Outstanding Librarian 2014:

 Marilou Palicte Tadlip

 

The Professional Regulation Commission conferred the Outstanding Professional Librarian of the Year Award on Marilou Palicte Tadlip on 20 June 2014. The citation reads:

For her professional and technical competence in the practice of the profession for 44 years — from a cataloguer to Director of the University Library System and Chairman of the Department of Library and Information Science at the University of San Carlos; for her excellent academic record, having graduated with a BS Education Major in Library Science degree, Magna Cum Laude, Doctor of Education at the University of San Carlos and Master in Library Science at the University of Hawaii; for her numerous accomplishments that had earned her the award for Outstanding Contribution to the Profession given by the Philippine Association of Academic and Research Libraries, Outstanding Leadership Award as President by the Academic Libraries Book Acquisition System, Inc., Velasco Award by the Philippine Librarians Association, Inc., the James J. Meany Award by the PAASCU and the ALBASA Outstanding Award of Recognition.

Library Instruction Program

LIBRARY INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM

The Library Program aims to provide the basic knowledge and skills needed in acquiring rich information through the use of library resources and facilities. In response to the constantly shifting needs of the learners and the emerging thrust of the school in today’s information age, the library instruction program will also provide varied opportunities and meaningful learning experiences to students to enhance their reading skills, thus making them conscious readers and critical thinkers.

GENERAL OBJECTIVES

• Support and assist in the instructional and research program of the school;
• Help students acquire greater skills in the use of books and other reference materials;
• Develop interest and wholesome reading and appreciation of books;
• Develop expertise in locating and acquiring information with minimal supervision; and;
• Provide opportunities to practice good manners and right conduct through the proper use of the library.

 

Human / Manual Indexing Vs. Automatic Indexing

1. Automatic methods have trouble handling synonyms, homonyms, and semantic relations.
Conceptualizing is very poor.

2. Human indexers go through cognitive processes that may be influenced by their background experience, education, training, intelligence, and common sense.

3. Computers can, and humans cannot, organize all words in a text and in a given database and make statistical operations on them.

Principles of KWIC Indexing

1. Titles are generally informative.
2. Words extracted from the title can be used as as effective guide.
3. Although the meaning of an individual word viewed in isolation may be ambiguous or too general, the context surrounding the words helps to define and explain the meaning.

Examples.

for Croatians.                   Cataloging and Classification

Cataloging and                classification for Croatians

For                                      Croatians. Cataloging and Classification

Construction of a Thesaurus

1. Identify the subject field.
2. Identify the nature of literature to be indexed.
3. Identify the users.
4. Identify the file structure.
5. Cluster the terms.
6. Establish term relationships.

Difference Between Authority Lists and Thesauri

1. Thesauri are made up of single terms and bound terms representing single concepts. Subject heading list have phrases and other pre-coordinated terms in addition to single terms.

2. Thesauri are more strictly hierarchical.

3. Thesauri are narrow in scope.

4. Thesauri are more likely multilingual.

Similarities Between Authority Lists and Thesauri

1. Both attempts to provide subject access to information resources by providing terminology that can be consistent rather than uncontrolled and predictable.

2. Both choose preferred terms and make references from non-used terms.

3. Both provide hierarchies so that terms are presented in relation to their broader, narrower, and related terms.