Activities

August 29, 2012 

       National Library of the Philippines (NLP), the premier library in the country, sponsored the 112th anniversary of the Public Library Day on March 9, 2012. The theme of the celebration was "Legislative Agenda: Towards a National Development Plan for Public Libraries." It aims to strengthen the country's public library system as well as enlighten and raise public awareness on public libraries and librarians. It includes discussing, identifying, and consolidating issues and concerns pertaining to public libraries.

       For the 1st quarter of 2012, four (4) round-table discussions on the National Development Plan for Public Libraries have been lined up for the island clusters of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao and National Capital Region (NCR).

       The pilot round-table discussion was held on March 9, 2012 at the NLP Director's Office Conference Room and was participated in by various public librarians from NCR. The event, which was timed with the 112th Public Library Day, began with a simple opening ceremony, with Director Antonio M. Santos delivering the welcome remarks, overview and mechanics of the workshop discussion.

       The second round-table was held in Cebu for Visayas Island Cluster Librarians on March 12, 2012. The third round-table discussion was conducted on March 30, 2012 in Davao for Mindanao Cluster Island Librarians and the fourth which is the last but not the least was held in Ilocos Norte for Luzon island Cluster Librarians. (Lourdes V. Soriano / Maritess S. Flores; Ref.: NLP News)