UP LIBRARY SCIENCE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES SCHOOL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES

3/F Gonzalez Hall, Roxas cor. Apacible Streets, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City 1101 PHILIPPINES Website: www.uplsaa.net; E-mail: uplsaa@yahoo.com 18 January 2012
Executive Board 2011-2012 Arvin Roque President Ace Bookstore Tel: 4556027 E-mail: arvinroque@yahoo.com Rhoel Rondilla Vice President U.P. Main Library Tel: 9818500 loc. 2865/2867 Email: rhoel_parchment@yahoo.com Marjorie Dacillo Secretary DTI - Bureau of Export Trade Promotion Mobile: 09279779414 Email: mcdacillo@gmail.com Fides Manuel-Abad Treasurer Xavier School Tel: 7230481 loc. 431 Email: fidesabad@yahoo.com Grace Tabiendo Auditor U.P. Main Library Tel: 9818500 loc. 2863 Email: gbtabiendo@yahoo.com Rafael Joseph del Mundo P.R.O. Manila Observatory Tel: 4265921 Email: rdelmundo@observatory.ph Joel Buenrostro Ex-Officio Accenture Inc. Mobile: 09178307768 Board Members Cherry Angeles-Velasco UP NISMED Library Tel: 9818500 loc. 3901 Email: cherry.velasco@up.edu.ph Julie Ann Bernardo-Nacario Ateneo de Manila High School Mobile: 09179042852 Email: jbernardo@ateneo.edu Denise Marie Cruz House of Representatives Mobile: 09179705845 Email: denise_marie.cruz@congress.gov.ph Mercedes Vijandre IRRI Library Mobile: 09172513465 Email: edesvijandre@yahoo.com

Greetings! The University of the Philippines Library Science Alumni Association (UPLSAA), in partnership with the University of the Philippines School of Library and Information Studies (UP SLIS), will hold the 1 st ALAM (Advancements in Libraries, Archives and Museums) Seminar with the theme ALAM 2012: Organization of Information Resources and Converging Practices in Libraries, Archives and Museums on 7-9 March 2012 at the Pearlmont Inn, Limketkai Drive, Cagayan De Oro City. We are inviting you and your staff, librarians, archivists, museum curators, records officers, information officers, administrative officers/staff and other professionals to partake in this seminar. The seminar's main objective is to strengthen the participants' knowledge and be acquainted with the new trends and related issues on the organization of information in Libraries, Archives and Museums. To achieve this, the following topics will be presented: An Overview of Resource Description and Access (RDA) Trends on Organizing Filipiniana Materials Open Source Solutions for Libraries Records Management Made Easy Establishing an Archives Program Organization of Records Using Description Standards Basic Organization of Museum Objects Acquiring Grants and Developing Projects for Libraries, Archives and Museums Application of Collaboration 2.0 in Libraries, Archives and Museums Legal Issues Surrounding Information and Cultural Heritage Collections The fee is P5,000.00 for live-in participants (inclusive of accommodation March 7, 2:00PM to March 9, 12:00PM; registration; meals am/pm snack, breakfast, lunch and dinner; instructional materials; kit; and other expenses). Live-out participants shall be charged P4,500.00 (inclusive of registration; meals am/pm snack, breakfast, lunch and dinner; instructional materials; kit; and other expenses). For those who will register before January 27, 2012 will have an early-bird discount and shall be charged of P4,500.00 for live-in participants and P4,000.00 for live-out participants. Participants who will check-in before 2:00PM of March 7 shall pay on their personal account. Please send in your reservation on or before March 2, 2012. You may send your reservation to any of the following: For e-mail reservation: For fax reservation: Rafael Joseph C. del Mundo Attn: Marjorie C. Dacillo Manila Observatory DTI-Bureau of Export Trade Promotion Mobile No. : 09179541658, 09339760655 Mobile No.: 09175066275 Email: alam2012@uplsaa.net Fax No. : (02) 890-4721 Payments should be deposited to PNB Account No. 393635900016 (Acct. Name: University of the Philippines Library Science Alumni Association; Branch: UP Campus). For more information about the Seminar, you may visit our website at http://www.uplsaa.net. You can download this invitation, registration form and IMPORTANT program of activities in our website. If you want an invitation letter addressed to you, please send us an email alam2012@uplsaa.net and well be happy to send you ANNOUNCEMENT: one.

Please We look forward to seeing you in this Seminar.

Thank you. Sincerely yours,

be informed that the venue was not affected by the flood brought by Typhoon Sendong. Thus, we are assuring all the

UP LIBRARY SCIENCE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES SCHOOL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES
3/F Gonzalez Hall, Roxas cor. Apacible Streets, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City 1101 PHILIPPINES Website: www.uplsaa.net; E-mail: uplsaa@yahoo.com Denise Marie Cruz Chair, ALAM 2012 Noted by: Arvin Roque President, UPLSAA