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History of the Filipino People and Martial Law by Filipino Librarian on Oct 20, 2010Below are the link to my article, which was published recently in Philippine Studies 58:3 (2010), 313–348, as well as the abstract and acknowledgments.History of the Filipino People and Martial Law: A Forgotten Chapter in the History of a History B...

In My Life: 1999-2009 by Filipino Librarian on Jan 1, 2010Writing this chronological account has helped me realize that I was literally and figuratively “all over the place” from 1999 to 2009, but I'm thankful that I’ve finally found my “corner of the sky.” I don’t know if anyone else can learn...

Thanksgiving 2009 by Filipino Librarian on Oct 12, 2009Thanksgiving is known as an American holiday, and is still a few weeks away, but Canadians have their own day for thanksgiving, today. I'd be celebrating this holiday with Canadians in their own country, except I'm now on a bus on my way to Chicago t...

Librarian as Cover Boy by Filipino Librarian on Sep 22, 2009No, this is not one of those fake magazine covers where your photo gets added to a template, along with an outrageous headline. The individual and group photos taken at the Library of Congress, we were told, were to be kept as stock photos and used i...

I Luv New York 2009 by Filipino Librarian on Jul 3, 2009The photo above was taken on Times Square last June. I arrived just as the plan to let people "Walk, bike or sit, car-free, in Times Square and Herald Square" was implemented. In the next few days, I will be writing about what I did in New York from...

Why am I doing what I'm doing? by Filipino Librarian on Jun 26, 2009"The Filipino Librarian asked: Why is a the used with Philippines?" This reference by Eric Ambata to one of my very first posts in 2005 led to the discovery that Manuel Quezon III recently posted several links to my blog in relation to a discussion o...

Filipino Librarian Speaks at Library of Congress by Filipino Librarian on Jun 4, 2009If you happen to be in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, 9 June 2009, I'd appreciate it if you would consider attending my presentation on "The Doctrina Christiana of 1593 and the 'Other' Book" at Library of Congress, 12 nn-1 pm. Here's the exact address:A...

Southeast Asian Resources Online: Links by Filipino Librarian on Apr 21, 2009The links below lead to the sites that I will be discussing at the Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians today, April 22, 1:55 pm.World Digital Library1001 WondersSEAsiteSoutheast Asia VisionsSoutheast Asian images and TextsSoutheast Asia Digital Li...

“How to improve performance in the licensure examination” by Filipino Librarian on Mar 15, 2009That's the title of the forum for which I'll be one of the panelists at the National Conference on Library and Information Science Education at the Ortigas Foundation Library on 13 and 14 April 2009. The event is sponsored by the Philippine Associati...

Presentation: The Road Less Taken by Filipino Librarian on Mar 9, 2009Because Zarah and a commenter asked for it, what follows is most of the text—plus slides and videos—that I read at UP FLIPP's LibSpeak ’09.The title of this presentation is “The Road Less Taken: The Future of LIS Graduates.” The title was j...