LIBRARY NEWSETTE

Dr. Luis Camara Dery, a noted historian and professor at the History Department of the De La Salle University, formally handed over to the Libraries his personal papers, published books and manuscripts on 21 September 2015 at the EDC Multipurpose Room, The Learning Commons, 13F HSSH. This unique collection was donated to the Libraries to ensure its survival for future generation of historians.  Dr. Dery specializes on Philippine political and socio-cultural history from pre-colonial period to World War II. Most of his works have been published in various national and international publications. As a respected historian, he became the President of the Philippine Historical Association in 2013 and 2014.  His collection includes rare Filipiniana publications about Jose P. Rizal during the Spanish period and the early Philippine Republic; local history of provinces; and a range of newspaper issues, school publications and other underground papers that were circulated d...

Now on its 36th season, this year's Manila International Book Fair (MIBF) was held on 16-20 September 2015 at the SMX Convention Center, Pasay City.  The MIBF is an annual book trade event participated in by various book dealers and publishers, offering fair price for its wide array of books and other learning materials. Book signing, story telling sessions and other co-located events are also being held in this 5-day affair. Not only does it serve as a venue for the book publishing industry, the MIBF also brings together information professionals and library associations under one roof, where several activities, such as lecture forums and workshops, are given. This year, 2 librarians from DLSU were invited to speak at respective forums.  Abrigo at the PAARL forum Christine M. Abrigo , Assistant Director for Operations, was the resource person at the Philippine Association of Academic/Research Librarians' (PAARL) 4th Marina G. Dayrit Lecture Series on the topic, ...

The  Libraries  is pleased to invite the community to the third session of the  Human   Library  on  29  September 2015 ( Tuesday ), 2:00pm to 4:00pm at the  European Documentation   Centre, The Learning Commons, 13th floor, Henry Sy Sr. Hall . The  human   library  concept originally started in Copenhagen, Denmark. The  Human   Library  is composed of  human  books that a "reader"/user can interact with. The  human  books selected are people who are subjected to stereotyping and prejudices. They have volunteered to be public representatives of their respective groups so as to share to others their personal stories beyond the stereotypes and prejudices. As part of the  Libraries ' aim to cultivate an image of sensible and sensitive community of Lasallians towards social issues, this activity is an alternative way of learning, which may promote dialogue, ...

The  Libraries  is inviting all students, faculty and researchers in the engineering, computing and allied fields in science to participate in the free 60-minute training session on  IEEE Xplore® Digital Library ,  a powerful resource for discovery and access to scientific and technical content published by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and its publishing partners , on  Tuesday, 29 September 2015  at the  Phinma E-Classroom, Room 303, Miguel Building .  Interested students and faculty members are requested to kindly fill out this  Online Registration Form  to register. Forty (40) slots are available for this training.  Registration ends at  5:00PM  on  Monday, 28 September 2015 . 

The  Libraries  proudly presents,  Dekada '70  as  Video Pick of the Week . This video is based on the novel, story and screenplay by Lualhati Bautista, directed by Chito S. Roño. It will run from September 14 to 1​9, 2015 at the TV corner, The Learning Commons, 6th floor, Henry Sy Sr. Hall. ​ The Bartolome, a simple middle-class family gravely suffered during 1970’s the year when the newly elected President declared Martial Law. This family does not open deal with the oppressive government but is also struggling to keep their family intact despite their distinct differences (from source video). Video Pick of the Week  is an initiative to promote media literacy in the academic community. It also aims to promote the audiovisual collection of the Instructional Media Services (IMS) of the  Libraries .

Pre-registration to the   Knovel Academic Challenge   is now open to the STEM community! The Knovel Academic Challenge (KAC) The KAC is a 5-week problem set-based global game for undergraduate and graduate engineering students. These problem sets are built from real-life engineering exercises and scenarios. Every Monday of each week, a problem set containing 7-10 multiple choice questions will be posted. Over the span of The Challenge, students will log in with their KAC credentials to solve that week's problem set and earn points based on their performance, while competing for weekly and grand prizes. Weekly winners will be announced each week and the grand prize winners will be announced at the end of week 5.  The first problem set will go live on  Monday, 28 September 2015 at 12:00:00 AM PST  and the last set going out on  Sunday, 01 November 2015 at 11:59:59 PM PST . In order to join the competition, one must fi...

On 01 September 2015, the American Corner Manila hosted a  film  screening of Lives Worth Living  to highlight the awareness campaign for people with disabilities around the world.  Lives Worth Living is a documentary  film   about the Disability Rights Movement   that portrays the challenges, problems and barriers faced by people with disabilities  to secure  civil, political and social rights  ( learn more about the  film here ). Appointed Special Advisor for International Disability Rights at the U.S. Department of State ,   Judith Heumann , graced the event in her first leg of a series of engagements with the Philippine government, civil society groups and student on the rights of people with disabilities ( read more about SADR Judith Heumann here ). Other U.S Embassy officials present in the event were Ms. Carolyn Glassman , Public Affairs Counselor; Ms.  Rachael Parrish , Embassy H...

The  Libraries  proudly presents,  The Social Network  as  ​Video Pick of the Week . This video is based on "The Accidental Billionaires" by Ben Mezrich, directed by David Fincher. It will run from September 7 to 12, 2015 at the TV corner, The Learning Commons, 6th floor, Henry Sy Sr. Hall. On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history, but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications (from source video). Video Pick of the Week  is an initiative to promote media literacy in the academic community....

  On 25 August 2015, the 17th Knowledge for Development Community (KDC) in the country officially opens at The Learning Commons, made possible by the World Bank Philippines, in partnership with the Jesse M. Robredo Institute of Governance (JRIG). KDCs are schools, policy and research institutions that work in partnership with the Bank promoting knowledge sharing about development issues. These are also online resource centers open to the public where Open Development sites of the Bank are also made accessible to all for free (read more about KDC Philippines here ). During its launch, DLSU President Br. Raymundo B. Suplido FSC gave his words of welcome and anticipation on this meaningful partnership. Mr. Motoo Konishi, Country Director of the World Bank Office in Manila, shed light on the thrusts of the KDC and some insights on the country's progress and development. Dr. Francisco A. Magno, Director of the JRIG, looks forward to this partnership and to holding more knowled...