LIBRARY NEWSETTE

In celebration of the 40 th  anniversary of the South Manila Educational Consortium (SMEC), the Committee of Librarians challenged its member to put up exhibits about their respective libraries depicting the theme  Celebrating 40 years of Collaboration: SMEC Libraries Through the Years .

To help fight prejudice, reduce discrimination and break stereotypes, the DLSU Libraries organized its second session of the Human Library with the following volunteers serving as living books:

Realizing the important role that librarians play in ensuring that their library clients are information literate, the DLSU organized a symposium on  Library Instruction Make-over: Developing an Engaging Information Literacy Program   which aimed to raise awareness on the importance of information literacy being a vital component of lifelong learning; help librarians and LIS students develop new strategies in teaching information literacy skills; and understand the issues and challenges in teaching information literacy skills while at the same time promoting the reference services and programs of the DLSU Libraries . 

Learning by doing is more fun and interesting. This was the inspiration of the Libraries in gamifying the IamInfoSMART 2014 thus adding a little excitement and engagement among students as they develop their information literacy skills.

The Libraries successfully concluded its Information Literacy (IL) campaign called   IamInfoSMART  with the theme,   “ Activate the Learners!: Empowering InfoSMART Lasallians Through Engagement ” , held on   10-14 November 2014   at The Learning Commons.

With the advocacy to provide lifelong learning and engagement through the community of learners outside the DLSU academic community, the  DLSU Libraries  in partnership with the  American Corner Manila  has sponsored a free lecture to selected Secondary Public Schools in Metro Manila. This is part of the  Community Extension Program of the DLSU Libraries  entitled  WeAreInfoSMART .

As part of the IamInfoSMART campaign, the Libraries conducted a TeachMeet with LORA , the Librarian held at the Ortigas Room of the Learning Commons on 13 November 2014 . This TeachMeet is an organized but informal learning activity designed for librarians of public secondary schools in Manila and Mandaluyong, which aims to share ideas and experiences in accessing open access electronic resources. In addition, a one-hour lecture on creating a good pathfinder was given by Ms. Marian R. Eclevia , Readers’ Services Coordinator.

Form left to right:  Ms. Princess Grace Wooden,  Ms. Bettina Malone, Br. Michael Broughton FSC, Mr. Edwin P. Santiago, and Dr. Leonila C. Abella Now on its fourteenth year, the American Corner-Manila based in the De La Salle University (DLSU) renewed its partnership with the  Public Affairs Section of the United States Embassy Manila through the ceremonial signing of the Memorandum of Understandin g (MOU).

We are pleased to announce to the community that Elsevier is holding the ScienceDirect and Scopus National Online Quiz from now until 13 December 2014 . This quiz is open to all students, faculty and staff of the DLSU academic community. Answer the questions correctly and get a chance to win any of the following PLUS MORE! 1 st Prize – Samsung Tab S8.4 LTE 2 nd Prize – iPod Nano 3 rd Prize – X-mini Capsule Speaker Winners will be selected from all eligible entries received during the Quiz period and chosen by Elsevier's internal panel of judges. To join and for more details, please click this link: http://asia.elsevier.com/PHquiz

Children have an innate love of stories. Stories create magic and a sense of wonder. It is with these stories that we learn about life, ourselves and others. Storytelling is one way for children from all walks of life to develop an understanding, respect and appreciation for other cultures.  It can promote a positive attitude to people from different lands, races and religions.