A forum on "Technical Preparations-Requirements for Book Prescription Shops: Starting Pace for Bibliotherapy Sessions in Philippine Libraries" was sponsored by PAARL in cooperation with the Superbranch of the National Bookstore at Araneta Center (beside Gateway Mall) Cubao, Quezon City, last 18 June 2010 with Ms. Zarah C. Gagatiga as lecturer.
The afternoon forum was aimed at assisting libraries and librarians to consider putting up a book prescription shop appropriate for their clients by(1) acquiring practical tips, hints and the lecturer's experiences of setting up a new library and information service known as Book Prescription Services (BPS ); (2) developing a comprehensive collection of materials to support Book Prescription Services (BPS ); and, (3) creating a program of bibliotherapy based on certain technical guidelines and principles learned. PAARL President Chris Paras and VP/Conference Chair Roderick Ramos pledged the amount of P5,000 for any library that will successfully present a library program on bibliotherapy. About 60 copies of the 300-peso book entitled Katha ng Munting Kaisipan (2007) by Crisanta N. Cardeno-Reyes were given away to forum participants. Also during the forum, Ms. Fe Angela Verzosa presented at the forum one of this year’s flagship projects of PAARL, the 2010 Standards for Academic Libraries, to supersede its own 2000 version. An ad-hoc committee headed by Ms. Verzosa has been tasked to draft a proposal for deliberation and consultation with colleagues and association members in the field of academic librarianship. Also participating in the presentation and deliberation of the draft proposal was Dr. Teresita Hernandez-Calma, a member of the ad-hoc committee representing library accreditors. At the outset, Ms. Verzosa explained that PAARL Standards are not intended to be prescriptive, neither to be imposed upon academic libraries and their parent institutions, unlike the guidelines formulated by CHED, PRC-BFL, and other accrediting bodies like PAASCU and PACU-COA. Guided by the American Library Association, PAARL Standards were designed as “policies which describe shared values and principles of performance for a library.” And through the years, from the 1977, 1988, and 2000 documents submitted as PAARL Standards, these were adopted in the context of *collections of “best practices” or model documents for academic libraries to use as helpful toolkits and reference sources for assessment*. In other words, PAARL Standards for Academic Libraries were never intended to replace, nor supersede any other standard, whether local or foreign. On the contrary, they were formulated to augment, supplement, and enhance any and all other standards for academic libraries in the Philippines. The 2010 draft proposal shall be presented also at PAARL’s forum on July 07 during the ABAP Book Fair at SM Megamall and on August 20 at the Closing Plenary Session of PAARL's National Seminar-Workshop at Holy Angel University, Pampanga. You can access the file at the URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PAARL/files/Library%20Standards/DRAFT%20PROPOSAL%20for%20Library%20standards%202010.rtf or at Googledocs: https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0ByZSPv8H1dlqMDA1ZGFiNTMtZDJkNS00N2U4LTk3MmYtNzAzZmVkNTc3YmY5&hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Filipino Librarians" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/filipinolibrarians?hl=en.
