MAHLAP NEWSLETTER

Medical and Health Librarians Association of the Philippines

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Inside this issue: Empowering Knowledge to MAHLAP Participants

through a Symposium on Network and Communication
Technologies in Libraries
MAHLAP 1
Symposium
held at DOH

Forum: 30th 2
MIBF

14th CONSAL 3

Ce-Logic 4
Conference /
RCHSD
Prof. Igor Cabbab The symposium participants
Library Spotted: 5
AUF
Supported by
IFLA-FAIFE 6 The Medical and Health Librarian’s Association of the Philippines in collaboration with Swets
and the Department of Health offered a symposium with 53 participants in attendance. The
STIMULATE 9 7 symposium’s title is “Empowering Knowledge Through Network and Communication
UNESCO 8
Technologies in Libraries” and was granted 3 CPE credit units by PRC and PLAI. It was held
Promotes last August 14, 2009 at Francisco Q. Duque Hall, Health Information and Training Center,
Memory of the Department of Health, Manila.
World
Programme The symposium aims to provide a platform for sharing information and lessons learned in the
establishment of projects using ICT tools in libraries and information centers, to facilitate
2009 Officers 9 discussion for future project designs that should be developed by libraries and information
centers, and to promote the use of current trends and technologies in the dissemination of
knowledge and information. The resource speakers were Mr. Moseley Scott of Swets, a
subscription services company that offers medical and health information content and Prof.
Johann Frederick ‘Igor’ A. Cabbab of the UP School of Library and Information Studies.

The half-day symposium became an active environment because all participants responded to
the activity lead by Sir Igor. He showed how effective he is as a speaker and communicator to
his audience. He discussed the essence of knowledge, network and communication in
managing a technologically inclined library shifting from a traditional
library. Most of the lectures concentrated on Web 2.0, Social
Softwares and Social Web Technologies as used and adopted in
libraries and information centers. Mr. Scott Moseley presented
E-resources and management tools for medical and health libraries.
He introduced to the participants the value of IOS e-journals and
online knowledge products available at Medicines Complete. The
symposium was supported by IOS Press and Swets. Swets also
provided the symposium kits, pens and pad papers for this activity.
MAHLAP wishes to thank all the institutions, schools and universities
who attended this event. MAHLAP would also like to thank the
National Epidemiology Center for distributing free Field Health System
Information System 2006 and National Health Statistics 2004. ϑ

ISSN 0116-737
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Focusing on Librarian’s Health and Wellness: a MAHLAP Forum on the 30th

Manila International Book Fair

The participants Dr. Josephine Lapeña Meditating

The 55 participants from NCR and its nearby areas attended
MAHLAP’s forum during the 30th Manila International Book Fair
(MIBF). MIBF is one of the longest-running book fairs in Asia.
The forum was on “Focusing on Our Health: Enhancing
Wellness in the Workplace” held last September 16, 2009 from
8:00 – 11:00 AM at Room 6 of SMX Convention Center, Pasay
City.
The benefits of this forum were to:
1. understand the importance of wellness in the workplace;
2. recognize and know how to deal with common stressors that
may affect work productivity;
3. learn different tools and techniques in handling stress which
is essential in promoting a healthy working environment.
She also discussed how to cope up with situations that
make us stressful whether at home, outside environment or
office. She advised everyone that the only way to have a
stress-free life is to engage ourselves in a happy
atmosphere and not be affected by the external forces.
Always think of pleasant thoughts and learn how to control
yourself to avoid being dragged by stressful events.
This forum has been granted 3 CPE credit units by PRC
and PLAI.
We would like to thank all the participants who attended
this forum, Dr. Lapeña and all our sponsors who were
always there for MAHLAP—C & E, Megatext and Mind
Movers. We would also like to thank the National Center
for Health Promotion (NCHP) for providing stress
management brochures and the National Epidemiology
Center (NEC) for distributing health information materials.
See you again on the next activity of MAHLAP. ϑ

Our resource speaker was Dr. Josefina Santiago Isidro-Lapeña,

MD, MFM, special assistant to the Dean of UP College of
Medicine; Officer-in-charge and Board, Foundation for Family
Medicine Educators (FAME) and a member of Alay Kapwa
Kilusang Pangkalusugan (AKAP).

She received her Master of Family Medicine at Monash

University, Melbourne, Australia and has been awarded the
“Most Outstanding Family Physician in Community Service” in
2006.

She imparted her knowledge and expertise as a community

physician. Awarding of
Certificate of
To make the forum lively, she distributed metacards to the Appreciation to
audience and asked them to list their food intake and their C&E and
quantities for the last 24 hours. She gave an explanation of the MegaTEXTS
relevance of diet to our health.
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CONSAL XIV: the Hanoi Experience

Gina G. Canceran
College of Medicine Library, UP Manila

Mrs. Theresa Dugenia and Mrs. Gina Canceran, two MAHLAP ex-officio’s attended the Congress of Southeast
Asian Librarians (CONSAL XIV) with the theme “Towards Dynamic Libraries and Information Services in
Southeast Asian Countries” which was held at Melia Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam last April 20-24, 2009. Almost 800
participants, including guest and exhibitors participated at the Congress. Fifty two (52) delegates attended from the
Philippines. There were five speakers from the Philippines who presented lectures on the following :

• “The CGIAR Virtual Library: Harnessing New Technologies for Scholarly Access to Agricultural
Information” Ms. Mila M. Ramos, International Rice Research Institute
• “Ensuring a continuing professional education among registered librarians in the Philippines”
Ms. Elizabeth R. Peralejo, Educational Medical Center, Ateneo de Manila High School
• “The Philippine Association of Academic and Research Librarians [PAARL] in the Service of Library and
Information Professionals in the Country” Ms. Elvira B. Lapuz, University of the Philippines Diliman
• “Southeast Asian Resources Online” Mr. Vernon Totanes, PhD candidate, University of Toronto
• “The Democratisation Reading Among Mindanaoan Children Project” Mr. FA Oclarit Koronadal, South
Cotabato

Mrs. Salvacion R. Arlante, University Librarian, UP Diliman received a Silver Award from CONSAL as one of
its Outstanding Librarians.

Part of the Congress was the “Gala Night” or the Cultural Presentation of each member countries. Cultural
presentation from the Philippines was performed by the group of ALBASA librarians. The Cultural presentation was
held at Hanoi Opera House. Other activities were the cultural visits or tour in Vietnam which we had the chance to visit
the “Temple of Literature” and explored the “Ha Long Bay”. It’s been a knowledgeable and wonderful experience for all
the librarians.

CONSAL member countries are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The Next Congress or CONSAL XV will be held in Indonesia in 2012. ±

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CE-Logic National Conference on Digital

Resources The Resource Center for Health System
Joenabie A. Encanto Development
Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health *reprinted with permission from RCHSD

More than 200 librarians from all over the Philippines

attended the CE-Logic 1st National Conference on
Digital Resources, on May 14-15, 2009 at the C & E
Information and Resource Center, Quezon City.

The conference theme was “Technology and Beyond”.

It focused on topics regarding technology being used
and applied in the library, library marketing, and
improving its patronage and attendance. There were six
presentations from selected speakers. Detailed
discussions were organized as follows:
Collection Development in the New Environment :
Issues, Challenges, Trends and Future
Directions in Philippine Libraries by Corazon
M. Nera
E-volution in Web 2.0 by Mila Ramos
Some Intellectual Property Issues in the Digital
Age by Atty. JJ Disini
New Learnings on Fair Use: The use of
copyrighted works without need for license
from copyright owner is generally allowed so
long as the use does not affect the commercial
rights of the owner.
Is the use commercial or
non-commercial?
Is it the entire work or just a part?
Does it affect the present and future
market for the work?
Marketing and Quality Management of Libraries
New Learnings on Marketing: The
Library’s output or product is Good Library
Service
Library Evolution : the challenge in e-generation
society by Iyra S. Buenrostro
Digitization in the 21st century ±
Download International Congress on Medical
Librarianship (ICML) 2009 presentations
31 August - 4 September 2009 in Brisbane, Australia
Launching of RCHSD
The Resource Center for Health System Development
or RCHSD, the DOH's physical and virtual repository
of knowledge on health system development and the
first in the Department to provide multi media
resources for better policy and decision-making
options. The center is open to all health researchers,
people from the academe, from the private sector, from
other government agencies, NGOs, media and internal
staff. The center has been established and became fully
operational through the financial and technical
assistance extended by their partners in GTZ, ADB and
WHO.
RCHSD supports the Knowledge Management Strategy
of DOH and helps address its quest towards availability
of more relevant, appropriate, and timely information
on health system development. RCHSD will be a huge
help to the entire health sector within and outside of the
Department of Health in terms of providing the latest
information and knowledge on health system develop-
ment issues, serving as conduit between the health
knowledge providers and health knowledge users.
RCHSD has an online portal where users can directly
search for the health information they need.

[Not yet available but will be published here]: Visit: http://www.rchsd.doh.gov.ph/index.php?

option=com_eventing&catid=19&Itemid=87
http://www.icml2009.com/instructions/
proceedings.html
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Library Spotted: Angeles University Foundation University Library

Rossana Sagun
AUF

The University Library in Lourdes Hall is
located right at the heart of the AUF Main
Campus. It is a four-story air-conditioned
building housing the Main Library and the
Health Sciences Library. It has a total area of
2,424.5 square meters and the capacity to
accommodate 387 users. Aside from the
reading rooms and some offices, four (4)
discussion rooms are also available at the 3rd
floor. Each room can accommodate 12
persons at a time. The rooms are for group
discussions, academic, instructional or library
related activities. The training and viewing
rooms are housed at the Computer and
Services Section.
The Professional Schools Building housed the
following libraries: the College of Business and
Accountancy Library and the Professional
Schools Library, which houses the collections
for the Graduate School and School of Law.
These libraries are equipped with discussion
rooms and Internet facilities.
Committed to its vision of becoming the leading
information center in Central Luzon, the
University Library started its automation project
last April 2000. Today, it has almost reached its
goal of fully computerizing its operations.
There are 12 professional librarians and 18
library clerks who caters to the academic,
research and extension needs of the various
university constituents.
The Health Sciences Library which is located at
the 3rd floor of the Main Library keeps the
collections on its collections which covers
information resources in medicine, nursing,
physical therapy, medical technology,
pharmacy and other materials in related areas.
Visit AUF Library Website
(http://library.auf.edu.ph/)

The Integrated School Library, located in the

AUF-Integrated School site at the Marisol,
Angeles City, have a seating capacity of 36
and its own multimedia center.

Tell us something about your library.

Contact us at info@mahlap.org or visit www.mahlap.org.
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IFLA-FAIFE INTERNET MANIFESTO

Ma. Lindie D. Masalinto
UPH-DJGTMU

The Philippine Librarians Association, Inc.—National Capital Region (PLAI-NCR) holds a two-day
seminar-workshop on IFLA-FAIFE (International Federation of Library Associations and
Institutions—Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression) Internet
Manifesto Trainers Workshop Project in the Philippines 2009 last July 30-31, 2009 at the C & E
Information & Resource Center, Quezon City. It was attended by more than 60 librarians and
information specialists from Metro Manila and nearby provinces.

The conference theme is on "Internet: The Way to The Future." It aims to disseminate and train
librarians in the emerging role of the Internet in today's information revolution and also to
i m p l e m e n t t h e I F L A - F A I F E I n t e r n e t M a n i f e s t o .

There were five presentations on the following:

- IFLA-FAIFE & Internet Manifesto: An Overview by Ms. Lilia F. Echiverri

- Implementing the Internet Manifesto by Ms. Prudencia P.Cruz
- The Current Role of Internet in Philippine Libraries: Scenarios and Trends by Prof. Edgardo
B. Quiros
- Laws and Policies Regulating Internet Access in the Philippines by Prof. Antonio M. Santos
- How to Write an Internet Use Policies by Dr. Nora Claravall

Download IFLA 2009 presentations here:

No. 145 Health and Biosciences Libraries

Consumer health: health literacy, patient empow-

erment and health promotion

23-27 August 2009, Milan, Italy

http://www.ifla.org/annual-conference/ifla75/
programme2009-en.php

Happy Birthday!!!

September 7 September 17

We wish you all the best

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MAHLAP P.R.O. participated in STIMULATE-9

Joseph Yap
ACTMalaria

Mr. Joseph Yap had the opportunity to study, travel and visit the capital of Europe for a three-month (May-July 2009)
training on information management. VLIR-UOS (Vlaamse Interuniversitaire Raad/ University Development
Co-operation) and the government of Belgium funded this training for 15 scholars from Africa and Asia. STIMULATE 9
stands for Scientific and Technological Information Management for Universities and Libraries: an Active Training
Environment edition 9. This training “offers a stimulating learning environment to information experts in the area of
science and technology, who are in the early phase of their career. The aims are to sharpen skills in collecting, storing,
retrieving, presenting and managing information (STIMULATE, 2009).” More information about the objectives of the
training program can be read at their website: http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/itp/stimulate9/stimulate9-announcement.htm.
VLIR is the scholarship giving body for international training programs [ITP] for STIMULATE, AV Learning Materials –
Production and Management and four other ITPs. It also offers international course programs [ICP] for two years in the
areas of aquaculture, biostatistics, environmental sanitation, molecular biology, human ecology, food technology and
many others.

Four modules were successfully organized and taught to the 19

students (4 students were non-scholars) participating in this training on
information management. The four modules were:

1. Information and communication technology for information centers

and libraries
2. Information sources
3. Information architecture
4. Management in information centers and libraries

These modules were lectured by well-known professors in the field of library and information science in Belgium. Prof.
Ronald Rousseau lectured on library networks, graph theory, scientometrics and informetrics. We have used Web of
Science as the main tool for our research. Dr. Rousseau is the current President of International Society for
Scientometrics and Informetrics. Prof. Leo Egghe lectured on library statistics and introduced the Journal of Informetrics
wherein he is the editor-in-chief. Prof. Marc Nyssen lectured on using HTML and XML. Prof. Paul Nieuwenhuysen is the
STIMULATE coordinator and is in-charge of STIMULATE management. Prof. Egbert de Smet introduced us to the use of
Greenstone and ABCD, an ISIS family. Prof. Raf Dekeyser is in-charge of library visits and library visit evaluation. Prof.
Frederik Questier lectured on free and open source softwares. Prof. Julien Van Borm lectured on copyright in libraries
while Prof. Ard Prasad (from India) taught us harvesting services and federated search. Prof. Piet Dekeyser introduced
indexing non-text materials in the social web. Prof. Ludo Holans introduced LibQual.

We also visited technologically innovated academic and special libraries, information centers and museums. Among the
libraries we visited were Katholieke Universitiet Leuven, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), University of Antwerp,
University of Ghent, Vrije Universitiet Brussel, UNESCO IOC IODE, and African Museum in Tervuren. On my spare time,
I visited the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp to see how they were different from any of the libraries in the
Philippines or even how they were the same in other Belgian libraries. One difference is that they use ‘Barnard’ as their
classification system. It is more simplified and appropriate for their medical collection. They are also using DSpace for
their institutional repository. We had the chance to participate and listen to renowned experts in library technology during the
30th conference of International Association of ”Technological and University Libraries in Leuven, Belgium. Ms. Elvira Lapuz
of UP SLIS was there to present her paper on Teaching Web 2.0 Applications in the Planning and Development of Informa-
tion Literacy Programs: Reaching Out to Librarians and Information Professionals.” Our institutions were also privileged to be
a member of IATUL for a period of one-year.

It was a very fruitful learning experience from a multi-cultural and diverse environment. We did learn not only how libraries
were managed in Belgium but also shared experiences on how African and Asian libraries were being managed through
poster presentations. We were trained on the value of presenting information in a scientific environment. A big part on the
evaluation of the training is for us to run a library software like Greenstone for digital libraries and ABCD as a bibliographic
database. Truly, it was a great experience professionally and personally. As one of my colleagues in Bangladesh Ms.
Momena Khatun had said, that “this program both theory and practical aspects of librarianship would make me [us] a better
professional in my [our] area of specialization in my [our] organization.” I hope more Filipino librarians will be given the
chance to advance their knowledge and gain expertise in the same training that we get in this kind of international training.
This is one opportunity a participant will not forget. Aside from learning, one will also enjoy travelling the neighboring countries of
Belgium like France, Italy, Germany, Netherlands and Luxembourg. Fellow Filipino colleagues in this edition were Mr. Stephen
Alayon from SEAFDEC, Iloilo and Ms. Nhyrma Fe Cab from St. Joseph Institute of Technology, Butuan City.

This training was already in its 9th edition and the 10th edition is expected on October-December 2010. For details on how to apply
for STIMULATE trainings, you may access: http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/itp/.

Other international training/ graduate studies opportunities include IFLA-ALP training on Information Literacy in Wellington, New
Zealand; IFLA-Jay Jordan Fellowship in Amsterdam, Netherlands/OCLC in USA and Erasmus Mundus Digital Library Learning in
Norway, Estonia and Italy. ϑ
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UNESCO Promotes Memory of the World (MOW) Programme

Joseph Yap
ACTMalaria

The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization National Commission of Korea selected 11
participants from the Asia and Pacific to promote the Memory of the World (MOW) Programme and its goals. This is the
4th Regional Training Workshop on the Preservation of and Access to Documentary Heritage in Asia and the Pacific
that happened in Cheongju, Seongnam and Seoul, South Korea last September 4-7, 2009. Its main theme is the
preservation and utilization of digital heritage. The UNESCO National Commission of Korea greatly supports strategies
to preserve digital heritage and ensure access to them.

The objectives of this programme are:

1. to publicize the MOW Programme and its goals;

2. to provide the participants with an understanding of and the need for

preservation and utilization of digitized documentary heritage;

3. to impart practical skills and knowledge regarding digital preservation of documentary heritage and accessing
them;

4. to provide a forum for participants to share concerns and possible schemes on preservation of and access to
digital heritage in their country.

The UNESCO National Commission in the Philippines invited me to participate in this prestigious gathering to replace
Ms. Emma Rey of Legislative Archives who cannot attend due to prior commitments. Participants eagerly listened to
the lectures by the renowned experts in the field of digitization. Ms. Joie Springer delivered the keynote presentation on
UNESCO’s activities on preservation and utilization of digital heritage. Mr. Adrian Cunningham of National Archives of
Australia provided an overview of current activities on preservation and utilization of digital heritage in Asia and the
Pacific. Mr. Johannes Spitzbart from the Austrian Phonomogrammarchiv had a lecture on contemporary issues and
international trends on digital preservation and utilization of audio-visual materials. Experts from Korea also discussed
their experiences and challenges in the preservation and utilization of digital heritage. Country papers were expected
from each invited participant and the Philippines discussed the current and on-going digitization projects and its
utilization from the National Library, National Archives and other government-funded projects. Projects from private
institutions were also discussed. A round-table discussion before the end of the programme gave an opportunity to the
countries as to what they can achieve and expect in the future in terms of international networking and knowledge-
sharing. The participants were able to visit the best national digital library in the region which is the National Digital
Library of Korea. We also visited the National Archives of Korea, National Film Archives of Korea and Cheongju Early
Printing Museum wherein you can find the famous Jikji—a 1377 metal-print and is registered in the UNESCO’s
Memory of the World. We also attended the 3rd Jikji Prize Ceremony to witness the award given to the National
Archives of Malaysia for its dedicated efforts to preserve its national heritage. They were awarded 30,000 USD.
Previous awardees were Czech National Library and Vienna’s Phonomogrammarchiv. The Phonomogrammarchiv
donated its money to the Jose Maceda collection based in the University of the Philippines. ϑ

Interested to Contribute?
If you participated in any local or international conference, congress or seminar, received a scholarship or study grant, promoted or
received an award, please send your articles to us and we will publish them for you. The articles could also be reviews of software
packages, journal publications or commentary regarding the state of health practices in general. We are also calling all medical and
health libraries to feature the four corners of their institution. We are also seeking focal persons in all provinces.
This is open to all medical and health librarians in the Philippines. For more inquiries email us at info@mahlap.org

Want to become a MAHLAP member?

Just contact any of our officers nearest you. Membership forms are also available online.
www.mahlap.org
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2009 Officers and Board Members

Alma Mila D. Prosperoso Mark Gil A. Bendo BOARD MEMBERS

President, WHO Treasurer, WHO
528-9038 528-9834 Joenabie A. Encanto
alma@mahlap.org mark@mahlap.org Ateneo School of Medicine and
Public Health
Maria Lutgarda M. Dorado Evangeline Q. Estrada 706-3179, 706-3094
Vice-President, JRRMMC Auditor, LCP joenabie@mahlap.org
711-9491 loc. 296 924-6101 loc. 249
lot@mahlap.org 929-0939 Ma. Lindie D. Masalinto
vangie@mahlap.org UPH-DJGTMU
Aida S. Aracap 49-511-9551
Secretary, DOH Joseph M. Yap lindie@mahlap.org
742-7459 P.R.O., ACTMalaria
aida@mahlap.org 536-0971 Rita P. Yusi
joseph@mahlap.org UPCN
523-1478
rita@mahlap.org
EX-OFFICIO
Gilbert D. Santos
DOH-NEC
743-8301 loc 1901
gibs@mahlap.org

Article Contributors
Editor-in-Chief
Joenabie A. Encanto
Alma Mila D. Prosperoso
Gina G. Ganceran
Ma. Lindie D. Masalinto
Assistant Editor Rossana Sagun
Joseph M. Yap
Gilbert D. Santos
Circulation Manager
Managing Editor
Joenabie A. Encanto
Joseph M. Yap
Ma. Lindie D. Masalinto

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