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Saturday, May 20, 2023

The Battle of Top University Libraries in the Philippines : Libraries of 21st Century


 

In the ever-evolving landscape of education, university libraries have emerged as formidable battlegrounds, vying for supremacy in their quest to provide students with unparalleled knowledge resources. 

Each strives to secure its position as the pinnacle of academic excellence. As we delve into the Libraries of the 21st Century, let us embark on a captivating exploration of these hallowed institutions, their innovative approaches, and their unwavering commitment to empowering generations of scholars. 

Join us as we witness the clash of intellectual titans in The Battle of Top University Libraries in the Philippines.



University of the Philippines Main Library
Diliman, Quezon City



Ateneo De Manila University - Rizal Library
University Rd, Quezon City




De La Salle University -The  Learning Commons
Taft Ave, Malate, Manila




University of Santo Tomas - Miguel De Buenavides Library
EspaƱa Blvd, Sampaloc, Manila


The DLSU Library : Ensures "every penny is well-spent"

 


DLSU Libraries is opening its doors to a new way of learning. (Library Tour) 
I had the opportunity to visit the DLSU Library yesterday and was thoroughly impressed by its spaciousness and unique atmosphere. What struck me the most was the absence of overcrowding, which made for a comfortable and peaceful environment.
Unlike other university libraries I have visited before, the DLSU Library provided ample space for students to study, conduct research, and collaborate without feeling cramped or overwhelmed.
The serene ambiance and well-organized layout of the library contributed to a positive and focused vibe, making it an ideal place for academic pursuits. I truly appreciated the uncrowded spaces, as they allowed me to concentrate and maximize my productivity during my time there.
DLSU Libraries is opening its doors to a new way of learning. (Library Tour) -De La Salle University Libraries
"Hey, Lasallians! In-person client support is back with new normal guidelines. Our goal is for you to have a safe place to learn, explore, and connect." De La Salle University Libraries
The DLSU Library, also known as the Learning Commons, is located within the De La Salle University (DLSU) campus in Manila, Philippines. The specific address of the DLSU Library is:
5th-9th Floor, Henry Sy Sr. Hall
De La Salle University
2401 Taft Avenue
Manila, Philippines




Friday, May 19, 2023

Librarians SALARY in the Philippines (Peso) 2023

 



There are numerous companies currently providing salaries that surpass standard compensation packages. However, the principles of supply and demand continue to affect the job market for librarians, and provincial pay rates remain in effect.

-Librarian Secret Files 2023



Good News : Increasing Demand for Librarians in the Philippines

Who said that Librarians do nothing?



According to the  Dept.of Education, Standard for Philippine Libraries, signed last April 2010 stated that for every 500 students enrolled an equivalent of 1 licensed Librarian and 1 library support staff should be managing the Library.

Well in that case, organizations who are not following this policy should be actually ashamed and members of Philippine Librarians Association Inc. should be making a stand to strictly follow this standard set by the Government.

It's 2018 y'all and still most of the Schools are not yet fully giving importance to the power of having a Librarian as part of the workforce. Aside from assisting Teachers during library period, listed below are the benefits of hiring more than 1 a librarian in the School: 

Librarians can ...
  • Manage proper Book acquisition's Budgeting 
  • Specialized Library Activities 
  • Support Outreach 
  • Substitute Teachers
  • Provide Advanced Library Orientation 
  • Support for School Activities and Projects
  • Substitute Administrators
  • Basic Research Assistant
  • Liaising with departmental academic staff, external organisations and suppliers
  • IT support
  • Resource Speaker for Information Literacy topics
Private companies and Government organizations  prefer to hire Library and Information Science graduates  to work in back offices as document controller, information resource specialist, secretary, research assistant and even in monitoring statistical reports. Librarians can be very convenient in Office Works and  Customer Service jobs.

The need for more libraries and librarians in the Philippines.

 






Thursday, April 20, 2023

ALA President, Emily Drabinski visited the Philippines: "Libraries Work Because We Do"

 




Emily Drabinski, ALA President visited the Philippines this year in February.

Drabinski visited the National Library of the Philippines, De La-Salle Learning Commons, Bulacan State University E-Library, Quezon City Public Library, and conducted a lecture at the University of the Philippines. 

She even paid a visit to Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna. 

Thank you Emily! 


related articles with videos:

Tell us Emily (1/6): "Empowering Access: The Vital Role of Information Resource and Service Specialists in Promoting and Assessing Quality Services"

https://librariansecretfiles.blogspot.com/2023/04/tell-us-emily-16-empowering-access.html


Tell us Emily (2/7): Selecting with Care : The Vital Importance of Access to Information

https://librariansecretfiles.blogspot.com/2023/04/tell-us-emily-27-selecting-with-care.html


Tell us Emily (3/6): Collaboration and Partnership: Working Together To Advance Accessibility

https://librariansecretfiles.blogspot.com/2023/04/tell-us-emily-36-collaboration-and.html


Tell us Emily (4/6): Building the Future: Designing Dynamic Library Centers for the Modern Age

https://librariansecretfiles.blogspot.com/2023/04/tell-us-emily-46-building-future.html


Tell us Emily (5/6): Embracing the Value of Freedom of Information

https://librariansecretfiles.blogspot.com/2023/04/tell-us-emily-56-embracing-value-of.html


Tell us Emily (6/6): Champions of Knowledge: "Libraries Work Because We Do"

https://librariansecretfiles.blogspot.com/2023/04/tell-us-emily-66-champions-of-knowledge.html


ALA | Mission - American Library Association: The mission of the American Library Association is to provide leadership for the development, promotion, and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all.

ALA | Priorities: In 1998 the ALA Council voted commitment to five Key Action Areas as guiding principles for directing the Association’s energies and resources: Diversity, Equity of Access, Education and Continuous Learning, Intellectual Freedom, and 21st Century Literacy. With the development of a series of strategic plans, beginning with ALA Goal 2000,  ALAction 2005,  ALA Ahead to 2010, these principles have expanded to eight Key Action Areas, which are supplemented by ALA Ahead to 2015, the Association’s current strategic plan.

https://www.ala.org/

About:

Emily Drabinski is Critical Pedagogy Librarian at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. She publishes and presents widely on topics related to knowledge organization, information literacy, and critical perspectives in librarianship. Drabinski edits Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies, a book series from Library Juice Press/Litwin Books. She is a contributing writer at Truthout. 

She will serve as president of the American Library Association in 2023-24.

- emilydrabinski.com - 

ALA President, Emily Drabinski visited the Philippines: "Libraries Work Because We Do"





 Emily Drabinski, ALA President visited the Philippines this year in February.

Drabinski visited the National Library of the Philippines, De La-Salle Learning Commons, Bulacan State University E-Library, Quezon City Public Library, and conducted a lecture at the University of the Philippines. 

She even paid a visit to Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna. 

Thank you Emily! 


Tell us Emily (1/6): "Empowering Access: The Vital Role of Information Resource and Service Specialists in Promoting and Assessing Quality Services"

https://librariansecretfiles.blogspot.com/2023/04/tell-us-emily-16-empowering-access.html


Tell us Emily (2/7): Selecting with Care : The Vital Importance of Access to Information

https://librariansecretfiles.blogspot.com/2023/04/tell-us-emily-27-selecting-with-care.html


Tell us Emily (3/6): Collaboration and Partnership: Working Together To Advance Accessibility

https://librariansecretfiles.blogspot.com/2023/04/tell-us-emily-36-collaboration-and.html


Tell us Emily (4/6): Building the Future: Designing Dynamic Library Centers for the Modern Age

https://librariansecretfiles.blogspot.com/2023/04/tell-us-emily-46-building-future.html


Tell us Emily (5/6): Embracing the Value of Freedom of Information

https://librariansecretfiles.blogspot.com/2023/04/tell-us-emily-56-embracing-value-of.html


Tell us Emily (6/6): Champions of Knowledge: "Libraries Work Because We Do"

https://librariansecretfiles.blogspot.com/2023/04/tell-us-emily-66-champions-of-knowledge.html



ALA | Mission - American Library Association: The mission of the American Library Association is to provide leadership for the development, promotion, and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all.

ALA | Priorities: In 1998 the ALA Council voted commitment to five Key Action Areas as guiding principles for directing the Association’s energies and resources: Diversity, Equity of Access, Education and Continuous Learning, Intellectual Freedom, and 21st Century Literacy. With the development of a series of strategic plans, beginning with ALA Goal 2000,  ALAction 2005,  ALA Ahead to 2010, these principles have expanded to eight Key Action Areas, which are supplemented by ALA Ahead to 2015, the Association’s current strategic plan.

https://www.ala.org/

About:

Emily Drabinski is Critical Pedagogy Librarian at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. She publishes and presents widely on topics related to knowledge organization, information literacy, and critical perspectives in librarianship. Drabinski edits Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies, a book series from Library Juice Press/Litwin Books. She is a contributing writer at Truthout. 

She will serve as president of the American Library Association in 2023-24.

- emilydrabinski.com - 

Tell us Emily (6/6): Champions of Knowledge: "Libraries Work Because We Do"

 

Tell us Emily (6/6): Champions of Knowledge: "Libraries Work Because We Do"
https://youtu.be/kWy-BI4xem8


Finally, who's my hero? I have a lot of them. Some of my favorite Library heroes are located. Right in Quezon City in the Philippines, the faculty of the school of information there, the work that they do to prepare Librarians for important information positions across the Philippines. I'm thinking of the also the University librarian. Amy Lagrama who is a fantastic resource for Library workers across the world. Not just in the Philippines and the work they've done to preserve the history of the country and to make that information accessible to the users of information resources in the Archipelago. There are some of my library Heroes and I hope that they are some of yours is well, So, thank you Rupert for giving me the opportunity to share my thoughts with the rest of the community. And let's all put libraries at the heart of what we do. Because libraries work because we do thank you

About:
Emily Drabinski is Critical Pedagogy Librarian at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. She publishes and presents widely on topics related to knowledge organization, information literacy, and critical perspectives in librarianship. Drabinski edits Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies, a book series from Library Juice Press/Litwin Books. She is a contributing writer at Truthout. 

She will serve as president of the American Library Association in 2023-24.

- emilydrabinski.com - 

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Visit my blog: Librariansecretfiles.blogspot.com

Tell us Emily (5/6): Embracing the Value of Freedom of Information

 

Tell us Emily (5/6): Embracing the Value of Freedom of Information
https://youtu.be/ktCSPy8QT4U

I think nothing could be more important than making sure that everyone has access to the information that they need and that means a couple of things first. It means making sure that book banning and censorship attempts that we push against those and make sure they don't happen, but also Freedom requires resources, right? Or most free, when we have the resources that we need to. Is the information that we want. So I think any project that puts the library at the center of a community or an institution shows that you're invested in the Freedom of Information and it means we have to put a lot of resources into that institution so that we have the most information we possibly can have access to and that we have the people, the staff, The Librarians and Library staff that do the work of connecting people to that information. Freedom is a bigger concept. And just sort of imagining that everybody could access it, right? Freedom requires resources, and it requires Investments. And that's what I think is most important in our libraries today,


About:

Emily Drabinski is Critical Pedagogy Librarian at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. She publishes and presents widely on topics related to knowledge organization, information literacy, and critical perspectives in librarianship. Drabinski edits Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies, a book series from Library Juice Press/Litwin Books. She is a contributing writer at Truthout. 

She will serve as president of the American Library Association in 2023-24.

- emilydrabinski.com - 

Please like,share and subscribe

Visit my blog: Librariansecretfiles.blogspot.com

Tell us Emily (4/6): Building the Future: Designing Dynamic Library Centers for the Modern Age

 

Tell us Emily (4/6): Building the Future: Designing Dynamic Library Centers for the Modern Age
https://youtu.be/mNIfc_NNF2E

I don't think there's an institution that's more important to invest in than the library and I think, in terms of what we provide our community is for, in reading and intellectual resources. We also provide public space. It's indoors The library in a city is often the only place where you can sit down and have a drink of water, and maybe use the bathroom and read a book or talk to a friend without having to pay money. And so that library is the anchor institution, and so many of our communities. Making sure that we invest all of us in those in the building's libraries and in the learning commons, that we have in our University libraries. It's that's the life of the community. It's the life of the institution and organization, and we have to invest our resources in life, right? So I think all of us from the Librarians to do the work of connecting readers to resources. Has to the Publishers and distribution partners that make it possible for us to do that work. Also all of us have a shared stake in ensuring that the library as an institution persists and continues.

I think as more and more people gain access to information on the world wide web, we do need to think in different and new ways about Library space and The crucial role that that space clays for all of us in making sure. That the institution persists, I think in some ways, the space is the thing. That's the most important. And we saw that during the pandemic, when people could not come into the library, right? And that was a real barrier for people in terms of what they wanted to do. And I think it taught all of us that the library is a more important institution now than ever before especially in terms of the space, the indoor space that we provide. 

Tell us Emily (3/6): Collaboration and Partnership: Working Together To Advance Accessibility

 

Tell us Emily (3/6): Collaboration and Partnership: Working Together To Advance Accessibility
https://youtu.be/saKW5oI-HG4

In terms of what Publishers and Distributors around the world Need to know from our perspective, is that we are dealing with constraints. We don't always have access to the kinds of funds necessary to purchase materials. So we need our publishing Partners to recognize that and to work with us, both on providing low-cost materials, especially for those of us working in libraries that are under Source or in parts of the world that are under resource and also to be our allies in increasing resource budget and making sure that other stakeholders understand the value. That all of us provide

It's also important when we're developing collections to think about the accessibility of what we purchase. It isn't enough to just buy an information resource and put it online. We also need to have ways that we also need to make sure that our materials can be accessed by the people who need them. And that means thinking about people with problems reading print, people with visual impairments or people who have difficulty hearing we need to understand the sort of particular issues that some people struggle with as they're trying to access information. Because at the end of the day, that's what we care about. We care about building and access to information for everyone. And that means being inclusive in our Collections and making sure that we're acquiring materials that everyone can read. 

Tell us Emily (2/7): Selecting with Care : The Vital Importance of Access to Information


Tell us Emily (2/7): Selecting with Care :
The Vital Importance of Access to Information
https://youtu.be/1GoPptLFH3o

We couldn't do this without print and non-print Distributors and Publishers. As Librarians, our job is to select an acquire, organized and prescribe and circulate and preserve information. But that information isn't something that we can do all on our own. And so, we're always working with Partners in the publishing industry. We're all in the same ecosystem together without our Publishers and Distributors. We would have a very difficult time talking to collection in ways that are meaningful for our community

In terms of those collections, it's really important to think about the value of both print and non-print materials. For me, I always think about who my user is first and the people who use our libraries, sometimes they have access to computers and reading devices and they can use their phones. But a lot of times they don't have those resources or they don't want to use them for particular kinds of reading and research. So, we have to develop print collections that can sustain services to those parts of our populations. Of course, we also, also know that many many people rely on their devices. I have three or four sitting around me right now and really prefer to read online and so we need a combination of the two. I also think it's important to think about cost of materials. My library in the United States, we often have to two books, we have an e-book copy and a print copy and thee-book copy will cost for 2 to 5 to even 10 times what the print copy cost. So, we're always building and collections mindful of budgets and that means acquiring print sometimes rather than electronic when that is what we can afford. 

It costs a lot of money to purchase those materials but that is sort of what libraries do. And so I think of the librarian as being an advocate for the resources necessary to purchase the materials and infrastructures that we need to circulate are content. All of the pieces of the production of information, cycle of the knowledge and sort of information lifecycle. Every piece of that has people involved. Those people need to be compensated fairly for their work. We don't live in a world where any of that is free. So, it's important for organizations to plan for and purchase materials for their collections


Tell us Emily (1/6): "Empowering Access: The Vital Role of Information Resource and Service Specialists in Promoting and Assessing Quality Services"


Emily Drabinski :  Mabuhay! and Hello from the United States. My name is Emily Drabinski, I'm a librarian at the City University of New York in New York City. And I'm also the incoming president of the American Library Association, it's my delight to share some thoughts


Tell us Emily (1/6): "Empowering Access: The Vital Role of Information Resource and Service Specialists in Promoting and Assessing Quality Services"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXEl1Mus4w8

I think at least in the United States, we hear a lot about the library not being important because everything is available online. But those of us who work in the information professions understand that there needs to be a person who understands how information is produced, organized, acquired and circulated, and the person who needs to use that information, so as we have more and more different kinds of information, all the information that is produced on the internet

Librarians and other kinds of Information Specialists are more important than ever but it is important to promote those Library services. And I think that's a thing that we meet often forget those of us who work in the library. We're very clear about how important it is, But sometimes, our users’ figure Google is enough. They can ask their friends on Facebook Messenger. But we need to do work promoting our services So that people understand the value that we provide. The best way to start is by understanding, really thoroughly what we have in our collection, the kinds of human resources that we have, understanding our community and looking at ways that we meet the needs of the people in our service area, and then choosing the programs that are most important to those people, as the start of our promotion efforts.

ALA | Mission - American Library Association: 
The mission of the American Library Association is to provide leadership for the development, promotion, and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all.


ALA | Priorities:
In 1998 the ALA Council voted commitment to five Key Action Areas as guiding principles for directing the Association’s energies and resources: Diversity, Equity of Access, Education and Continuous Learning, Intellectual Freedom, and 21st Century Literacy. With the development of a series of strategic plans, beginning with ALA Goal 2000,  ALAction 2005,  ALA Ahead to 2010, these principles have expanded to eight Key Action Areas, which are supplemented by ALA Ahead to 2015, the Association’s current strategic plan.


About:

Emily Drabinski is Critical Pedagogy Librarian at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. She publishes and presents widely on topics related to knowledge organization, information literacy, and critical perspectives in librarianship. Drabinski edits Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies, a book series from Library Juice Press/Litwin Books. She is a contributing writer at Truthout.

She will serve as president of the American Library Association in 2023-24.

- emilydrabinski.com - 



Tell us Emily (1/6): "Empowering Access: The Vital Role of Information Resource and Service Specialists in Promoting and Assessing Quality Services"

https://librariansecretfiles.blogspot.com/2023/04/tell-us-emily-16-empowering-access.html


Tell us Emily (2/7): Selecting with Care : The Vital Importance of Access to Information

https://librariansecretfiles.blogspot.com/2023/04/tell-us-emily-27-selecting-with-care.html


Tell us Emily (3/6): Collaboration and Partnership: Working Together To Advance Accessibility

https://librariansecretfiles.blogspot.com/2023/04/tell-us-emily-36-collaboration-and.html


Tell us Emily (4/6): Building the Future: Designing Dynamic Library Centers for the Modern Age

https://librariansecretfiles.blogspot.com/2023/04/tell-us-emily-46-building-future.html


Tell us Emily (5/6): Embracing the Value of Freedom of Information

https://librariansecretfiles.blogspot.com/2023/04/tell-us-emily-56-embracing-value-of.html


Tell us Emily (6/6): Champions of Knowledge: "Libraries Work Because We Do"

https://librariansecretfiles.blogspot.com/2023/04/tell-us-emily-66-champions-of-knowledge.htm


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Thursday, January 12, 2023

Titles of Thesis , Dissertation, Research Paper

 To Everyone in the Group,

Happy New Year!
I'm actually interested about your published papers!
*Open to all Registered Librarian in the Philippines
*Open for BLIS, MLIS students

Kindly, fill-out the following:
Title:
Abstract/Summary:
Group: Research, Thesis, Dissertation
Affiliation(s)/Shelf Location:
Date Published/copyright:
Dedicated study: (General, College-Universities, School ,Private/Special ,Government, for Librarians? for students? self improvement?

Please visit Librariansecretfiles.blogspot.com , go to page "Titles of Thesis , Dissertation, Research Papers and Use the comment box below:

I WILL BE CREATING A DEDICATED PAGE IN LIBRARIANSECRETFILES.BLOGSPOT.COM

Subject: Titles of Thesis , Dissertation, Research Papers
https://librariansecretfiles.blogspot.com/p/titles-of-thesis-dissertations-research.html


5 Most Acknowledge Filipino Librarians with a proud selfie moment


https://librariansecretfiles.blogspot.com/p/librarians-in-action.html

This article features famous Filipino Librarians with Outstanding contribution to the Program , more especially to the Career Development and Continuous Learning Education of Registered Librarians in the Philippines  

"Selfie muna bago magsalita ulit sa Seminar"

- her numerous invitations as guest speaker made her name prominent to the field of Library and Information Science. The convictions of her speech and attitude towards career development were surely splendid

Lourdes T. David 
Current Member / Former PRB Chairman for Librarians
Former Director of the Rizal Library, Ateneo de Manila University. Prior to her transfer to the Ateneo, she was connected with the University of the Philippines

read more about her: 



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"Selfie muna bago lapitan ng mga  chicks sa Library"

Johnny "John Llyod" Buenrostro, 
Baliuag University Former Chief Librarian
-Aside from being smart, charming and with a good sense of humor, 
 He don't just teach, he produced hundreds outstanding professionals
read more: 

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            "Selfie muna bago ulit magpromote ng bagong Library services sa Ateneo"


Von Totanes
Director of the Ateneo de Manila University Library

Last January 19, Von Totanes, Director of the Ateneo de Manila University Library, filed a complaint before the Ombudsman regarding the appointment of a non-librarian as director of the National Library of the Philippines (NLP). The Philippine Librarianship Act of 2003 states that “only qualified and licensed librarians shall be employed as librarians in all government libraries." Despite the law, President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Cesar Gilbert Adriano to the highest post in the National Library on March 17, 2017. - Esquire

Read more: 
https://librariansecretfiles.blogspot.com/2017/08/5-of-hottest-male-librarians-that-will.html
https://librariansecretfiles.blogspot.com/2018/01/who-deserves-spot.html
Get to know him more from his famous blog : 
http://filipinolibrarian.blogspot.com/




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"Selfie muna bago mahulas ang make-up sa isang Event"


Corazon Nera -
 Lyceum of the Philippines - Manila Campus, 
 Chief Librarian

She finishes everything with sophistication and charm, 

No wonder she's a Lifetime Achievement Awardee
 as former Chairman of the Board for Librarians of the Professional Regulation Commission and as President of PAARL, PLAI and PATLS



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"Selfie muna bago tumanggap 
ng isa nanamang award sa Stage "



Mila Medina Ramos - 
Outstanding Professional Librarian of the Year Award 2017

The woman who stands out.

Ms. Ramos has been a Librarian since 1965 in various institutions including the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). She is currently the Head Librarian of CARD-MRI Development Institute, Inc. (CMDI). - Source: Malditang Librarian

read more :

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