Information Poverty on Climate Change: A Forum

As part of the activities lined-up for the Library and Information Services (LIS) Month, the Philippine Librarians’ Association, Inc.-National Capital Region (PLAI-NCR) Librarians’ Council and in cooperation with the Intramuros Library Consortium, librarians, information professionals, library support staff, teachers and students of library and information studies are invited to attend and participate in a Forum on the topic “Information Poverty on Climate Change: Information Consumption on the Nation’s Objective .” This Forum aims to: 1. Create awareness about climate change and how we can properly address its impact to our community; 2. To come up with a summary of concerns that gives significance to knowledge consumption and informed awareness about this social issue; 3. Present a challenge to librarians and libraries on asserting their roles in the creation and dissemination of information about this global concern on climate change. We have invited as our Guest Speaker, Ma. Theresa Concepcion, Regional Director of Earth Island Philippines. This forum will be held on November 4, 2011, at 1:30 p.m., at the Epifanio De los Santos Auditorium, 6/F The National Library T.M. Kalaw St., Ermita, Manila. Fees to be assessed are as follow: PLAI members PHP 200.00, non-PLAI members PHP 250.00, undergraduate students PHP 100.00. These shall cover the registration fee, certificate of participation and snacks. Registration starts at 12:30 p.m.

A great believer in the Filipino

Alex is a great believer in the Filipino. He is a great believer in our beauty and greatness as a people. He is the author of the famous poem “I am Filipino”, and the bestselling author of the book “12 Little Things Every Filipino Can Do To Help Our Country”. Through Kabayanihan Foundation, Alex has written a series of patriotic books – a) “12 Little Things Our Youth Can Do To Help Our Country”; b) “12 Little Things Our Senior Citizens Can Do To Help Our Country”; and c) “12 Little Things Global Filipinos Can Do To Help Our Motherland”. He believes that every Filipino is part of the Solution, and part of the Hope of our Motherland. Alex is the founder and chairman emeritus of KaBayanihan, a foundation that promotes a Culture of Greatness for the Filipino. KaBayanihan is anchored on Kapatiran and Bayanihan, which literally mean Brotherhood and Community Heroism. Kapatiran and Bayanihan are two old and beautiful traits of the Filipino. These are universal values that would help make a better world for all humanity, regardless of race or religion. KaBayanihan hopes to help bring out the kapatid and the bayani in every Filipino. Every Filipino, wherever in our archipelago or the world, can be part of the solution even through small acts of patriotism or heroism. Today, Alex is one of the country’s top and best speakers on the Filipino and Patriotism, receiving almost 200 speaking invitations every year in the past 5 years. He has received several awards, including the Good Citizen/Good Filipino Award given by the Edsa People Power Commission in 2009. Alex finished law at the U.P. College of Law in Diliman, and has taken post graduate studies at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He also studied at the Philippine Military Academy in Baguio for 3 years. In 2007, he took a leadership course at Haggai Leadership Institute in Singapore, where he was chosen to give the valedictory address for all graduates from various countries. At present, he is a partner at the Malcolm Law Office. Alex believes that every change begins in the mind and in the heart. He believes that one of the most important things we need is cultural change, particularly cultural enrichment. He believes in the principle “Culture is Destiny” – that our culture people as a people will determine our destiny as a nation; that our culture today will determine who and what we will become tomorrow. Alex is a great believer in the Filipino. He believes that we, as a people, have the power and all the essentials to make the Filipino great and respected in the eyes of our world. By Ralph Reuben C. Morales - Kabayanihan Foundation

Forum on "Libraries and Librarians in Nation Building"

The Philippine Librarians’ Association, Inc.-National Capital Region (PLAI-NCR) Librarians’ Council invite librarians, information professionals, library support staff, teachers and students of library and information studies to attend and participate in a Forum on the topic “Libraries and Librarians in Nation-Building: Reaffirming the Role of the Information Professional in Fostering Transformational Change.”

This Forum aims to:
1. Provide a venue for a fellowship among librarians and information professionals as they are reminded of their role in making our country a nation of learned citizens and firm believers in the values of family and culture;
2. Create an understanding and raise awareness among students as future information professionals. on the importance of the information profession to the nation’s social and economic prosperity;
3. Inspire and encourage the audience to do and give their share in creating and fostering transformational change as prerequisite for nation-building.

We have invited as our Guest Speaker, Atty. Alex Lacson, Chairman Emeritus of Kabayanihan Foundation and author of the widely read and certified bestseller “12 Little Things Every Filipino Can Do to Help Our Country.”

This forum will be held on September 14, 2011, at the SMX Convention Center, Seashell Lane, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City in Meeting Rooms 4,5,6 from 8:00 to 11:00 a.m. This shall coincide with the Philippines’ premier book event, the 32nd Manila International Book Fair (MIBF). Fees to he assessed are as follow: PLAI members PHP 150.00, non-PLAI members PHP 200.00, undergraduate students PHP 75.00. These shall cover the registration fee and certificate of participation. Registrations starts at 7:30 a.m.

PLAI-NCR Forum on Expectations of the Administration From The Library in Support of Its Institutional Objectives

Library and librarians’ work is never ending and always changing. The nature and expectations of the performance of library tasks and duties have changed and evolved dramatically in the last few decades. It is now more than ever, that information professionals are being compelled to make their presence felt by their institutions and more importantly by the administrators and other stakeholders. It is based on this premise that the Philippine Librarians’ Association, Inc.–National Capital Region (PLAI-NCR) Librarians’ Council in cooperation with the Academic Booksellers Association of the Philippines (ABAP) invite librarians, information professionals, library support staff, teachers and students of library and information studies to attend and participate in a Forum on the topic “Expectations of the Administration From The Library in Support of Its Institutional Objectives”

This Forum specifically aims to:
1. Promote effective partnership between the administration and the librarian in the realization of the institution’s vision and mission.
2. To encourage involvement in the optimal utilization of library resources and services by:
a. Providing library updates to the administration and members of the faculty
b. Continuing to motivate clienteles to read and use the various resources in the library.

We have invited Dr. Benjamin G. Tayabas, President of Technological College and CHED Consultant as our Resource Speaker.

This forum will be held on July 12, 2011 at the Megatrade Hall 5th Floor, Building B of SM Mega Mall, Mandaluyong City from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. This shall coincide with the 15th ABAP Book Fair. Fees to be assessed are as follow: PLAI members PHP200.00, non-PLAI member PHP 250.00, undergraduate students PHP 100.00. These shall cover the Registration fee, certificate of participation and snacks.

Thank you and we look forward to your participation.

PLAI-NCR Lecture Forum

10 February 2011

Dear Colleagues:

Warm greetings from PLAI-NCR!

The practice of librarianship in the Philippines has undergone significant transformations that call for a clear and renewed understanding of how it is to be a library and information professional beyond the acquisition of a degree from a library school, passing the Licensure examination and securing registration from the Professional Regulations Commission (PRC). Continuing professional education and development is every professional librarian’s responsibility and should be every library and librarians associations’ continuing thrust.

In this regard, The PLAI–National Capital Region Librarians’ Council invites all the member of the profession to attend a Lecture-forum on the theme “Becoming” a Library and Information Professional: requirements for continuing education and development of librarians.”

This Lecture-Forum aims to:

1). Provide a venue for the discussion and reiteration of the importance of continuing education and development of practicing librarians and information professionals;

2). Discuss the role of professional associations in providing for the continuing education and development of their members, and

3). Re-introduce the Philippine Librarians Association, Inc. as the PRC Accredited Professional Association (APO) of registered librarians in the country.

We have invited Hon. Corazon M. Nera, Chair of the BFL as our Resource Speaker.

This forum will be held on March 17, 2011 at the Epifanio de los Santos Auditorium, The National Library of the Philippines, T.M. Kalaw St. Ermita, Manila from 1:00 – 4:00pm. Attendance to this Lecture-Forum is FREE but we shall encourage renewal of PLAI membership and updating of membership dues.

Thank you and we look forward to your participation.

Sincerely yours,


ELVIRA BASIBAS LAPUZ
Chair, Education and Training Committee
PLAI-NCR

Noted:


REBECCA M. JOCSON
President
PLAI-NCR