Thursday, January 31, 2008

Sunday, January 27, 2008

FlipSpin Visits the Pampanga Yoyo League




FlipSpin Visits the Pampanga Yoyo League, January 27, 2007, SM Pampanga and Robinsons Starmills

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Flickr: Explore interesting photos from 7th January 2008

Link- Flickr: Explore interesting photos from 7th January 2008

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I was wondering why my Flickr photo of Katrina Romero (10th place in the recent board exam) with Dean Rosalie B. Faderon, Chancellor Sergio Cao and Vice Chancellor Lorna Paredes at the UPSLIS 2007 BFL Recognition Program last January 7, 2008 was getting too many views and comments. It now has 68 views, 7 comments and marked as a favorite by 3 people, a far cry from my regular Flickr photos which usually have 0 to 2 views, 0 to 2 comments and 0 to 1 marked as favorite. The most popular nunchaku, theater, yoyo, poi and weapons photos average 75 to 500 views, 2 to 4 comments and 0 to 1 marked as favorite photo. This was quite confusing for me.

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The only other UPSLIS Flickr photo that has a lot of views (71 and counting) is the Lantern Parade photo with Mennie Viray in the middle. That I could explain since Von linked to it in the filipinolibrarian.blogspot.com post entitled "Deal or no Deal: the Librarian Edition". I was about to get mad thinking some wise-@$$ linked to my photo and was making fun of it (kawawa rin naman si Katrina, madadamay). I was thinking of deleting the comments or taking the photo down. But after some snooping for a couple of days, I came up with a hunch.

I found my way to big huge labs' Scout. It's a script to find out if one's "...digital photos are listed among the 500 photographs chosen each day for the Flickr Explore page". I used it and, true enough, I found out that Katrina's photo was #189. I really don't know if they use a script to choose photos randomly or if someone from Flickr scours uploaded photos, but I am at least thankful that it wasn't what I thought of at first. Thank God. (I don't know Katrina personally, by the way. I just take pictures. :D)

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Wanted: 2 Library assistants (part-time)

The MANILA OBSERVATORY, a Jesuit institution engaged in scientific research, invites applicants for the following position and project:

 

STUDENT ASSISTANTS (2)

Preservation of Manila Observatory

Archival Collection Project

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

§       Library Science student

§       With units/background on basic archiving

§       Computer literate

 

The Student Assistants shall assist the Librarian in the:

§       Inventory of Manila Observatory’s archival collection

§       Treatment, arrangement and transfer of archival materials

§       Development of catalogs/indexes of the collection

 

Interested applicants are requested to apply in person. Please submit a letter of application, an updated resume, transcript of records/TCG,  one recent passport size photograph on or before 11 January 2008 at the:

 

Human Resource Office

Manila Observatory

Ateneo de Manila Campus

Loyola Heights, Quezon City

                   Tel. Nos.: 426-5921 to 23

Monday, January 7, 2008

UPSLIS 2007 BFL Recognition




UPSLIS recognition program for 2007 board placers and passers. January 7, 2008.

This week in the UPSLIS: New Year


Rashem...Frashem... Patulugin nyo naman ako.... Ayoko ng mag-pose!

January 3, 2008. Wala pang tao masyado sa UPSLIS. Kaya kinunan ko na lang ang pwedeng kunan... Including UPcat. :D

Enzo's New Year's Eve Pics




My nephew Enzo's New Year's Eve pics, torotot, torotot, torotot

Sunday, January 6, 2008

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Lecture - ABC's of Metadata

Start:     Jan 30, '08 1:00p
Location:     UP SLIS
Got this from Eimee.
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The UP Library Science Alumni Association (UPLSAA) is pleased to announce that we will have a lecture titled The ABC’s of Metadata on 30 January 2008, 1pm at the School of Library and Information Science, University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman. Our speaker will be Mr. Chito N. Angeles, Information Technology Officer of the University Library of UP Diliman and a Senior Lecturer at the School of Library and Information Studies.

This lecture is designed to introduce participants to the fundamentals of metadata and its implications to their profession. The speaker will demonstrate how it can be applied to the library setting and provide examples for its effective implementation. Enclosed is the lecture rationale

We are inviting library managers, librarians who are in charge of data management, web content managers, information professionals, library science students and those who are interested in metadata to attend this lecture.

Registration fee (inclusive of certificate, snacks and hand-outs) for the lecture is only P300.00 for Non-UPLSAA members, P250.00 for UPLSAA members and P100 for students.

If you have any questions, you may contact any UPLSAA officers, whose numbers and details are listed at left. You may also visit our website at www.uplsaa.org.

Rationale:
In simple terms, Metadata is data about data; however, data without context is meaningless. Metadata is fast becoming an important skill in the library profession, especially in cataloging, indexing and library management. It is particularly relevant in knowledge, web content and records management. This lecture will focus on the principles and application of metadata in the knowledge and library management.

Objectives:
By the end of this lecture, participants should:
• know what metadata is
• learn the basic concepts of metadata
• relate it to knowledge and library management
• use metadata to improve library service

Who should attend?
Library managers, librarians who are in charge with data management, web content managers, information professionals and those who are interested in metadata.

Why should librarians/information professionals attend?
This talk will introduce participants to the fundamentals of metadata and its implications to their profession. The speaker will demonstrate how it can be applied to the library setting and provide examples for its effective implementation.

Registration fee (inclusive of snacks and certificates) is P300 (non-UPLSAA members), P200 (UPLSAA members) and P100 for students.

For questions and inquiries, please contact/email
Ms. Carina Samaniego at 4265921/car_samaniego@yahoo.com

or

Ms. Eimee Lagrama
at 9818500 loc. 2860/emang796@yahoo.com.

You may also visit our website at www.uplsaa.org.

Lecture - ABC's of Metadata

Got this from Eimee.
================

The UP Library Science Alumni Association (UPLSAA) is pleased to announce that we will have a lecture titled The ABC’s of Metadata on 30 January 2008, 1pm at the School of Library and Information Science, University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman.  Our speaker will be Mr. Chito N. Angeles, Information Technology Officer of the University Library of UP Diliman and a Senior Lecturer at the School of Library and Information Studies.

This lecture is designed to introduce participants to the fundamentals of metadata and its implications to their profession.  The speaker will demonstrate how it can be applied to the library setting and provide examples for its effective implementation. Enclosed is the lecture rationale

We are inviting library managers, librarians who are in charge of data management, web content managers, information professionals, library science students and those who are interested in metadata to attend this lecture.

Registration fee (inclusive of certificate, snacks and hand-outs) for the lecture is only P300.00 for Non-UPLSAA members, P250.00 for UPLSAA members and P100 for students.

If you have any questions, you may contact any UPLSAA officers, whose numbers and details are listed at left.  You may also visit our website at www.uplsaa.org.

Rationale:
In simple terms, Metadata is data about data; however, data without context is meaningless. Metadata is fast becoming an important skill in the library profession, especially in cataloging, indexing and library management. It is particularly relevant in knowledge, web content and records management. This lecture will focus on the principles and application of metadata in the knowledge and library management.

Objectives:
By the end of this lecture, participants should:
• know what metadata is
• learn the basic concepts of metadata
• relate it to knowledge and library management
• use metadata to improve library service

Who should attend?
Library managers, librarians who are in charge with data management, web content managers, information professionals and those who are interested in metadata.

Why should librarians/information professionals attend?
This talk will introduce participants to the fundamentals of metadata and its implications to their profession. The speaker will demonstrate how it can be applied to the library setting and provide examples for its effective implementation.

Registration fee (inclusive of snacks and certificates) is P300 (non-UPLSAA members), P200 (UPLSAA members) and P100 for students.

For questions and inquiries, please contact/email
Ms. Carina Samaniego at 4265921/car_samaniego@yahoo.com

or

Ms. Eimee Lagrama
at 9818500 loc. 2860/emang796@yahoo.com.

You may also visit our website at www.uplsaa.org.