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.

An afternoon with Diljit

Right after the forum on Reading in the Age of Technology held last 26 November 2005 at the E.P. Dagot Conference Room, the officers treated the resource speaker Dr. Diljit Singh to lunch at Mann Hann in SM Manila; had coffee, tea, and pastries at Seattle's Best, and a walking tour of Intramuros. The group dropped by WOW Philippines and gave Diljit a bit of history at Fort Santiago.

Please note that the kids you see in the pictures are mine =).

And here's part of the email message Diljit sent me:

Just a short note to say "Thank you" for your warm hospitality during my visit to PNU and to Manila in general. Thank you also for the wonderful lunch on Saturday and the tour of Intramuros.

I enjoyed the visit, learned a lot, [hopefully] shared a little, and enjoyed getting to know all of you.

2005 GA and forum in pictures

Registration

Warming up

Outgoing PNU-LISAA president Ma. Evelyn Nabus delivering her
accomplishment report

Blessila Velasco, Treasurer, reporting on the Association's state of finances

PLAI President Susima Gonzales inducting into office the 2006 Officers and Board of Directors

Mrs. G delivering an inspirational speech and giving updates on the profession


Dr. Diljit Singh, Associate Professor of the University of Malaya in Malaysia and
resource speaker in the forum on Reading in the Age of Technology

A good turnout of participants

Conference chairman and incoming president Medina de Castro handing
Dr. Singh a plaque of appreciation

2005 General Assembly and Forum set

The PNU Library and Information Science Alumni Association, Inc. will be holding its 5th annual general assembly this coming Novermber 26 at the PNU Library Conference Room from 8 am to 12 noon.

There will also be a forum on Reading in the Age of Technology with Dr. Diljit Singh from the Department of Information Science of the University of Malaya, in Malaysia as guest speaker. Dr. Singh will be discussing the importance of reading in the age of information technology and how school librarians and teachers play a crucial role in enhancing reading skills. He will also present possible schemes and strategies in organizing libraries in schools with limited resources taking into consideration the context and culture of the learning community.

Registration fee is 250 pesos.

LIS Department holds career talk and outreach program

The Library and Information Science Department together with the LIS Society, held a career talk for incoming sophomores last 6 September 2005 at the Library Lobby. The career talk aimed at encouraging freshmen to major in Library and Information Science. Prof. Placida Socorro Limpin, part-time faculty of the department, was the resource speaker. She focused her discussion on the emerging roles of librarians and information professionals.

The Department, in coordination with the Graduate Students and Specialization students, organized a lecture-workshop on basic library skills at Pasay City West High School for the public school librarians of Pasay last 17 September 2005.

Details and pictures of the activities will be posted soon.

Curricular offerings at the PNU LIS Department

The Department of Library and Information Science is under the College of Languages, Linguistics, and Literature of the Philippine Normal University.

Its curricular offerings include:

• Bachelor of Library and Information Science (BLIS)
• Library Science Specialization (Undergraduate Certificate)
• Graduate Certificate/Diploma in Library Science
• Master of Arts in Education - Specialization in Library Science (MAEd-LS)

Faculty members are: Miguel Cobaria, Remedio Joven, Ruben Marasigan, Dr. Maria Orendain, Dr. Linda Tayona, Department Head, and Placida Socorro Limpin and Evangeline Maceda, who are both part-timers.

Admission inquiries can be addressed to The Department Head, LIS Dept, 4th Flr. Edilberto Dagot Hall, Philippine Normal University or by calling (632) 302-7717.

The Networked Workshop

Photo on top shows the participants listening to the lecture of Ms. Estela Montejo,and photo on the bottom shows Ms. Montejo (standing), going around the venue during the hands-on exercises. The activity was the lecture-workshop on Cataloging in a Networked Environment held last August 17 at the Library Technology Center of the Philippine Normal University. Ms. Michelle Panti, not in the pictures, was also a resource speaker.

Thirty-six librarians, both from public and private schools attended the half-day lecture-workshop. Sponsors for the activity were Manila Bulletin for the laptop and Gakken Philippines for the wireless projector.

Career Planning for Graduating Students

Photo shows Jo Ladlad (standing) during a workshop for graduating LIS undergraduate students held last February at the PNU library's multimedia room.

The career planning workshop is an annual activity of the PNU-LISAA in coordination with the LIS Department to help the graduating batch prepare for their job hunt.

Cataloging in a Networked Environment

The PNU-Library and Information Science Alumni Association will be holding a half-day workshop on "Cataloging in a Networked Environment" with our very own Ms. Estela Montejo of Ateneo de Manila University Rizal Library as resource person.

Details are as follows:

Venue: Internet Room, 2nd Flr. University Library
Date: 17 August, 8-12 noon
Registration fee: 250 pesos

Expect hands-on exercises.

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