November 2020 is the 30th LIS Month! poster, theme, and activities

This November 2020 is the 30th Library and Information Services Month. This year's theme is "LibREAL Libraries Relate, Engage, Advocate, Lead." This annual activity is led by the National Library of the Philippines (NLP) and the National Commission for Culture and Arts (NCCA). The official hashtags for this event are #LibREAL and #30thLISM.

LibREAL stands for the world 'liber' and the acronym means Relate, Engage, Advocate, Lead. The "theme aptly and vividly captures the essence of the libraries’ role in attaining the sustainable development goals (SDG) established in the United Nation 2030 Agenda and integrated into our Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2017-2022."

The objectives of this year's celebration are the following:

1. Relate the libraries’ wide range of products and services made accessible, available and relevant to the emerging and unique needs of modern society. Through the libraries’ relentless efforts at reinventing itself especially in a technologically driven society, they become potent agents of change;
2. Engage the communities and other stakeholders to generate interest about libraries and its services;
3. Advocate the libraries’ role in attaining the sustainable development goals (SDGs) established in the United Nation 2030 Agenda and integrated into our Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2017-2022; and,
4. Lead in an environment conducive to innovation, empowerment, creativity, and intellectual freedom.

The poster and theme was shared by the National Library. The poster can also be edited by organizations and schools to add their own logos or designs. An editable image can be downloaded here.

The poster was chosen through a digital poster making contest. Jan Peolo S. Gargaran of the Cebu Institute of Technology University won first place from a total of 224 participants from senior high Schools, colleges, and universities. 

Here is an image of the full poster:

The NLP and NCCA also has activities that students, schools, and organizations can join such as the Digital Poster Making Contest, Best Online Activities by LIS Associations, Share-A-Book: Book-Based Interactive Storytelling, “MakiVlog na! LibREALang, may Papremyo pa!”, BookFace Contest and Cutest Photo in the Library. If you are interested in joining, you can check the criteria and register for the activities from the NLP 30th LIS month webpage.

This annual celebration started with Presidential Proclamation No. 837 series of 1991 which established the month of November as Library and Information Services (LIS) month. The celebration focuses on "engendering public awareness to the invaluable service that libraries and information centers render."

Source: 
30th Library and Information Services (LIS) month. (2020 October). Retrieved from http://web.nlp.gov.ph/lis/