School Librarian in Action: Passion Projects During the Pandemic: GMIL 2020 at the Nazarbayev University Library and Bibliotherapy Workshop with PLAI ZamPen

Saturday, October 31, 2020

Passion Projects During the Pandemic: GMIL 2020 at the Nazarbayev University Library and Bibliotherapy Workshop with PLAI ZamPen

I am closing October with two webinars.

The first one is about Bibliotherapy which was sponsored by Regalo Touching Lives and PLAI Zamboanga Peninsula. Thank you very much to Carlos Eclavia and Lynnie Calingacion for giving me this venue to speak about a passion project. The second one is about Media and Information Literacy where in I presented the role that librarians play to counter infodemic during the 3rd Global MIL Conference at Nazarbayev University Library (NUL). This is another passion project and if not for Joseph Marmol Yap, I would not be challenged to research, develop and present this topic in ten minutes.

With panelists and library staff of NUL

It was such a joy to present and conduct a workshop with daring people like Ma'am Lynnie and Carlos who supported the framework of the webinar as I envisioned it to be. There were two priming activities a week before the webinar, breakout rooms for group sharing, art activity during the synchronous session and yes, I still have to go live with a post activity to complete the process. We need more risk takers like them! Kudos to the younger set of librarians who took part in the synchronous session, namely Marky Bacardo and Faith Dioses who displayed resilience and humor in the midst of wonky and unstable internet connection.

Over at NUL, I ate humble pie being with esteemed scholars of MIL. I am inspires to further develop my presentation into an academic paper.

With Regalo Touching Lives and PLAI ZamPen Librarians

If you missed the webinars, here are links to the video on YouTube.

MIL Day 2020 - Post Pandemic Hacks - this is NUL's YouTube Channel where you will find more interesting content about LIS and the work they do in the region.

Paghilom at Pag-asa sa Panahon ng Pandemya: A Bibliotherapy Workshop

To end, let me share this FB post I write a few moments after the MIL webinar in NUL:

Sumabog ang brain cells ko ngayong araw. Nalunod ang puso ko ng saya.
Super salamat sa mga kaibigan sa propesyon at industriya. Biyaya ang maging librarian ng Beacon Academy lalo na sa panahon ng pandemya. Of consequence to the country and to the world -- siyang tunay! Bukas palad ang pagbibigay.
Dalawang webinars na magka-iba ang paksa. Bibliotherapy at storytelling sa hapon. Media and Information Literacy kinagbihan. May koneksyon ang dalawa. Tuloy lang ang mga read alouds at storytelling. Matibay na pundsyon sa MIL skills instruction. Ito ang ating konteksto. Ipagpaubaya sa mga taga-teatro ang performance style ng pagkukuwento. Suportahan pa ang mga guro at magulang sa pagpili ng mga aklat na may saya, lungkot, haraya, pagkamangha, awit at laro. Magbasa. Magbasa. Magbasa. Magkuwentuhan pa tayo!