Roco Library Resource Sharing Launched

Raul S. Roco Library's“Interlibrary loan project” is based on mutual partnership to increase the quality of book collection between and among libraries. Partnering schools in the project are the HOLY ROSARY MINOR SEMINARY and the Naga campuses of AMA COMPUTER COLLEGE, COMPUTER COMMUNICATION DEV. INSTITUTE and PHIL. COMP. FOUNDATION COLLEGE .Both partnering libraries uphold the importance of making information available and accessible to every resident of the city. Under a Memorandum of Agreement, partnering libraries can be both the lending library and the borrowing library. The project will allow a partnering library to share and request resource materials with other libraries partnering in the project.

As a lending library, the Raul S. Roco Library will lend books on Bicol culture and other circulation materials that are essential and required readings for college curricular subjects at AMA Computer College, Comp. Comm. Dev. Institute, Phil. Comp. Foundation College and Holy Rosary Minor Seminary.
As a borrowing library, the Raul S. Roco Library will avail of Philosophy books from the Holy Rosary Minor Seminary, and Computer Books from computer colleges.

The agreement allows the borrowing library to avail of its entire collection for one-in-a-half months. Thus, library collection are increased and the quality of materials that are being used by readers are boosted, and extra cost for for duplicate resources are minimized or prevented.The ceremonial signing of the Memorandum of Agreement was conducted last December 8, 2005 during simple ceremonies at the Ground Floor of the Raul S. Roco Library with Mayor Jesse M. Robredo, HRMS Rector Fr Peter C. Beriña, AMA School Director Enrique Villamor, and CCDI and PCFC Schools Administrators Erwin Nacianceno and Zenaida Llorin, RESPECTIVELY, as guests.

Renaming of Naga City Public Library as Raul S. Roco Library

October 26, 2005; 9:00 AM
City Hall Compound, Naga City

Photos L-R: Sen. Roco' s Mother Mrs. Rosario Roco, Mrs. Sonia M. Roco, Widow of the Sen. Roco, Naga City First Lady Atty. Leni Robredo, Naga City Mayor Jesse M. Robredo, and Naga City Vice Mayor Gabby Bordado Jr.

BOOKLATAN SA NAGA

(Seated: L-R) DepEd Library Hub Project Officer Beverly Gonda,
NBDB Resource Speaker Dr. Elena Cutiongco and NBDB Acting
Executive Director Maricar T. Aquino pose with the Booklatan
participants.

Naga City Mayor Jesse Robredo receives NBDB's book donation to
the Naga Public library.

Buknoy and Jollibee tour Naga City Proper.

Buknoy, the National Book Development Board mascot for readership, toured Naga City last October 3, 2005 during the Opening Ceremonies of NBDB's Booklatan sa Naga. The tour was spearheaded by NBDB, Naga City Public Library and the Naga City Mayor's Office.

Buknoy, together with Jollibee, toured the Naga City proper while being convoyed by Naga City's Wings Riders Motor Club, Naga City government staff, NBDB Acting Executive Officer Maricar T. Aquino, Department of Education Library Hub Project Officer Beverly Gonda, Naga City Librarian Mr. Federico Vinluan and the ten book fair exhibitors; namely, Anvil Publishing, Adarna Publishing, Fil-Way Enterprise, Creative Minds, Ibon Foundation, OMF Literature, Hiyas Publishing, Lampara Publications, Rex Book Store, and WS Publications.

For the first time, the people of Naga City saw and met Buknoy, the country's symbol for readership and love for books. Children and young adults enjoyed Buknoy's presence during the motorcade.

The tour ended at the Naga City Public Library where Hon. Mayor Jessie Robredo, NBDB Acting Executive Officer Aquino and Vice-Mayor Gabriel Bordado graced the ceremonial ribbon-cutting and the official opening of the book fair. Thereafter, Buknoy mingled with guests and visitors who were mostly students and children. Buknoy and the guests later posed before photographers for posterity.

The Booklatan sa Naga was held last October 1-7, 2005 in line with the Department of Education's Library Hub project. The Seminar on Library Hub Administration and the Storytelling Workshop/Session were held on October 1, while the Training on Readership was conducted the day after, October 2. A book fair was also held from October 3-7. NBDB was able to donate 500 books to the Naga City library.

Naga City Reading Centers Workshop Launched

The Naga City Public Library has conducted an intensive four-day seminar-workshop last August 16-17 and 24-25, 2005 on the establishment of barangay reading center with the Public Libraries Division Chief Sancho Domenden as main speaker.

The seminar-workshop was started with a ceremonial signing of the Memorandum of Agreement between the National Library, Naga City Government and the 19 barangays with Mayor Jesse M. Robredo,Vice Mayor Gabby Bordado Jr., Mr. Domenden and the 19 Barangay Chairmen.

The newly organized 19 barangay reading centers will now be added to the current 376 functional barangay reading centers registered with the National Library out of the 41,975 barangays in the country.

Completing the four-day workshops were lectures on different areas of library services. The resource persons were: Maria Velarde, Records Officer III, Naga City Mayor Office on the importance of records; Edna San Buenaventura, Director of Libraries, Ateneo de Naga University, on Selection of library materials; Emma Moran, Director of Libraries, University of Nueva Caceres, on Managing the services of the barangay reading center; Donabella Marilag, Chief Librarian, Naga College Foundation; and Sr. Paz Mercado, Director of Libraries, Universidad De Santa Isabel, on Identifying and organizing the library materials; Peñafrancia Ablay, Chief Librarian, Cam. Sur Polytechnic College , Naga Campus, on Preservation of library materials.

17 NEW READING CENTERS IN NAGA ORGANIZED

Promoting readership in the city is the main objective of the Raul S. Roco Library. A complete line of activities has been prepared to ensure that two-thirds of the barangays in Naga will have functional reading centers.Last August 16-17, and 24-25, the City Library partnered with the National Library to conduct an intensive seminar-workshop to 17 barangays in Naga City. The workshop was graced by the Public Libraries' Division Chief Sancho Domenden, Mayor Jesse M. Robredo and Vice Mayor Gabby Bordado Jr., along with the 17 Barangay Chairmen in the ceremonial signing of the Memorandum of Agreement.

Immediately after the workshop, a field evaluation and site visit was conducted by Ms. Emma Aureus to specified barangay reading centers. Presently, 8 barangays were registered with the National Library, namely: Triangulo, Con. Pequeña, Con. Grande, Del Rosario, Bag. Norte, Santa Cruz , Caluag, Pacol, and Peñafrancia. The other 9 barangays are expected to be registered this year pending the submission of requirement to the National Library-Public Libraries Division.

These barangay reading centers will enjoy the benefits of the technical support and preparation being extended by the Naga City Library. In addition, a Library Assistance Drive entitled “LIBRARY KATUWANG” will be launched in March 3, 2006 aimed at providing each barangay reading center with library tables, shelves and chairs.

Byaheng Bukmubil visits schoolkids; Booklovers Club Organized

The newly – launched Byaheng Bukmubil program of the Naga City Public Library reached every nook and cranny of Naga City in the hope of promoting the importance of reading and drumbeat reading awareness through story telling programs among the schoolchildren.

With the Jollibee mascot in tow, the Byaheng Bukmubil visited RV Maramba, San Isidro , Traingulo, Caluag , Del Rosario , Julian Meliton, Pacol, and Santa Cruz with storytelling ably performed by Peace Corps Volunteer Nick Hake, City Councilors John Bongat, Allen Reondanga, Lourdes Asence, and Julian Lavadia to the delight of the Grade School.

The gradeschoolers together with students from Camarines Sur National High School and Concepcion Pequeña National High School would later organized themselves into a library club dubbed as the BOOKLOVERS, part of the school-to-school campaign of the NC Public Library to increase the library readership clientele.

A Sanggunian resolution is currently pending to rename the Naga City Public Library into Raul S. Roco Library as a tribute to the city's pride and favorite son, former Senator and DepEd Secretary, who passed way last August 5. Excerpt from City Hall Matters - FBJ

Newsletter writing seminar @ Naga City Public Library

University students volunteered in Naga City Public Library's Creative and Newsletter Writing Workshop

Three university students from Metro Manila served as facilitators in Raul S. Roco Library's Creative and Newsletter Writing Workshop held on April 5, 6, 12 and 13, 2005. They were Patrick Bejerano, journalism major and Danilo Sebollena, an English major both from the University of the Philippines Diliman and Erwin Ronase, an economics major from the University of Sto . Tomas, Sampaloc, Manila . They were part of a group of university students who joined the 10-day Naga City Work Camp, a joint project of the Naga City government and University Center Foundation, Inc. (UCF), a youth-oriented private NGO, held last summer vacation.

"I enjoyed teaching the pupils the rudiments of news writing", says Erwin Ronase, who is also active in another UCF project, tutoring slow-readers in a puplic school in Sampaloc, Manila .

The project was formed with the aim of providing opportunities for elementary pupils to hone their writing skills. The target participants of the workshop were incoming grade 5 pupils from different public elementary schools in Naga City . Each school was given a chance to send 10 pupils to the workshop. Accompanied by their teachers, the pupils received a one-day seminar-workshop from the three volunteers. A total of thirty-seven (37) actually attended the seminar-workshop.

The seminar-workshop was divided into three sessions. The first and second sessions discussed the structure of the newspaper and the mechanics of writing a news article. The third session was a tour to a printing press, the Gold Print Publishing House which publishes the weekly Bicol Mail. The tour supplemented the discussions by showing to the participants the complete process of newspaper making.

"I also learned something new", quipped Danilo Sebollena, who saw the insides of a printing shop for the first time while accompanying the pupil participants during the tour.

At the end of the day-long activity, the pupils, under the guidance of the Assistant Librarian, Federico Vinluan, produced an on-the-spot newsletter for their own school.

The seminar-workshop used powerpoint presentations, a video camera recorder and a television set to enhance the instruction.

Written by: Erwin B. Ronase and Manuel Felix G. Abejo Jr.