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Get 'My Hero is You', a free storybook for children on COVID-19
My Hero is You: how kids can fight COVID-19! is a free storybook for children on how to understand and cope with the pandemic. The story was developed after a global survey on children's me…
research
Library Trends and other titles from John Hopkins University Press now free to access
Around 1,400 books and 97 academic journals published by John Hopkins University Press are free to access through Project MUSE until May 2020. One of the journals available for free access at …
my life
Everyday is like Sunday; or life on lockdown
In a matter of days, life as we know it changed. There is a calamity, but it's something that we cannot see. Earthquakes, fires, volcanic eruptions, typhoons, wars, and countless disasters ha…
press release
Best Online tools for working and studying at home
Here are your top online resources while working or studying at home Do more than just watching videos with double data from PLDT Home Wifi Studying or working from home, or mostly known as “t…
press release
Smart boosts COVID-19 response in Visayas and Mindanao
A member of the Cagayan de Oro COVID-19 response team uses Smart Infocast to send important messages to LGU and barangay representatives. PLDT wireless unit Smart Communications Inc. is supporti…
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Inviting Librarians and Storytellers: Read a Book Online
Do you have some stories you would like to read for children during this quarantine period? You can record yourself reading a story to be shared by Iloilo City Public Library online. This is open …
MLIS
New book: Internationalization of LIS Education in the Asia-Pacific Region
A new book on Library and Information Science education is out. Internationalization of Library and Information Science Education in the Asia-Pacific Region is edited by Reysa Alenzuela (The Univ…
Filipino books
Filipino Artists collab for an eBook to help frontliners
For 350 pesos, you can get this beautiful eBook and also help our frontliners who are working amidst COVID-19. Firt there were rocks, then there was the world: a book for our times, for our front…
library news
Download this free Hiligaynon coloring book
From the cover of Ang Kuring ni Mayin , illustrated by Gil Montinola Due to COVID-19, many writers and artists from all forms of art are making their works available for free. With lockdowns and…
research
Philippine Journal of Librarianship and Information Studies (PhJLIS) Issue #2 now online
The second issue of the Philippine Journal of Librarianship and Information Studies (PhJLIS) is now available online through their website, https://phjlis.org . The PhJLIS was formerly the Journa…
Malditang Librarian has been blogging about books, librarianship, and Iloilo City since 2016. I am a member of Iloilo Bloggers Society and I write for IBS Digital Network.
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