3rd LibraryLink Conference 2012

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

The Filipinas Heritage Library will be hosting the 3rd LibraryLink Conference with the theme “Beyond Librarianship: Information as a Way of Life”. It will be held at the Reading Room of the Filipinas Heritage Library on October 17-19, 2012.

 

The Conference aims to serve as a venue for discussion and interaction as well as to promote awareness on relevant issues concerning librarianship and information services in the fast-paced and constantly evolving digital age. Among the topics that will be covered in the Conference are the following:

• The value and relevance of libraries and librarians in the digital age
• Looking back and forward: Libraries as refuge
• Copyright and intellectual property issues on web content and digital library collections
• Social media and information overload as well as the social issues that may be engendered
• Libraries and mobile applications
• Library services for children and young adults in the digital age

Ms. Myra Brown, Information Resource Officer from the U.S. Department of State and former Digital Media Librarian at Texas Tech University Libraries will be the Keynote Speaker. She will also facilitate a “cultural hour.”

The registration fee is PhP 4,500 inclusive of meals and snacks, certificate, and conference kit. Participants from LibraryLink member institutions or early bird registrants on or before September 1, 2012 can avail of a discounted rate of PhP 4,000. A non-refundable deposit of P1,500 is required.

Should you have questions, please feel free to call us at 892-1801 locals 15 and 30 or email liblink@filipinaslibrary.org.ph.

To download the conference invite, please click here: http://bit.ly/3rd-Liblink-conference

Thank you!