Invitation Letter to attend PAARL's National Summer Conference 2013 with the theme "Resource Description and Access (RDA) Essentials: Preparing Librarians for New Cataloging Standards and Guidelines" to be held at the Grand Men Seng Hotel, Magallañes-Anda Sts., Davao City on 22-24 April 2013.

1. PHILIPPINE ASSOCIATION OF ACADEMIC/RESEARCH LIBRARIANS
Rm. 301, THE NATIONAL LIBRARY BUILDING, T.M. KALAW ST., ERMITA
1000 MANILA, PHILIPPINES
http://sites.google.com/site/paarlonlineorg
EXECUTIVE BOARD 2013 4 March 2013
President
SONNY BOY T. MANALO Dear Colleagues:
Technological Institute of the Philippines
Aurora Blvd., Cubao, Quezon City
Email: chieflibn_tipqc@yahoo.com
The Philippine Association of Academic and Research Librarians, Inc. in cooperation with
Telephone: 911-0964 loc 361 National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) – National Committee on Library and
Information Services (NCLIS), National Library of the Philippines, and National Committee on
Vice-President Resource Description and Access (NCRDA) will be holding its National Summer Conference
MARIAN RAMOS ECLEVIA
De La Salle University 2013 with the theme "Resource Description and Access (RDA) Essentials: Preparing
Taft Avenue, Manila Librarians for New Cataloging Standards and Guidelines" to be held at the Grand Men
Email : marian.eclevia@dlsu.edu.ph Seng Hotel, Magallañes-Anda Sts., Davao City on 22-24 April 2013.
Mobile : 09228491319
Secretary Specific objectives are to:
OLIVIA R. ALER  Give an overview of RDA, emphasizing the core elements in RDA and other elements
St. Scholastica’s College
Malate, Manila identified as core for LC;
Email: leahaler@yahoo.com  Recognize the changes from AACR2 to RDA;
Mobile : 09178980805
 Learn the guidelines in recording attributes of FRBR entities;
Treasurer  Understand the conceptual entity-relationship module FRBR and its relationship to
MA. CECILIA D. LOBO RDA;
University of Santo Tomas
España, Manila
 Learn how to use existing resources for RDA cataloging in utilizing the RDA Toolkit;
Email: cdlobo@mnl.ust.edu.ph and,
Mobile: 09999976867  Apply the new cataloging standard RDA in practice to create bibliographic records for
Auditor
monographs according to RDA rules encoded in the MARC21 Format.
SONIA LOURDES L. DAVID
Ateneo Professional Schools Top-level professionals and experts with a deep knowledge of, and experience in Cataloging
Rockwell, Makati City are invited. Librarians, catalogers, library administrators, and faculty of LIS are invited to
Email: sdavid@aps.ateneo.edu
Mobile: 09179625388 participate in the conference.
Public Relations Officer For live-in participant, a conference fee of Php4,500 will be charged inclusive of 3 days/2
MA. THERESA B. VILLANUEVA
Ateneo De Manila University
nights accommodation with meals and snacks, seminar kits, handouts, and certificates.
Loyola Heights, Quezon City Likewise, accompanying persons of live-in participants will be charged Php3,500 to cover the
Email: mvillanueva@ateneo.edu cost of accommodation and breakfast only. Live-out participants will only pay a conference fee
Mobile: 0915-5139959
of Php4,000. CHED or DepEd memo endorsements and CPE credit units are being applied.
DIRECTORS
TERESITA G. HERNANDEZ-CALMA For registration, please fill out the online registration form found in our website
Centro Escolar University (http://sites.google.com/site/paarlonlineorg) and click “Submit.” For inquiries and other details,
Mendiola, Sampaloc, Manila
Email: tghernandez@ceu.edu.ph
please contact the undersigned or any of the Association's Officers and Directors. We would
Mobile: 09204670957 appreciate if you could help us disseminate this activity by posting a copy of this invitation on
your bulletin board or share this information with other librarians.
CAROLYN R. DE JESUS
Colegio De San Juan de Letran
Intramuros, Manila Thank you and we look forward to your continued support and participation.
Email: carolr@letran.edu.ph
Mobile: 09209283433 Sincerely yours,
JORGE ERWIN A. RADA
De La Salle University
Taft Avenue, Manila MARIAN RAMOS ECLEVIA
Email: Jorge.rada@dlsu.edu.ph Vice President/Chair, Conference Committee
Mobile: 09175824694
EX-OFFICIO
SONIA M. GEMENTIZA Noted by:
De La Salle University
Dasmariñas, Cavite SONNY BOY T. MANALO
Email: sonixg@gmail.com
Mobile: 09156059863 President
Telephone: 844-7832 loc. 3060