MAHLAP 31st National Congress and Seminar-Workshop
MAHLAP 31st National Congress forms and conference details here. [pdf-embedder url=”https://librarylearningspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/31st-MAHLAP-Congress.pdf”]
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The 36th International Map Collectors Society Symposium
(11 September 2018) Ayala Museum and Gallery of Prints, with the support of The International Map Collectors Society (IMCoS) and the Philippine Map Collectors Society (PHIMCOS), present The 36th International Map Collectors Society (IMCoS) Symposium. It will be held on October 15 to 17, 2018 at the Ayala Museum, Makati along with exclusive visits to…
Dissertations from Philippines university available globally
(2 February 2018) For the first time, dissertations from the Philippines are now available to researchers around the world through the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global™ database (PQDT), the largest database of graduate research collected from the world’s greatest universities. As a member of the PQDT publishing program, Philippines Women’s University will contribute its graduate…
Public Library Day 2018 the Philippines
(30 January 2018) In line with Proclamation No. 563, “Designating March 9 of every year as Public Library Day”, the National Library of the Philippines, as the central node of public libraries in the country, will spearhead in celebrating the 59th Public Library Day on March 9, 2018 with the theme: Limang K para maging…
The Book Stop pop-up library project
The Book Stop Project is a design concept offering a huge potential for community libraries to evolve from monolithic buildings to activated public spaces. (14 November 2017) The project is the vision of Philippines-based WTA Architecture + Design Studio and has already won several international awards. WTA says: ‘The Book Stop Project refocuses on the…
2017 search for outstanding public libraries with special program on the protection and preservation of cultural heritage
(5 September 2017) In line with the Annual Celebration of the Library and Information Services (LIS) Month every November, the National Library of the Philippines (NLP) in cooperation with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) particularly the National Committee on Library and Information Services (NCLIS), and the Philippine Librarians Association, Inc. (PLAI)…
Asian Development Bank hiring Senior Information Resources and Services Officer
(10 July 2017) As an experienced officer, the Senior Information Resources and Services Officer is responsible for overseeing the technical and administrative requirements of the three teams under the Information Resources and Services Unit (OAIS-IR), namely Information and Research Coordinators, Library, and Records/Archives teams. The officer oversees the work activities of local staff teams and…
Malaysia cuts education budget, while Indonesia and Philippines increase
(26 April 2017, Kuala Lumpur) An international expert in socio-economic development in Southeast Asia says Malaysia shouldn’t be cutting down on the budget for education, especially since neighbouring countries are pumping more resources into education. Speaking to FMT, Prof Patrick Ziegenhain, a visiting professor at Universiti Malaya’s (UM) Asia-Europe Institute, noted that Indonesia and Philippines…
Philippine libraries march into the 21st Century
(3 April 2017) Four years ago, Beyond Access began working with the Philippine public library system. Like in many countries, libraries had been largely neglected by policy-makers, and in some municipalities, libraries were already closing due to lack of use. When the Philippine Digital Strategy was published in 2011, libraries were completely absent. Under the…
Thailand to host 19th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL)
(23 February 2017) Conferences recently announced include RAILS 2017, Adelaide, Australia, 28-30 November 2017; Connecting the Colonies: Empires and Networks in the History of the Book, Hobart, Australia, 22-24 November 2017; PLAI Congress 2017 Bacolod City, Philippines, 21-24 November 2017; A-LIEP 2017, 13-15 November 2017, in Bangkok, Thailand; and ICADL 2017, Bangkok, Thailand, 13-15 November…