Storytelling Workshop in Tuguegarao, Cagayan

Right after the Adarna House sponsored workshop, I headed on to the terminal of Victory Liner. I was scheduled to be in Tuguegarao on March 13 - 14 for a two-day storytelling workshop with teachers, librarians and day care givers of Region 2.

Scenes by the road side on our way to Penablanca. After Day 2 of the workshop, I visited
 Callao Cave with friends from St. Louis University and Sowers of Love Human Development

True to form, Victory Liner did not disappoint. I arrived an hour early than the expected time of arrival in Tuguegarao. Despite the crowd in Kamias Terminal, Victory Liner management tried their best to service the great number of passengers this season. At 9.30 AM, the workshop started and the storytelling circle was on fire.

Ms. Gloria, a public school teacher tells a personal story using paper cut-outs.

 For two days, participants looked back to their memories and significant human experiences to allow them the natural and spontaneous way of storytelling; practiced voice modulation; moved their bodies to exercises that would allow them to relax during storytelling sessions; watched different storytelling styles which I demonstrated; prepared flashcards for their storytelling of a local folk story using their mother tongue.

With Marilou, a librarian from Tabuk, Kalinga Apayao

Many thanks to Sowers of Love Human Development Inc. an organization in Tuguegarao that is committed to empower and form responsible and capable Cagayanons, and its young president, Coun. George Vega for making my stay in my father's hometown a memorable one. Sowers of Love is still a start up but the zest of its young members is its strength. This early, I pledge my support to Sowers of Love as they move their way towards their noble goal. Good luck and God bless!

Storytelling Workshop in Cagayan Valley

CPE* Provider

The Philippine Association of Academic and Research Librarians Association (PAARL) is pretty pleased and proud to have been honored by the Professional Regulations Commission (PRC) as an offical Continuing Professional Education (CPE) provider for Filipino Librarians. This means that participants attending their fora, seminars and workshops will automatically earn CPE points necessary when renewing one's license.

PAARL has been officially certified by the members of the CPE Council of
the Professional Regulatory Board for Librarians chaired by Hon.
Elizabeth R. Peralejo as a CPE provider for three (3) years from
2009-2011. This forthcoming seminar entitled "Librarians at their
Best: Envisioning and Realizing Multilevel and Progressive Readers
Services" which will be held at the Lyceum of Aparri, Cagayan Valley
from April 29 to May 1, 2009 has been approved and given 20 credit
units.

Please hurry and make your reservations soon if you want to be assured
of accommodation and transportation. Call or email Christopher Paras at:
09287960744 Email: paras.christopher@ gmail.com
mailto:paras.christopher@ gmail.com

This goes to show that PAARL lives up to its commitment in pursuing high professional standards for its members and for raising the bar among LIS professionals at large. Very soon, I hope, the Philippine Librarians Association Incorporated (PLAI) and the rest of the library organizations in the Philippines would follow suit. Unless there exist a set of requirements for a professional association to become an accredited CPE provider.

As in all things in this world, there's another side to the story. It is worth hearing how PAARL was able to achieve this feat.

Making an Impact Through Blogging

I'm still fresh from the wake of the UP FLIPP event last Monday. There are just somethings you cannot shrug off easily. In fact, my talk moved me to search for more blogs by Filipino Librarians. I found several good ones which I will link and feature in the coming days.

For today, here are two bogs by Pinoy librarians from Region 2- Cagayan Valley, my father's homeland. I still dream to touch base with librarians there.

The St. Paul University Philippines World Bank Knowledge Development Centeris a proactive and dynamic reosurce center committed to creating, sharing and applying knowledge for development.

The PLAI-CavRLC- The Cagayan Valley Region Librarians Council (CaVRLC)is a regional council of the Philippine Librarians Association, Inc. (PLAI) composed of librarians and information professionals in Region II. Membership is open to all licensed/registered librarians from Region 02, which covers the provinces of Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino.

I wish these blogs wonderful blogging days! They may get their share of trolls and controversies through blogging, as all bloggers experience, but such challenges strengthen the stamina for blogging. Mabuhay ang Pinoy Blograrians!