PNU grad places 5th in librarian's exam

Chona F. San Pedro placed 5th in this year' Librarian's Licensure Examinations administered by the Professional Regulations Commission (PRC). San Pedro along with 23 other alumni will be taking their oath before th Board for Librarians on 7 January 2008 at the Manila Hotel.

Congratulations to all the board passers and special mention goes to April Liwanag who was a former student. Below is a complete list of alumni who passed the board exams. School ranking is not available at the time of the announcement.

LS Specialization

1. Bawag, Celeste Atienza
2. Berania, Michelle Evangelista
3. Dazo, Carolina Guevarra
4. Dela Cruz, Marebel Umali
5. Hernando, Rosa May Muania
6.Liwanag, April Rodriguez
7. Manumbale, Anselma Mendoza
8. Ramintas, Cirila Barquilla

LIS Major

1. Abrigo, Joy Anne Lumanlan
2. Banal, Karen De Jesa
3. Brinas, Mylene Agato
4. Cayabyab, Lana Cabangon
5. Dominado, Liezl Manlulu
6. Espardinez, jereme Buendia
7. Figueroa, Zyra Mercado
8. Franco, Arnel Cruz
9. Gabasa, Dennis Baguio
10. Gayanilo, Romnick Henric Henry Miranda
11. Lascano, Joel Pijan
12. Lazaro, Karen Ferrer
13. Medina, Ma Katrina Gape
14. Rayos, Roxanne Asilo
15. San Pedro, Chona Fabon --5th placer
16. Valle, Bernadette Perez

*N.B. - LS Specialization is equivalent to an undergraduate certificate for college graduates who took up other courses but are working in libraries and LIS Majors are bachelor degree holders.

7th General Assembly To Be Held

The Alumni Association's 7th General Assembly will be held on 8 December 2007 at the Edilberto P. Dagot Hall of the University at 1 pm.

The program includes the oath taking of the new set of officers for 2008, the Association's Christmas party, and a turn over ceremony of books and periodicals donations.

PNU Library Science Alumni are urged to pay the membership fee of 150.00 Php and 100 Php for the food and drinks.

Library Customer Care Seminar

The Association will be holding a 2-day seminar-workshop on Library Customer Care on 14-15 August 2007 at the Library Conference Room, Edilberto Dagot Hall, Philippine Normal University, Taft Ave., Manila.

The aims of this seminar-workshop are to: introduce customer care to the library profession; encourage all to utilize accepted customer care models in the practice of the library profession; and enrich the customers’ library experience while handled by the library personnel and other information professionals. Topics will include (1) professional care across all services; (2) marketing brands and library customer care models; (3) library customer care as an institutional marketing tool; and (4) enriching the customers' library experience.

Guest speakers include MS. ROSARIO I. FLORIDO, Training Officer/HRD Consultant from the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company; MS. CHRISTINE LUCERO, Department Head IT Center-Process Review and Improvement Office, DLSU-Manila; and MS. JOCELYN LADLAD, Librarian, DLSU-Manila.

Registration fee is 2,500 pesos inclusive of kits and snacks. Ten percent discount on fees applies to registrants who will pay a reservation of 1,500 pesos on or before 15 July 2007. Sign-up early and avail of the discount.

Long overdue

The alumni association is still very much around and so is this blog although it's been some time since the last post.

Back in November,the Association held it's 5th Annual Homecoming and General Assembly which saw the induction into office of the 2007 Board of Directors. I'll do a separte post on this.

Meantime, the Association will be holding a library tour of and forum at the Thomas Jefferson Information Center (TJIC), Roxas Blvd., Ermita, Manila on 12 April 2007. The forum is entitled Outsourcing U.S. Government Website and Other Information Sources. The organizers hope to enrich, widen, and deepen participants' knowledge of information sources available from TJIC and the American Studies Resource Centers (ASRC) around the Philippines. Resource persons for the forum are Elnora Conti and Brinerdine Alejandrino from TJIC and Jocelyn Ladlad from ASRC - De La Salle University.

This library tour and forum is exclusive to alumni members only. Interested members are encouraged to register on or before March 28 to comply with security protocol at TJIC. Registration fee is 100 pesos inclusive of snacks and certificates.

For reservation, please register your COMPLETE NAME; NAME OF INSTITUTION and ADDRESS by sending an email to: emontejo@ateneo.edu; pnureferencelib@yahoo.com; or ladladj@dlsu.edu.ph.