US AMBASSADOR PHILIP S.US AMBASSADOR PHILIP S.US AMBASSADOR PHILIP S.US AMBASSADOR PHILIP S.US AMBASSADOR PHILIP S.GOLDBERG JOINS PWDsGOLDBERG JOINS PWDsGOLDBERG JOINS PWDsGOLDBERG JOINS PWDsGOLDBERG JOINS PWDsSPORSPORSPORSPORSPORTTTTTS CLINIC @ SLS CLINIC @ SLS CLINIC @ SLS CLINIC @ SLS CLINIC @ SLUUUUU

To mark the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the United States

Embassy, in partnership with Alaska, Saint Louis University, American Corner (AC) Baguio, and

SLU Libraries hosted sports clinics (futsal and basketball) among PWDs on July 11, 2015 at the

Prince Bernhard Gym, SLU.

The event was graced by nobody less than the U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines, He Philip

S. Goldberg, SLU President Rev. Fr. Jessie M. Hechanova, and Baguio City Mayor Mauricio

Domogan.

Around 90 clinic participants from the Autism Society of the Philippines – Baguio Chapter,

Easter College-Special Education Department, San Lorenzo Ruiz-Learning Resource Center,

and SLU Halfway Home for Boys were provided with t-shirts, towels, drinks and meals.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development—Cordillera Administrative Region

(DSWD—CAR) likewise assisted AC Baguio and SLU Libraries in calling the clinic

participants and in forwarding the objective of promoting the rights of persons with

disabilities, encouraging governments to protect those rights, and supporting local

advocacy through sports programs.

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DECAESTECKER LIBRARYREORGANIZATION

The Decaestecker Library, one of thesatellite libraries , situated at the Navy BaseCampus was reorganized due to the transfer ofthe School of Humanities in January 2015. Thesaid Library continues to serve the informationand research needs of the students, facultymembers, and administrative staff of the Schoolof Humanities. The Library is being managed byMrs. Lourdes A. Llanes.

SLU-SLAS @GAWAD SAN LUIS 2015

The SLU-Student LibraryAssistants’ Society was hailed as the:a) Most Outstanding ExtraCurricular Organization; b) Winner,Fernando Amorsolo Award forCreativity and Innovation; c) Winner,Ramon Magsaysay for SocialInvolvement; and (d) W inner,Presidential Award for Excellence inLeadership (Ms. Kristine MayMonderin Peralta) in the recentlyconcluded Gawad San Luis 2015.

Dr. Diaron and Mrs.Gapasin, Director and AssistantDirector of Libraries, respectively,together with the proud SLASOfficers headed by Ms. Kristine MayMonderin Peralta, SLAS President.

ACADEMIC SESSION: TRIBUTEACADEMIC SESSION: TRIBUTEACADEMIC SESSION: TRIBUTEACADEMIC SESSION: TRIBUTEACADEMIC SESSION: TRIBUTETO RETIREES 2015TO RETIREES 2015TO RETIREES 2015TO RETIREES 2015TO RETIREES 2015

Mr. Abraham Robles, theUniversity Libraries’ Binder, oneamong the retirees, was given duehonor and recognition for hisvaluable service in the Universityduring the Gawad San Luis forEmployees and Tribute to Retirees2015 on July 18, 2015 at the Centerfor Culture and the Arts (CCA)Theater, SLU. Likewise, Mrs. MichelleD. Ambloza received a certificate ofrecognition for her commitment tocontinuing Professional Education andlife-long learning on the same event.

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WORLD WATER MONTH CELEBRATION

SEMINAR ON FINANCIAL FREEDOMSEMINAR ON FINANCIAL FREEDOMSEMINAR ON FINANCIAL FREEDOMSEMINAR ON FINANCIAL FREEDOMSEMINAR ON FINANCIAL FREEDOM“F“F“F“F“Financial securinancial securinancial securinancial securinancial secur ity is a decision noity is a decision noity is a decision noity is a decision noity is a decision not a drt a drt a drt a drt a dream”eam”eam”eam”eam”

The AC Baguio spearheaded a Conference on Financial Freedom: Impact on One’s

Life on February 13, 2015 at the 5th Floor Conference Room,

SLU Libraries wherein one of the known Financial and

Investment Company Financial Advisors, Mr. Maurick Muya

of Manulife was invited to give a lecture on how to basically

attain financial freedom.

The participants of the conference were the

personnel of SLU Libraries and a selected group of students.

The Deputy Director of Thomas Jefferson Information

Center (TJIC) of US Embassy-Manila, Mrs. Princess Grace

Wooden likewise joined the said conference.

American Corner Baguio joined SLU-LouisianEnvironmental Management and Audit Committee (LEMAC), NSTP,SLU Libraries, DENR, City Environment and Parks Management,Environmental Management Bureau, SLU Adopted Barangays(DPS, Marcoville, Engineers Hill, and Cabinet Hill), media, andvarious SLU Student Organizations (Gray Matter-School ofTeacher Education, Ecolodians, Green Core Society-School ofAccountancy and Business Management, AWMA-School ofEngineering and Architecture, Biology Club-School of NaturalSciences, SLU-Supreme Student Council (SSC)-KASAMA andSNS-SSC-KASAMA) in celebrating World Water Month with amonth long exhibit, dubbed with the theme: “A Day for Waterand Water for Sustainable Development”.

The exhibit aimed to raise and strengthen environmental awareness with anemphasis on giving importance to conserving water. The said exhibit ran from March 4 to28, 2015 with the following schedule: March 4-7 (Bonifacio Campus); March 9-14(Decaestecker Campus); March 16-21 (SLU-LES); and March 23-28 (Devesse Campus).

US EMBASSYASSISTANT

CULTURAL AFFAIRSOFFICER,

MR. BRADEEN VISITSAC BAGUIO

AC Baguio welcomedAssistant Cultural AffairsOfficer, Mr. Ryan Bradeen

and the Youth Exchange andStudy Program Alumni

on July 10, 2015.

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WHAWHAWHAWHAWHAT IS KEEPINT IS KEEPINT IS KEEPINT IS KEEPINT IS KEEPING US BUSG US BUSG US BUSG US BUSG US BUSY?Y?Y?Y?Y?Dr. Rina H. Diaron, Director of Libraries, attended the Users’ GroupSeminar spearheaded by the iGroup Asia Pacific Ltd. on March 16-17, 2015 in Makati City. The said seminar aimed to provideknowledge on the trends and developments in publishing andcollection development among Asian and Western countries and tofurther promote mutual understanding among institutions.

Mrs. Joey G. Gapasin, Assistant Director of Libraries joined theSLU/BSU Trip to Baler, Aurora on July 4-5, 2015.

Mrs. Gapasin andMrs. Racquel S.Estrada participatedin the “2015ProQuest UserGroup Seminar”organized by LibTechSource Philippines,Inc. at the MarriottHotel, Pasay City onJuly 1, 2015.

Mr. Andrew G. Ducas and Ms. Leonila C. Reyes attended the 7th

CE-Logic National Electronic Conference with the theme:“Creating a Legacy Towards Nation Building: Library andInformation Specialists as Community Leaders in Today’sInformation Society” from May 27 to 29, 2015 at the C & EInformation and Resource Center, 1616 Quezon Avenue, SouthTriangle, Quezon City.

Ms. Leonila Reyesdelivered a research paperentitled, Building anE-Learning Environment:a Perspective Toward anASEAN Integration FromSelected UniversityLibraries in thePhilippines during thePeLS National eLearningCongress 2014 /Philippine eLearningSociety at UP Los Baños,Laguna on December 05-06, 2014. Said paper waslikewise published inNational e-LearningCongress 2014e-Proceedings; ISSN 2094-5485 Vol. 2014 Compendium.

Mrs. Angelli F. Vicentesubmitted a research paperentitled, Digitization ofIndigenous KnowledgeMaterials of theCordillera: E-LearningChalleng and itsCultural Implicationduring the PeLS NationaleLearning Congress 2014 /Philippine eLearningSociety at UP Los Baños,Laguna on December 05-06,2014. Said paper waslikewise published inNational e-LearningCongress 2014e-Proceedings;

ISSN 2094-5485 Vol. 2014 Compendium.

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The University

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aimed to

foster strong

ties among

themselves.School-Based Library Committee Meeting

The SBLC plays an important role in the organizational structure of theSLU Libraries. It acts as a channel of communication or advisory tofurther improve library collections, resources and services responsiveto the ever changing needs of the academe stakeholders.The Committee is composed of the following: 1. Representatives fromLibraries: Director of Libraries, Section Head Librarian, TechnicalSection Head, and Acquisition Section Head; 2. SchoolRepresentatives: Dean, Department Heads, Graduate ProgramCoordinator, and Students.The SBLC Meeting for the School of Humanities (SOH) for theacademic year 2014-2015, was held on April 24, 2015 at Navy BaseCampus, Baguio City.

PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENT

Just l ike other professionals, l ibrarians or information professionals are notdifferent in terms of professional advancement. Librarians are likewise mandated tocontinuously advance themselves in their profession to be responsive to the needs ofthe twenty-first century learning environment and to the ever changing and evolvingsociety. With the emerging knowledge-based environment, librarians should beproactive to be efficient enablers to their stakeholders. This is the key driver for mostof the SLU Information professionals to seek for professional growth and advancementby continuing their professional education and venturing into both local andinternational seminars and trainings. Hence, in the recently concluded SLU Graduationand Commencement Exercises 2015, Section Head Librarian, Mrs. Michelle D. Amblozavictoriously marched as Cum Laude in finishing the degree, Master in Library andInformation Technology (MALIT). To recall, Mrs. Ambloza attended the Lib@Web VLIRScholarship Program at the University of Antwerp, Belgium in 2012. Mrs. Ambloza iscurrently assigned at the Literature and History and Geography collections at the 6thFloor Libraries, Msgr. Charles Vath Library Building.

Team BuildingActivity