Librarians' Role in Children's Library Services

I just came home from the National Library of the Philippines. Day 1 of the 1st National Children's Librarians Conference commenced today. I arrived at the NLP thirty minutes before my scheduled talk. It was good to see friends from the profession. There were new faces as well and I'm glad to meet a younger set of participants. I had the opportunity to book talk the six NCBA Best Reads of 2012. Thank you so much, NLP!

A few minutes before my talk, I grabbed a bite of lunch and sat with Lou Miranda of Colegio San Agustin, Binan. Feedback was that participants were eager to listen and learn more about library services and the K-12 Curriculum. I did not announce in the conference that I am schedule to do a workshop on library skills instruction in the K-12 Program on 13 November 2012. Details to be announced so visit the blog often.

Below is a PowerPoint presentation (.pdf) of my lecture.

Role lib childrenslibserv_nlp from Zarah Gagatiga

The 1st National Conference of Children's Librarians

The program of the 1st National Conference of Children's Librarians has a line up of speakers from the field of education, literature and, yes librarianship. As an invited speaker, I will be discussing a topic that's become very familiar to me. I'm not complaining, but, challenged to present the topic in a cool way. I hope.

Program(finale) from Zarah Gagatiga

The 1st National Conference of Children's Librarians

The National Library of the Philippines (NLP) stages the First National Conference on Children's Librarians on 1-2 October, 2012. Visit the NLP website for details of the conference. You can download the program and register online as well.

I am an invited speaker on the topic of the librarian's role in developing in children a love for books and reading. Apart from reading and books, the conference will also touch on the potentials that libraries have on K-12 instruction.