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A zine (/ˈziːn/ ZEEN; short for magazine or fanzine) is most commonly a small-circulation self-published work of original or appropriated texts and images. Usually zines are the product of a single person, or of a small group.  A zine is a cheaply-made, cheaply-priced publication, often in black and white, which is mass-produced via photocopier and bound with staples. Most zines revolve around a music scene of some sort, but others are dedicated to artwork, poetry, cartoons, editorials and short stories. Because zines do not have any sort of corporate backing, they are very rugged, individualized, and much more charismatic than larger, more popular magazines whose content is often dictated by their advertisers. (Definition from urbandictionary.com ) Last August 26-27, 2017, the 3rd Iloilo Zinefest was held in Robinsons Place Iloilo. This event was organized by KasingKasing Press, Hubon Manunulat, Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), and the University of San Ag...

Disclaimer: This is news from the Weekly Centralian Link August 27, 2017 issue. Prof. Peleña has been my LIS teacher since 2011 and she's now in a library internship in Georgia. At John Bulow Campbell Library, Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia. Mrs. Cynthia T. Peleña is on a two-month library exchange visitor program in John Bulow Campbell Library, Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia. This library internship course from August 1, 2017 –  October 1, 2017  is part of the Professional Enhancement and Training Program of Central Philippine University (CPU). It aims to provide training and exposure in administering quality theological library education especially to students of diverse nationalities.  CPU offers Master of Library and Information Science with Specialization in Theological Librarianship (MLIS-TL). As academic coordinator of the MLIS-TL program, Mrs. Peleña engages mostly with international students. Last April 2016, ...

If you are interested in attending the PLAI-WVRLC Regional Seminar-Workshop and Librarians' Summit 2017 on September 8-9, you can now register online through this link (Google Form). For your convenience, I suggest that you register online. Once you pre-register, your name will be on our list and processing your registration during the event will be faster. Don't forget to pay your PLAI annual dues! CPD units were applied for this program and we're expecting many attendees. Here are the seminar details: PLAI-WVRLC Regional Seminar-Workshop and Librarians’ Summit 8-9 September 2017 West Visayas State University, Iloilo City This seminar-workshop aims to identify, build capacities of librarians/paraprofessional librarians/LIS students to become competent information professionals. Specifically, it aims to: 1. Critically discriminate, evaluate, and retrieve information from various sources. 2. Identify reliable/authoritative references against fake source...

I was sick for a week. I started on antibiotics last Monday and inhaling Salbutamol. I knew I was going to get sick because I've been staying up late for many consecutive nights. I don't want to seem like "Look I'm so busy" but despite having academic honors, I am not a very organized person and my problem for years has been procrastination. Here are some of the 'roles' I'm playing and I admit I'm overwhelmed. Teaching one subject for college undergraduates for the first time Handling the Review for the Board Exams for those who will take the Librarians' Licensure Exam on September Graduate school with two subjects: Research and Statistics Being on the committee of the Social Work Department's project on Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking - I'm the writer of one of the modules I'm the Secretary of the Western Visayas council of PLAI (Philippine Librarians' Association), and there's a major regional seminar on ...

Since the CPD Act of 2016 had been approved and the points system started this July 2017, attending seminars for CPD points is a must for librarians. Here are two events by PLAI (Philippine Librarians' Association, Inc.) this year you shouldn't miss: PLAI-WVRLC's Regional Annual Seminar in Iloilo City on September, and the PLAI National Congress in Bacolod on November. Details: PLAI-WVRLC Regional Seminar-Workshop and Librarians’ Summit 8-9 September 2017 at West Visayas State University, Iloilo City This seminar-workshop aims to identify, build capacities of librarians/­paraprofessional librarians/LIS students to become competent information professionals. Specifically, it aims to: 1. Critically discriminate, evaluate, and retrieve information from various sources. 2. Identify reliable/­authoritative references against fake sources. 3. Design library programs/activities/­instructional materials to enrich the users’ skills in identifying and utilizing reliable in...

If you are a Library Science student, whether in the graduate or undergraduate degree, a library tour might be part of one of your subjects. In my undergrad BLIS, our tour for the Management subject was in Cebu City . I decided to take a graduate degree in Library Science, and in my first year we toured around libraries in Iloilo City and notable university libraries in Manila . If you are in the Philippines, Commission on Higher Education (CHED) now has stricter policies regarding educational tours due to some recent accidents involving students killed during travel and during their tours. The proposed tours for the subjects must be approved by CHED first before the school year. This is the reason we had a difficult time securing permits for our own tours (even local ones), but we still asked permission from school authorities. We took their advice and travelled on our own risk since we are in graduate school anyway. Though, these strict policies also apply for graduate sch...

Image source: pexels.com In the book Enduring Love by Ian McEwan, a hot-air balloon falls from the sky one beautiful morning when everyone was enjoying picnics in a park. In an attempt to save the children in the balloon, someone dies. In this critical moment of death, the protagonist shares a momentary but eternal smile with another stranger. The old science writer living with his fiance got unwanted attention from the male stranger who turned into an unwanted stalker . Then his life started going to hell. The stalker claimed that the other guy was in love with him, when in truth, he had no feelings for him at all. Still, the other person was living in a world of delusion - interpreting the other's rejection as a sign of deep love. The book describes the stalker as having a mental disorder - while the story is fiction, the disease is real - De Clerambault's Syndrome. It was named after a French Psychiatrist who had treated a delusional woman who thought that the King G...