and challenges the new board will be facing ….(dahil sa awa ko at nahiya rin ako sa kanila tinanggap ko at sabi ko sige susubukan ko). This is my 5th year in service of the Association, having been re-elected every year since 2002. I must say I have gained enriching experiences and learned to love the Association, the officers and members I worked with, and the library profession as well. Last year you chose me to be the Vice-president, which makes me your president elect for 2006-2007.

Looking at this crowd and realizing the position that I now occupy, I cannot help but feel a bit overwhelmed, nervous and even intimidated by your expectations from me as the president.
Your support and trust will be my motivation to effectively accomplish my duties and to reach the goals we have set. Everyone in this gathering will agree with me that the success of the Board does not depend solely on the President. Our success relies heavily on the cooperation of the executive members and the active support and participation of all the members of the Association; we are all part of this Association. I therefore urge you to participate in the planning and implementation of our projects and share your ideas freely with the current officers.
The Association needs fresh ideas from fresh graduates, so I am also convincing you to join the executive board next year.

In behalf of the 2006 Board, let me present to you my plans and programs for the year 2006-2007.

Membership Campaign

We would like to appeal to our fellow alumni to renew their memberships or become lifetime members.Alumni Directory This year we will compile and publish an Alumni Directory. This is very important tool in reaching out and in disseminating information to all our members.

Seminars/Trainings

We will continue organizing seminars/trainings, one held annually a lecture-workshop on Career talk for PNU Library Science graduating students. (At least 2 seminars for a year). We have a big number of alumni who have made their mark both local and international scene. We will tap their skills and resources or a speaker for this activity and we hope that they will be more than willing to support us in this endeavor.

Scholarship Grants

This is for LS students, the guidelines were set already and hopefully we can implement this by this coming school year. Those who are interested just inquire at the Department or Dr. Tayona’s office.

With these as my guide, and with your confidence, I appeal to all of you to help me achieve these goals. Again, we will not be able to accomplish all these things without your support and total involvement in all our undertakings.

I pray to God Almighty for his blessings and guidance in all our activities. Again, thank you and God bless us all.

Medina de Castro speaks at a general assembly

PNU-LISAA, Inc President Medina de Castro congratulated officers and board members of the Association for having a fruitful year in a general assembly at the PNU conference room last December 9, 2006. Here written is her speech:

Mrs. Nora Conti, Dr. Mary Orendain, Dr. Linda Tayona, Prof. Ruben Marasigan, Prof. Miguel Cobaria and other members of the LIC Dept.; my co-officers, members of the Association; colleagues in the profession, GOOD MORNING!

When I was preparing this report, I read and reviewed content of my acceptance speech last year and I discovered that some plans and activities written in my acceptance speech did not materialize.

Nagawa ba ang mga dapat. And my inner self said, “ OO naman, we tried, performed and did our best!We we were not able to accomplish all but have done the following:

1. We conducted an annual career orientation last February 2006 at the PNU Multimedia Room with Ms. Dolly Decinal as our resource speaker. The career orientation is an annual activity of the association to help LIS students prepare for job hunt.

2. Last August 16, we held a seminar-workshop on “Library Marketing Strategy that Works.” Invited speaker was Mrs. Lleuvelyn Cacha, of Ateneo De Manila University and she shared knowledge on “Library Marketing in the Digital Age”. Our very own Mrs. Zarah Gagatiga, Head Librarian of Xavier School, also spoke on the topic “Creative Use of School Libraries for Pre-School and Basic Education” with focus on storytelling & puppetry for library development. This activity was very successful and well attended perhaps due to very interesting seminar topics.

3. I can say that participation to the National Book Week celebration last Nov. 24-29 is another accomplishment. The PNU-LISAA, Inc. officers, board members, and PNU librarians headed by Dr. Maria Orendain attended the Fellowship Dinner last Nov. 29. The Association was also well-represented even in the Fun Walk activity held last Nov. 24.

4. Scholarship. The Association is ready to adopt PNU LIS scholars on a semestral basis which will begin before the year ends. The new officers and board members shall encourage everyone to support a fund for this very noble mission of the Association.

5. Membership. If you will notice, our theme for this day is “BALIK PNU LIBRARY”. Our aim is to welcome and bring members back again to the PNU-LISAA, Inc. We observed that very few PNU-LISAA members attended the previous activities of the Association. Most of our participants from the previous fora and seminars were non-alumni and mostly from school libraries for which we are, also, very thankful for. We know that we are able to help school librarians in their professional growth and their attendance assist the Association in terms of financial needs. Iilan lang po sa ating mga alumni ang bayad sa inaasahang membership fees para sa PNU-LISAA. So, I am appealing to all the members to pay your annual membership fees to support the incoming activities of the association.

PNU-LISAA: A Team Working For One Goal

Acceptance speech by Ma. Evelyn P. Nabus delivered during the 4th General Assembly on November 20, 2004 at PNU Library, Manila

Ms. Perla Garcia, our inducting officer, Dr. Linda M. Tayona, PNU LIS Department chairman, colleagues in the profession, good afternoon.

I am having mixed feelings right now. I feel anxious if I can carry out the responsibilities that go with the position of president the Association has entrusted me. But knowing that I belong to a team that really works and is committed to carrying out the Association’s vision, I feel relieved.

My term will continue the vision of the Association to conduct a massive campaign for membership and it will only be done with the help of each one of us. Now we have more than 200 members, but sad to say only a quarter of the members are active, and some are hesitant to commit their time, knowledge, and sometimes their “treasures” for the success of the Association.

We will also continue to conduct relevant for a and seminars with minimal fees and invite competent speakers. We are open to suggestions on topics we should carry on for next year and how we can raise funds for our Association so we can continue to support deserving LIS student through a scholarship grant.

We have all dreamed for this Association to come into being and now that we are on our fourth year, I humbly ask your help to invite your classmates to be a part of our Association, a TEAM that works to achieve ONE goal.

Lastly, thank you for all the support you are giving the Association and we are hoping to see all of you and your other classmates in our forthcoming activities. And I know with the help of all of you present here, our Association, will go a long way. Good day.

Monday, January 5, 2009

Ramos, PAARL's New Public Relations Officer

The composition of the 2009 PAARL Board is as follows:

President: Elvira B. Lapuz -University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD)
Vice President: Christopher C. Paras -Southeast Asian College (SACI)
Secretary: Lourdes Roman -San Beda College
Treasurer: Jocelyn T. Balangue - De la Salle University (DLSU-Manila)
Auditor: Veronica Jose -Mapua Institute of Technology
PRO: Roderick B. Ramos -Philippine Normal University (PNU)
Directors: Victoria Baleva -Centro Escolar University (CEU)
Sr. Ma. Gloria B. Pasamba, SPC -St. Paul College Manila
Aisa de la Torre -Ateneo Professional School (APS)
Ex-Officio: Loreto T. Garcia - Jose Rizal University

Both outgoing and incoming Boards are still finalizing details of the Annual General Assembly. But it definitely will be held on 30 January 2009, Friday, at The National Library Auditorium. Please wait for further announcements.

PAARL normally holds two national conferences or seminar-workshops a year: the first is during the summer break (April to May), and the second one is during the semestral break - late October. There are normally four forums held every year - one in March, in July during the ABAP Book Fair, in September (Manila International Book Fair), and the last is in November during the National Book Week.

Source: PAARL