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Source: Mayor Jerry Treñas In a Facebook post, Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas announces that the Justice Ramon Avanceña Library in Arevalo, Iloilo City has started construction in November 9, 2022. According to Mayor Treñas, the planned library "will be a hub for our students along the district to study and use learning materials for free." The city government has planned to establish a library for every district of Iloilo City. This is the first district library to start construction. (Read:  City gov’t plans to establish public library per district ) For the meantime, the district library is temporarily located at Sta. Filomena, Arevalo. The library is open to the public and is active in the community, with an ongoing storytelling program for children . This library is part of Iloilo City Public Library currently located at the former home of Ilonggo hero Graciano Lopez Jaena.  The Mayor also previously announced that there will also be a new district library in La Paz, Il...

Are you looking for the nearest place to take the IELTS exam in Iloilo? Iloilo, Panay, and Western Visayas residents don't need to go far to schedule their IELTS exam with the opening of the first computerized IELTS testing center in Iloilo City. IDP IELTS partnered with McCare Global Consulting, Inc. to help bring IELTS closer to the Ilonggos. IDP Philippines launched the first computerized IELTS testing Center in Iloilo City in the 2nd floor of Arguelles Building in front of Robinsons Jaro, Iloilo City. This new testing center in an accessible location makes it ideal for residents of Iloilo and nearby provinces to take the exam. Aside from the convenient location, the computerized test can also deliver results in 3-5 days. IELTS (International English Language Testing System) is a standardized English language proficiency test to evaluate the language proficiency of non-native speakers. The IELTS exam results is often a requirement for working or studying abroad. This exam is m...

The University of the Philippines in the Visayas Library is set to launch an Institutional Repository. In line with this goal, the Library conducted a three-day training-workshop for library staff on January 3-5, 2023. Four trainers from SEAFDEC-AQD, Central Philippine University, and West Visayas State University conducted the training workshop. The activity proceeded after the approval of Chancellor Clement C. Camposano. The Data and Information Services Program (DISP), co-proponent of this project, assisted in the maintenance of the server. Dr. Philip Ian P. Padilla, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, delivered a message during the opening program. An Institutional Repository (IR) is a digital service that an academic institution can offer to the members of its community by providing an online warehouse that is designed to archive, manage, organize, preserve, and showcase the intellectual output of students, faculty, and staff to a broader audience. It also aims t...

"New year, new me!" is often the mantra once another new year starts. People resolve to make resolutions to better themselves (usually related to weight loss). A new year is a great opportunity to assess yourself, where you have been the past year and what you can do to make the most of the next. Optimism abounds when a year begins. Aside from personal resolutions, we can also try to be better professionals and librarians. Here are my own new year's resolutions as a librarian. 1. Be Proactive. The common librarian stereotype for those who are not familiar with library work is the strict librarian who "does nothing" in the library. Because of this, I think librarians should go the extra mile in providing services to debunk the damaging image. Sometimes stereotypes can be difficult to change, and their wrong notion about libraries may deter them from getting to know the library. We should also go to them, and not wait for them to go to us. 2. Always be lea...

Are you looking for seminars or workshops for librarians or archivists? If you are looking to learn about the basics of records and archives management, the National Archives of the Philippines will be conducting a seminar-workshop on the topic. The National Archives of the Philippines will be conducting a five-day online regional seminar-workshop on Basic Records and Archives Management on February 20-24, 2023 (Monday to Friday), 8:00 AM to 12:00 NN via Zoom. This online training is for personnel involved in managing records such as division heads, chief executives, information officers, secretaries, and document custodians. The training includes workshops, lectures, and discussions. This is a paid event. For payment details, see below. This event can only accommodate 200 participants with maximum of 5 for each institution. Registration is on a first come, first served basis. Objectives: Provide government personnel with the knowledge and skills Teach correct attitude towards a sy...

These are the brands I've worked with this past year. Every year, I would write about the past year and what I hope the next will bring (Read: my 2021 year in review ). It is good to review what I hoped to do this 2022 and see if I have accomplished something or what I intended to do. This holiday break and the 2022 Christmas season is a bummer . I'm not sure if its because I'm getting older or if its because everyone is excited to have face to face parties and reunions again. I got sick in the middle of the month (I always seem to get sick each time a semester ends) and missed out on a lot of events. I'm not as excited about the new year as I was used to. I'm now thinking that the human race needs these holidays and arbitrary demarcations of time because otherwise, everyday would be the same.  I feel like everyone and everything is so rushed - for holiday shopping, to get to the next get-together or party, whatever. Blogging, content creation in 2022 I don't ac...

The Dr. Graciano Lopez Jaena Learning Resource Center was officially inaugurated in December 20, 2022 with a blessing and launching ceremony. It was held two days after the Ilonggo hero’s 166th birth anniversary celebration. The Iloilo City Public Library (ICPL), formerly located in the Iloilo City Hall, is also located in the shrine. The shrine started its construction in 2020 and was opened to the public last year. Graciano Lopez Jaena, recognized as one of the national heroes of the Philippines, was a Filipino journalist, orator, and reformist. He is most known as the editor of La Solidaridad, the propaganda newspaper. He was born in Jaro, Iloilo City on December 18, 1856 and died of tuberculosis in Barcelona, Spain on January 20, 1896. Every year, Iloilo City celebrates December 18 as a holiday to commemorate the hero's birth. Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas on the Graciano Lopez Jaena Learning Center and Museum Mayor Jerry P. Treñas led the wreath-laying ceremony in honor of...