PAARL Newsletter 2015 Apr-Jun

PHILIPPINE ASSOCIATION OF ACADEMIC/RESEARCH LIBRARIANS, INC.

NO. 2 APRIL—JUNE 2015 ISSN-0116-14

2015 SUMMER CONFERENCE @ CDO

“Transcending Roles of the Information Professionals: Going Beyond
Concepts, Exceeding Expectations”

Write up by Emelita B. Yocte and Ruel R. Laganzo, Photos by: Juan Martin R. Guasch

INSIDE THIS ISSUE: One of the advocacies of the association is of academic research, information
to enhance the professional welfare of its and digital literacy, and information
PAARL’s National Summer Confer- 1 members and to promote continuing profes- technology; and 3) present several
ence 2015: sional education. The Philippine Associa- options of transcended roles of infor-
“Transcending Roles of the Infor- tion of Academic/Research Librarians, Inc. mation professionals to keep astride
mation Professionals: (PAARL) conducted its annual National with the new concepts in librarian-
Going Beyond Concepts, Exceeding Summer Conference themed as ship and to exceed traditional expec-
Expectations” “Transcending Roles of Information Profes- tations. In order to achieve the con-
sionals: Going Beyond Concepts, Exceeding ference objectives series of topics
By Juan Martin R. Guasch Expectations” in De Luxe Hotel, Capt. Vi- were presented and discussed by no-
cente Roa Street, Cagayan De Oro City on table and authoritative resource
Japan Endless Discovery 4 April 22 to 24, 2015. The conference fo- speakers and these were the follow-
Library Tour cused on three main objectives: 1) provide ing:
a deep understanding on the new and un-
By Juan Martin R. Guasch conventional concepts in librarianship as “Librarians as practitioner-
results of continuously changing needs in researchers: advancing scholarship
Call for Submissions Search for 5 academic and research environments; 2) by building a culture of research”
PAARL’s Best Research Award 2015 introduce and foster emerging roles of li- was presented by Dr. Allan D. B. De
brarians with 21st century skills in the areas Guzman, Program Coordinator,...
PAARL Advertisement 7
Roster of PAARL Members 8 (continued on page 2)
PAARLPaparazzi 10
Up Coming Events 11

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PAARL’s National Summer Conference...

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Dr. Allan B. de Guzman Ms. Herabelle M. Villanueva Ms. Karryl Kim A. Sagun (center)

Research Center on Culture Educa- a quality library. “Librarians as social media leader:
tion and Social Issues of University creating social media policies and
of Santo Tomas. He said that 21st The topic entitled “Librarians as web management” and “The embedded
Century Librarian must have the fol- developers: gauging the best technol- librarian: fostering life-long learning
lowing skills on: ogies in accessing information” was through information skills and new
a.) project management; b.) library presented by Ms. Herabelle M. Vil- technologies” were the topics pre-
services evaluation; c.) assessment of lanueva, a Faculty Member of the sented and discussed by Ms. Karryl
the needs of stakeholders; d.) how to Computer Science Department at Kim A. Sagun, Teaching Assistant of
translate traditional library services to Xavier University-Ateneo de Nanyang Technological University,
online medium; e.) appraisal and Cagayan. She focused her session Singapore. She talked on what is
ability to compare technologies; and on marketing and promotion of li- your library story; compilation of
f.) selling ideas and library services. brary and its services. According to librarian blogs; her experiences and
the resource speaker, libraries should challenges in the digital age; and new
He also discussed the topic entitled adopt and utilize emerging technolo- roles of librarians in the society. She
“Librarians as digital curators: lead- gies available and should focus on also mentioned LibRadio (Librarians
ing the way towards cyberscholar- ways to promote information through sa Radyo), a radio program of the
ship”. He mentioned that for years social media like the popular plat- University of the Philippines aired at
librarian was the portal to infor- forms such as Facebook, Twitter, DZUP 1602 to inform its listeners
mation, now the computer is the por- Instagram, YouTube, Blogger etc. about the new acquisition, announce-
tal. Librarians need to find ways to This allow librarians to interact with ments in the libraries, educate its lis-
help people discriminate between the customers through comments, liking/ teners about libraries and librarian-
sources of information and find the sharing of stories and experiences, it ship and air a storytelling session.
best ways to search. As quoted from is also a good platform for marketing She further concluded and said that
Brian Hawkins, “commonly dis- because sharing & posting infor- librarians are challenge as to how
cussed solution to these problems is mation becomes easy, build trust & they perceive or use their advantage.
to move to an electronic model where familiarity and it is easy to share, cre-
information access – rather than own- ate new connections and relation- (continued on page 3)
ership – is defining characteristics of ships.
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Dr. Briccio M. Merced Jr. Dr. Marianita D. Dablio open access and institutional reposi-
tories. d.) New collection metrics:
Dr. Briccio M. Merced Jr. University “Library collection managers in standards, performance measure-
Librarian UP Mindanao, discussed higher grounds: weighing the odd” ments, outcome-based and evidence-
the topic entitled “The blended li- presented by Dr. Marianita D. based. e.) Core values: access, confi-
brarian: asserting roles in the teach- Dablio, Professor of Lourdes Col- dentiality/privacy, democracy, diver-
ing-learning process to provide opti- lege, Cagayan de Oro City. She start- sity, education and training, intellec-
mal learning experiences to students ed her session by quoting Ambeth R. tual freedom, professionalism, public
and researchers”. According to him Ocampo said “My greatest fear to my good, service and social responsibil-
as what he quoted from Bell and digital library is this: Technology ity. She concluded with the question,
Shanks’ definition of blended librari- moves to fast that my present PDF Can collection managers maintain the
an: combines the traditional aspects files may not be computer-readable core values as collection management
of librarianship with the technology in the future” She focused her dis- practices and scholarly communica-
skills of an information technologist, cussion key issues confronting digi- tion practices are undergoing radical
and someone skilled with software tal/acquisition librarians in the digital change?
and hardware. Many librarians al- age such as: a.) Budget: How do we
ready demonstrate sound technology allocate budget to meet the changing Mr. Joseph M. Yap
skills of this type and that the blend- curriculum and research needs of our
ed librarian adds the instructional or institution? What budget strategies Mr. Joseph M. Yap, Instructional
educational technologists’ skills for are appropriate to the multiplicity of Media Services Coordinator of De La
curriculum design and the application challenges? b.) Threats to digital in- Salle University - Manila, discussed
of technology for student-centered formation such as media failure, the topic entitled “The exchange li-
learning. Blended librarian is an aca- hardware and software failures, com- brarian: a staff sharing program”.
demic professional who offers the munication errors, failure of network He said that in staff exchange pro-
best combination of skills and ser- services, media and hardware obso- gram one could experience working
vices to help faculty and students ap- lescence, natural disaster, external in a different environment, see how
ply technology to enhance teaching and internal attacks, economic failure differently the job were treated in
and learning. and organizational failure. c.) Digital differently the job were treated in
rights management: author’s rights, new context, use the experience and
examine the...(continued on page 4)

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present and future career paths with ing & analysis, dissemination of a.) what extent has technology
the possibility of new directions be- knowledge), e.) Observe behavioral usurped the need for catalogers and
ing taken and learn best practices of performance (visibility, approachabil- the catalog? b.) How do you view
different institutions involve and staff ity), f.) Market and awareness of li- catalogers in today’s digital environ-
development via knowledge transfer brary collection or services, and g.) ment? c.) What are the most useful
and skills. He told also that currently Assessment/Evaluation (ROI, user- new technologies (hardware and soft-
in Philippine setting no active staff satisfaction). The topic ended by ware, etc.) in cataloging and metadata
exchange program in our professional citing examples of library program today? d.) What are the challenges
organization. As far as possible, the that creates real time connections associated with cataloging electronic/
library staff or people working in the such as Ask a librarian (UP), Libra- digital resources. She further con-
library in general get involve in pro- ryConnect (Elsevier), Ask LORA cluded her topic by giving some
fessional activities may it be regional, (DLSU). questions to ponder on and these
national or international, participate were the following: 1.) Is it possible
in resource sharing, networking ac- Ms. Annabelle P. Acedera that increasingly powerful search and
tivities, and utilize cooperative li- browsing tools, automated indexing
brary programs to enhance library “Catalogers in the Midst of Digital tools, and "intelligent agents" will
resources and services and to reduce Development: Challenges and Op- obviate the need for catalogs? 2.)
operating costs. He also enumerated portunities” as the last topic of the What sort of digital materials should
and discussed the types of exchanges, conference was delivered and dis- be cataloged? 3.) How will digital
such as: a.) professional visit, b.) pro- cussed by Ms. Annabelle P. Acedera, catalogs differ from those we have
fessional training, and c.) profession- Library Coordinator of Lourdes Col- today? Will these catalogs be based
al immersion (6 months to 1 year lege, Cagayan de Oro City. She men- on existing standards such as MARC
training with minimum 5 yrs work tioned that in the advent of advance- and RDA? 4.) Will digital catalogs be
experience). He also presented and ment of new technology the 3 R’s maintained by professional catalogers
talked the topic entitled “Librarians (relearn, re-skill and retool) should be or by laypeople? What skills will be
in digital conversations: creating implemented to each and every li- needed to create these new catalogs?
effective real-time connections be- brarian. She enumerated also some How will such skills be acquired? To
tween researchers and resources” questions that explained her topic. further conclude the conference ses-
where he enumerated some factors Those questions were the following: sions, a representative from the dele-
and steps to consider in creating ef- gates shared their lessons learned
fective real-time connections be- from topic/s presented and discussed
tween researchers and resources, by the resource speakers. Over-all,
such as: a.) Prepare (Good infrastruc- the conference was made very benefi-
ture, budget, b.) Establish policy and cial on today’s fast changing technol-
guidelines, c.) Personnel training or ogies, advancing methodologies in
mentoring provides personal assis- scholarly research and libraries were
tance from experienced librarians, d.) challenge on the growing diversified
Competencies of a reference librarian information needs. Kudos to
(i.e. Responsiveness, Critical think- PAARL!

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Japan

ENDLESS DISCOVERY

October is the best month to visit Japan as the weather is pleas-
ant because the autumn season is taking over. Join our tour on
October 21-24 as we visit Chiba Institute of Technology (Shin-
Narashino Campus), National Diet Library, Tokyo National Mu-
seum, Musashino Art University Museum and Library. The cul-
tural tour will include visit to Tokyo Tower (world's tallest, self-
supported steel tower), Asakusa Kannon Temple (one of Tokyo's
most colorful and popular temples), Nakamise Arcade (shopping
street with history of several centuries), Sumida River Cruise,
Tokyo Imperial Palace (residence of Japan's Imperial Family) /
Nijubashi Bridge, MIRAIKAN "National Museum of Emerging
Science & Innovation” (Japan's major science center).

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The Philippine Association of sis and presentation of findings, 5th Marina G. Dayrit Lecture Se-
Academic/Research Librarians, and consistency of research find- ries on 23 November 2015, with
Inc. (PAARL) is pleased to an- ings/conclusions), submissions the overall theme, "Librarians as
nounce the Call for Submissions will be judged on the following Researchers: Recognizing Best
of papers for publication in the criteria: Researches~ A Colloquium on
forthcoming 2015 issue of the Philippine Libraries and Librari-
PAARL Research Journal. All pa-  Potential contribution of the re- anship.”
pers submitted shall be eligible for search study (significance and
the 2015 Best Research Award. relevance) The 2015 Best Research Award
The purpose of this call is to pro- shall be selected from the top
vide an excellent opportunity for  Innovation and originality (i.e. it three. Author(s) of the winning
library practitioners/information shows high levels of creativity, paper shall receive a cash incen-
professionals to disseminate their fresh thinking and innovation in tive of Php 10,000.00 and a tro-
research outputs through publica- approach) phy/plaque of recognition, which
tion and oral presentation in a fo- will be awarded to him/her/them
rum/seminar.  Overall impact (it shows actual during the Association's General
or potential impact) Assembly in January 2016. Au-
1. ELIGIBILITY thors of the other two papers shall
 Special considerations: receive a cash incentive of Php
The call is open to all library prac- a) it takes into account the 5,000.00 for each paper and a tro-
titioners/information profession- extent to which the re- phy/plaque of recognition.
als. search is useful in the
promotion of the pro- 3. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
2. SELECTION, AC- fession;
CEPTANCE AND AWARD b) it deals with problems 1. Full paper should be in Mi-
facing the profession, crosoft Word (*.doc or *.docx)
In addition to standard criteria locally/worldwide. and submitted through e-mail to
(such as extensiveness of litera- [email protected] or llanti-
ture review and references, appro- The top three (3) authors of ac- [email protected]
priate-ness of research data/ cepted papers shall each be given 2. Authors must follow the...
methods, adequacy of data analy- a 20-minute timeslot to present
their research outputs during the (continued on page 7)
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

SEARCH FOR PAARL’S BEST RESEARCH AWARD 2015

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Instruction for Authors (see item full consideration, please follow paper submission
4 below) to be qualified/ these instructions:
considered for acceptance. 31 October 2015 Notification
4.1 Formatting (authors) of acceptance of papers
3. Authors will be notified after 4.1.1 Font face should be
their submissions have undergone Times New Roman size 12. 07 November 2015 Announce-
the peer review process to be con- Title should be in bold face, ment of accepted papers for oral
ducted by the Committee. size 14. Major headings in presentation
bold face.
4. Revisions must be submitted 4.1.2 Use letter-sized paper 23 November 2015 Oral presenta-
within five (5) days upon receipt (8.5 x11 in.). tion of the top three papers vying
of letter/notification inviting a re- 4.1.3 Paragraph format should for the Best Research Award
vision. be single-spaced, with justi-
fied margins. January 2016 Awarding of the
5. Authors of accepted papers are 4.1.4 Full paper should not 2015 Best Research Award at the
required to submit a 300-500 word exceed 5,000 words. 2016 PAARL General Assembly
abstract, which will include the
proposed title, the full names and 4.2 Organization of the Re-
affiliations of all authors, and their search Paper
contact details. In the case of mul-
tiple authors, please specify the 4.2.1 Title
author who will be presenting the 4.2.2 Full name of Author(s),
paper at the forum.
affiliation(s) and e-mail ad-
6. It is understood that by these dress(es)
submissions, permission has been 4.2.3 Introduction/Background
granted to publish the papers on of the Study
the website and in the PAARL 4.2.4 Purpose of the study
Research Journal. However, the 4.2.5 Methodology
papers submitted remain with the 4.2.6 Results and discussion
authors to do as they please. 4.2.7 Conclusion and recom-

4. INSTRUCTION FOR AU- mendations
THORS SUBMISSION TEM- 4.2.8 References
PLATE 4.2.9 Appendices (if any)

5. IMPORTANT DATES

In order to give your submission 15 October 2015 Deadline of full

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INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS

Name Institution Office Address
De La Salle University DLSU Makati Extension
Aliwalas, Annabelle F. Campus Makati City

Artajo, Patrice Jean Q. Medina Foundation College Misamis Occidental
Blanco, Maria Kanaway L. University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos Bacolod City
Cajes, May L. De La Salle University – Manila Manila
Castro, Aisa G. Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation Lucena City
Cordova, Cynthia L. De La Salle University – Manila Manila

Del Valle, Carmelita G. Rosemouth Hill Montessori College Inc. Cebu City

Dimaloan, Mechelle Misamis University Ozamiz City
Dinglaga, Vilma N. Misamis University Ozamiz City
Eclevia, Carlos Jr. L.
Eclevia, Marian R. Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. Malaysia
Enem, Nolie G.
Escaler, Jerinah D. De La Salle University – Manila Manila
Fernando, Purisima B. Philippine Military Academy Baguio City
Fider, Ronabeth L. University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos Bacolod City

Gapasin, Sherill P. De La Salle University – Manila Manila

Bicol University Legazpi City

Don Mariano Marcos Memorial Sate University – La Union
Mid La Union Campus

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Gonda, Jojie A. De La Salle University – Manila Manila
Gutierrez, Verianne Gel P. Elizabeth Seton School-South Cavite
Labangon, Donna Lyn G. De La Salle University – Manila Manila
Lambayan, Ruchell O. Misamis University Ozamiz City
Lanticse, Cristita L. University of San Carlos Cebu City
Lascano, Elizabeth Allan Benguet State University Benguet
Laurete, Lurielyn Mae B. Medina College Pagadian City
Libredo, Maribel B. Misamis University Ozamiz City
Mabanto, Ivy B. Lourdes College Cagayan de Oro City

Maestro, Roselle M. De La Salle University – Manila Manila
Maneja, Delia T. Andres Bonifacio College Dipolog City
Montealto, Sharon A. Misamis University Ozamiz City
Oclarit, Alicia A. Camiguin Polytechnic State University Camiguin

Olayon, Jeanne Mae N. Corpus Christi School Cagayan de Oro City

Oral, Mary Allen Mae P. University of San Carlos Cebu City
Padilla, Elizabeth B. De La Salle University – Manila Manila
Perez, Mercedes O. Bataan Peninsula State Universtiy –Balanga Bataan
Quijano, Grace D. Benguet State University Benguet
Rada, Jorge Erwin A. De La Salle University – Manila Manila
Radores, Diana Lyn L. Bulacan Polytechnic College Bulacan
Retazo, Melody A. Lourdes College Cagayan de Oro
Roderno, Princess N. Cavite State University-Main Campus Cavite

Rosario, Juvilene A. Mountain View College Bukidnon

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INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS

Name Institution Office Address
Rose, Nora P. West Visayas State University Iloilo City
Salomon, Corazon G.
Santiago, Lloda N. Bicol University Legazpi City
Somosa, Cecilia R. Misamis University Ozamiz City
Soriente, Vivian C. Iloilo State College of Fisheries Iloilo
Tan, Evangeline R. De La Salle University – Manila Manila
Tenorio, Divina C. Xavier University Cagayan de Oro City
Trinidad, Janelyn D.
Tuquib, Rodelia M. University of San Carlos Cebu City

Uy, Carlo Martin H. Phinma –Cagayan de Oro College Cagayan de Oro
Manila
Valerio, Marita G. De La Salle University – Manila Manila
Quezon
Villangca, Jocelyn G. De La Salle University – Manila Dumaguete City
Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation Can- Manila
Villanueva, Myra E. delaria Inc Manila
Vinzon, Minette R. Silliman University Dumaguete City
De La Salle University – Manila
Yap, Joseph M.
De La Salle University – Manila
Yso, Lorna T.
Silliman University

INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS

Institution Address Representative
De La Salle University – Manila Manila Fresnido, Ana Maria B.

Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State La Union Narra, Ruby Lyn
University- Mid La Union Campus

International School of Asia and the Pa- Cagayan Retamal, Jho-Ann F.
cific Lipa City Dela Cruz, Marebel U.
Lipa City Colleges

Medical Colleges of Northern Philippines Cagayan Pastor, Harley

Misamis University Ozamiz City Cartajenas, Myrna V.

Southern Leyte State University Southern Leyte Colonia, Geanrose L.

St. Michael’s College of Laguna Laguna Dalicano, Jocelyn Haling

University of Negros Occidental- Bacolod City De la Cruz, Shiela M.
Recoletos

If you have correction regarding your membership information, please e-mail it to [email protected]

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Up Coming Events PAGE 12

JULY OCTOBER
(TBA) 21-25 (Wednesday—Sunday)
3rd Marina G. Dayrit Lecture Series 2015 International Library Benchmarking Tour
Philippine Academic Book Fair (ABAP) Venue: Tokyo, Japan
Topic: Trends in Collection Management: E-lending, e- 30 (Friday)
Book Acquisition, Resource Sharing/Consortium, Pa- Commencement of Election for the 2016 Executive
tron Driven Acquisition and other Collection Develop- Board
ment Models NOVEMBER
Venue: SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City 23 (Monday)
AUGUST 5th Marina G. Dayrit Lecture Series 2015
(August (date is TBA) Topic: Librarians as Researchers
Filing of application for Thesis Grant “Recognizing Best Researches” : A Colloquium on
31 (Monday) Philippine Libraries and Librarianship”
Submission of the list of nominees for next Executive Venue: NLP, T.M. Kalaw, Manila
Board (TBA)
SEPTEMBER PAARL Parallel Session at PLAI National Congress
(TBA) Topic & Venue: TBA
4th Marina G. Dayrit Lecture Series 2015 27 (Friday)
Manila International Book Fair (MIBF) Approval of Nominees for PAARL Awards
Topic: "Librarians' Role in Managing a Plagiarism-free DECEMBER
Environment" Release of PAARL Research Journal 2015 Issue
Venue: SMX Convention Center, Pasay City Christmas Party 2015
Venue and Date: TBA

STAFF BOX Philippine Association of Academic/Research Librarians, Inc. PAARL BOARD 2015
Rm. 301, The National Library Building, T.M. Kalaw St., President
Editor-in-Chief Ermita 1000 Manila Philippines
Kaori B. Fuchigami www.paarl.org.ph Maribel A. Estepa
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Willian S. A. Frias
Michelle A. Esteban Secretary
Sharon Maria S. Esposo-Betan Willian S. A. Frias
Maribel A. Estepa
Treasurer
Circulation Managers Estela A. Montejo
Rosela D. Del Mundo
Juan Martin R. Guasch Auditor
Aniline A. Vidal
Contributors
Emelita B. Yocte P.R.O.
Ruel R. Laganzo Kaori B. Fuchigami

Layout Directors
Lejempf V. Flores Rosela D. Del Mundo
Juan Martin R. Guasch
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