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Saturday, August 25, 2018

The Millennial Librarian of the Day : Let's meet the Chinito Cutie Librarian of Bulacan

Last year 2017, Librarian Secret Files released some profiles of Hottest and Most Beautiful Faces Filipino Librarians yet the search is still on for Librarians with Stories to tell.
Follow the links below: 
https://www.librariansecretfiles.com/2017/08/5-of-hottest-male-librarians-that-will.html
https://www.librariansecretfiles.com/2017/08/leaked-pinay-librarians-on-their.html

This 2018, Let's get to meet profiles of unique and incredible young individuals and their stories of  being a Librarian in the 21st Century. 

Disclaimer: We contact them thru their social media accounts, congratulated them from being nominated and invited them to answer some questions to complete their profile.


Mark Gonzales,
21,
Librarian at China Bank Corp.





We would like to ask your permission to use maximum 2-3 of your Most Instagrammable photos uploaded on your social accounts;

 Mark : Sure, I’m giving my full consent for this particular matter. 

Q AND A (PART): Please provide your answers to the following questions.

a. Tell us something unique about yourself?

 Mark :  I think being color blind is unique. 😄

b. Your Librarian Journey:  Why did you choose to become a Librarian?
What makes you happy about this Profession?

Mark :  It's my family’s choice. My former professors and classmates can attest to that. 
I love challenges! being in this profession is indeed one big challenge.

It makes me feel happy every time I am able to change the perception and give a new impression to librarians from other people. I feel fulfilled every time it happens. 

I chose to pursue Librarianship especially after I passed the Librarian Licensure Examinations last 2017 because I have this inner goal in my head to change the narratives about Librarians and of course to help spread information literacy. 😊

c. What makes you feel sexy? (Attitude, Hobbies, Sports, etc...)


 Mark : I feel sexy whenever I’m in corporate attire. I’m sort of a clown to my friends and I love making people laugh at my punchlines and I think that it is my sexiest attitude.


Let's get to know more stories of other young Millennial Librarian on the next day.
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Sunday, August 19, 2018

Impossible to Possible : The Library That Has No Rules and No Boundaries


"Books can change the World and It starts at Mang Nanie's Home."

Hernando Guanlao or "Mang (which means elder) Nanie" is a Filipino senior-citizen and currently lives in a two-story apartment with his family from the big City of Makati in the Philippines. Mang Nanie is a 66-years old gentleman who made his home an instant attraction in the City. 

He converted their small front yard to a place where you can borrow a book, feel free to read anything, explore with no boundaries, where no one will have to yell to keep you silent or even try to scold you for eating and drinking at the same time  and for more than 15 years, Mang Nanie and his library gives hope to the people , especially to the young unfortunate children that there are still plenty of splendid things in this world which you can call Free.

His actions made him viral in the social media when someone posted a picture of his good deeds in the internet which caught everyone's attention, make him an inspiration, and join him to his cause. 

Mang Nanie got an interview with World Remit organization.

The No Rules , Free Reading Library

My home, My books are free to everybody, 
Talk to me, see me, enjoy my place. This is my Mission,
and I don't have to charge them for reading my books.
- Mang Nanie Guanlao


This is a big signage in-front of Mang Nanie's House

Mang Nanie coined the word "Librery" (Library), 
* Libre (means FREE in Filipino/Tagalog) 
He said, Education is a right, a privilege and must/should be Free 
to enjoy by all Filipinos.



Free Books, Free Education

The news reaches the heart of a Filipino-librarian from Australia who also sent an email to the World Remit organization to help Mang Nanie in getting book donations for these young children and indigenous people of the Philippines which are the Aetas. 

                           
Trisha M. Pan is one of the young children in the Tribes who received the book donations. Everyone in the tribe wishes that this project continuous so they can finish their education or they can be proud of accomplishing something because of this project.




A cookie in-exchange of books . 

Ysabelle Irabon , a grade six student who wish to be someone like Mang Nanie  in helping others by asking for book donations. She was totally amazed by the cause to help the less fortunate children in the Philippines with educational books. She started collecting from her own library, ask help from her friends who are willing to donate used and new books and other people from the community who also wish to bring happiness to Mang Nanie's Library. It really sounds interesting that Ysabelle gives a cookie for anyone who donated their books to her. 


Ysabelle is only one of the many people who was inspired by the good values showed by Mang Nanie. 

"Something so small can start a really big thing and Everybody would be willing to Help"
- Ysabelle Irabon

Giving without asking anything in return, just simply to make them happy. 
- Mang Nanie






You can check these videos for reference: 


credits:
World Remit Organization
ABS-CBN - Bandila

Thursday, August 16, 2018

A True Hero : The Librarian Who Couldn't Ask For More



The Story of a True Hero 

"Nanay" Gavina Castro from the Philippines, lives in a small town of Lomboy, Dagupan City -Pangasinan. She currently works in a community library and trying to maintain the small workplace  she calls  "Barangay's Library of Information."




The small town of Lomboy Dagupan-Pangasinan, Philippines.

(The exact area where they built the library used to be a docking place for the small boats of fishermen, since fishing is one of the town's sources of living.)





The displayed books were donations that came from the Main City Public Library. The books are really old and not enough to cater the needs of the people in the community but for a supermom like Nanay Gavina, everything seems to be just fine.

She never loses hope for the library and the kids.  She started planning on how to improve her collections and even during  summer vacation, she still manages to open the library for avid visitors especially to the young children of Lomboy.



The summer weather in the Philippines is actually the best time for the kids to enjoy, where most of them play out in the sun, help their moms with the house chores and their fathers in the farm or in the sea to catch some fish which they can sell to the market. 

But it's also the best time for  Nanay Gavina to open the library to welcome anyone who loves to read books, enjoy the peacefulness and learn new things. 



The True Story of Sacrifice and Dedication 

The struggle is real for Nanay Gavina and for the library, one of the difficulties she's facing in order to get the new books that the children might need will be coming from the Main City of Dagupan which will take 2-3 hours of travel by boat. 


Apparently, most visitors of the Library do not how to read. It gets even harder that some of the kids in the small town of Lomboy do not understand the Philippines' main language which is Tagalog. 
She helps them by translating the words into their dialect so they can deeply understand what's the book is all about and also she helps these children do their homework from School.
These sacrifices are nothing but a piece of cake according to  Nanay Gavina. Not only that she serves as the community librarian but she also becomes the teacher for these kids. 

Nanay Gavina earns less than $60 (US Dollars) more or less Php. 2,600 (Philippine Peso) per month. 

It makes her happy that she can teach her own kids inside the library and becomes the second mother for other children who visits her. When she was still  young , she always have the time to visit the library and read. She's the person that gives importance to the things that she learned through reading and these traits she wanted her children to have. 




Nanay Gavina wants her library to get fix, so the more visitors she can accommodate, the more people in the community realize that there is a place where they can feel the importance of learning and having a good education in life.



True Heroes are Public Servants,
They save lives, they give hopes,
They are inspirations,  they create dreams,
They don't ask anything in return,
They sacrifice too much for others. 
and sometimes normal people like us do not recognize these sacrifices made.






credits: 
ABS-CBN NEWS

Please see the story video here : Tapatan Ni Tunying: Brgy. Lomboy Library of Information : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHwEEKingRc&t=127s

Monday, July 30, 2018

5 Reasons Why is it so hard to pass Philippines' Librarians Licensure Examination?

5 Reasons Why is it so hard to pass Philippines' Librarians Licensure Examination?

1. It has more than 5 Subjects of Expertise.

2. It's a 2-Day Examination.

3. Scores should not be lower than Fifty and with an Average Rating of Seventy Five Percentage (75%)

4. Only few Review Centers are available 


5. It has updated questions on I.T, trends in Library Management/Services and also in World's News or Current Events

Thursday, July 12, 2018

Meet IDK/IDC "I Don't Know" and "I Don't Care" Bachelors Degree that lands you to many Job Opportunities




Are you still thinking what program to take on College?

Are you aiming to get a Scholarship?
Are you wondering what kind of training's given?
Are you sure of getting hired after Graduation?
 ***
Unemployed and Underemployed concerns?
Are you worried of the salary you are going to get?
Will there be a career growth in this field?
***
WORRY NO MORE!!!

WANNA KNOW THE REASONS WHY???

1. Countless Job Opportunities.

GOVERNMENT, NGOs, PRIVATE, UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES,  WORK ABROAD, SUPERVISOR/DIRECTOR LEVEL

Please check the link: Good News : Colleges and Universities, The Bachelor Program that Opens more than 20 Opportunities

2. It's the curriculum!
IT Courses
Teaching Courses
English Course
Management Courses
Research Courses
Library Management and Services Courses


3. Schools offering Library and Information Science.
Public and Private Schools in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao
4. Classroom Training, On-the-Job-Training (OJT),
Scholarships
Classroom inside the Library
OJT from Different kind of Libraries from GOVERNMENT, NGOs, PRIVATE, UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES,  
Easy Scholarship Application

A PROFESSIONAL JOB HOPPER ; NAILING INTERVIEWS LIKE A PRO!


5. Getting Employed.
Let's talk about the money, money, money!

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