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Photo from CNN Philippines Marayum, an online dictionary and a collaborative platform where users may add words in their own languages, was launched early this year. This dictionary-making tool is focused on Philippine indigenous languages. According to its website, “Marayum was developed to allow interested language communities to create an online dictionary whose content would be owned by its members and peer-reviewed by language experts.” Their goal is to build a dictionary created by those who speak and use the language. Marayum is created and maintained by a research team in University of the Philippines Diliman, headed by Project Leader, Mario Carrion. The project was funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). Marayum started with four language dictionaries: Asi-English, Cebuano-English, Hiligaynon-English, and Kinaray-a-English. Currently being developed and added are dictionaries in the following languages: Bikol-Buhi’non-English, Bikol-Central-English, Bikol-...

I am starting a new Facebook page dedicated to news in Philippine librarianship: PH Library News . For the past few years, I have been posting more about library news in the country on Malditang Librarian and I felt there was a need for a source dedicated to news on Philippine librarianship. My vision is to highlight and promote Philippine libraries, LIS education, and research. This is also a collaborative page where people may submit news about their libraries or communities. I envision that someday, this may help librarians and libraries promote their services and resources to a larger audience. Submit your library news through this form: https://tiny.one/submitlibnews or message the page. People may also post on the page, subject for approval based on the page rules (to be posted soon). Malditang Librarian will remain a blog for my experiences and perspectives on librarianship. I hope you support this new project by sharing the page or submitting your news. Follow now: https://f...

Taking the Librarian Licensure Examination this 2022? This post is a guide to everything you need to know as a test-taker. 2022 Librarians Licensure Examination Schedule and Venues According to the PRC's schedule of the 2021 board exams , the Librarian Licensure Examination or the LLE will be on September 12-13, 2022 (Monday and Tuesday). The target dates for the release of exam results will be on September 16, 2022, Friday. Examination venues will be in NCR, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legaspi, Lucena, Rosales, Tacloban, Tuguegarao, and Zamboanga City. Please note that this schedule might be subject to change due to COVID-19 precautions and the different protocols followed by cities, provinces, and regions. If there are any changes, this post will be updated. Even with the pandemic, PRC has been conducting licensure examinations this year with health protocols being followed. Visit the PRC website and follow their social media pages for news and updates about ...