1. EXECUTIVE BOARD 2013
President
SONNY BOY T. MANALO
Technological Institute of the Philippines
Aurora Blvd., Cubao, Quezon City
Email: chieflibn_tipqc@yahoo.com
Telephone: 911-0964 loc 361
Vice-President
MARIAN RAMOS ECLEVIA
De La Salle University
Taft Avenue, Manila
Email : marian.eclevia@dlsu.edu.ph
Mobile : 09228491319
Secretary
OLIVIA R. ALER
St. Scholastica’s College
Malate, Manila
Email: leahaler@yahoo.com
Mobile : 09178980805
Treasurer
MA. CECILIA D. LOBO
University of Santo Tomas
España, Manila
Email: cdlobo@mnl.ust.edu.ph
Mobile: 09999976867
Auditor
SONIA LOURDES L. DAVID
Ateneo Professional Schools
Rockwell, Makati City
Email: sdavid@aps.ateneo.edu
Mobile: 09179625388
Public Relations Officer
MA. THERESA B. VILLANUEVA
Ateneo De Manila University
Loyola Heights, Quezon City
Email: mvillanueva@ateneo.edu
Mobile: 0915-5139959
DIRECTORS
TERESITA G. HERNANDEZ-CALMA
Centro Escolar University
Mendiola, Sampaloc, Manila
Email: tghernandez@ceu.edu.ph
Mobile: 09204670957
CAROLYN R. DE JESUS
Colegio De San Juan de Letran
Intramuros, Manila
Email: carolr@letran.edu.ph
Mobile: 09209283433
JORGE ERWIN A. RADA
De La Salle University
Taft Avenue, Manila
Email: Jorge.rada@dlsu.edu.ph
Mobile: 09175824694
EX-OFFICIO
SONIA M. GEMENTIZA
De La Salle University
Dasmariñas, Cavite
Email: sonixg@gmail.com
Mobile: 09156059863
Telephone: 844-7832 loc. 3060
30 April 2013
Dear Colleagues:
The Philippine Association of Academic/Research Librarians, Inc. in cooperation with the National Commission
for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) – National Committee on Library and Information Services (NCLIS), the National
Library of the Philippines, and the National Committee on Resource Description and Access (NCRDA) will be
holding a three‐day National Training on RDA with the theme "Resource Description and Access (RDA)
Essentials: Preparing Librarians for New Cataloging Standards and Guidelines" to be held at the Montebello
Villa Hotel, Cebu City on 26‐28 June 2013.
Specific objectives are to:
 Give an overview of RDA, emphasizing the core elements in RDA and other elements identified as
core for LC;
 Recognize the changes from AACR2 to RDA;
 Learn the guidelines in recording attributes of FRBR entities;
 Understand the conceptual entity‐relationship module FRBR and its relationship to RDA;
 Learn how to use the RDA Toolkit; and,
 Apply the new cataloging standard RDA in practice to create bibliographic records for monographs
according to RDA rules encoded in the MARC21 Format.
We have invited top‐level professionals and experts with a deep knowledge of, and experience in Cataloging,
namely: Mrs. Corazon M. Nera, Mrs. Mila M. Ramos, Mr. Rodolfo Y. Tarlit, Prof. Ruben P. Marasigan, Ms. Ana
Maria B. Fresnido, Dr. Sonia M. Gementiza, and Ms. Susan O. Pador. Our resources speakers have successfully
completed the recently concluded trainors' training, conducted by Dr. Barbara B. Tillett, Chair of the Joint
Steering Committee for Development of RDA.
Librarians, catalogers, library administrators, and faculty of LIS are invited to participate in the training. For
live‐in participants, a conference fee of Php4,500 will be charged inclusive of 3 days/2 nights accommodation
with meals and snacks, seminar kits, handouts, and certificates. Accompanying persons of live‐in participants
will be charged Php3,500 to cover the cost of accommodation and breakfast only. Live‐out participants will
only pay a conference fee of Php4,000 with lunch and snacks, seminar kits, and certificates. CHED memo
endorsements are being applied.
Please make reservations as early as possible and also pay the training fee in cash or check payable to the
Philippine Association of Academic/Research Librarians. Cash or Checks may be deposited to our BPI Family
Savings Bank ‐ Mabini Pedro Gil Branch Current Account No. ‐ 00595‐1‐07820‐6. Please send filled‐up
registration webform (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1PvSlZXh24TlukWlBmYIjHj1Mu‐
WDZnYg9buiZUvxyqw/viewform) and proof of payment (scanned bank deposit slip or photocopy of check or
postal money order) through email (marian.eclevia@dlsu.edu.ph).
We would appreciate if you could help us disseminate this activity by posting a copy of this invitation on your
bulletin board or share this information with other librarians.
Thank you and we look forward to your continued support and participation.
Sincerely yours,
MARIAN RAMOS‐ECLEVIA
Vice President/Chair, Conference Committee
Noted by:
SONNY BOY T. MANALO
President
PHILIPPINE ASSOCIATION OF ACADEMIC/RESEARCH LIBRARIANS
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