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A Librarian's Tour
Mrs. Ruth O. de Luna, HS-ITC Coordinator

Photos courtesy of the HS Photography Club

Posted Wednesday, 21-Sep-2005 10:25 AM

May 2005

      I’ve always looked forward to books and materials selection activities because is it’s one of the few ways I can get the faculty involved in enriching our collection in the HS-ITC. Thus, when I learned that we can already begin the series of this annual activity, I, together with Ms. Sarah Mendoza and Ms. Noemi Reyes, both from the HS-ITC, and some of the HS middle level administrators, went to different books and audio-visual companies to select ITC resources relevant to the academic and formation needs of the school.

June 2005

      The books we selected from our first book selection activity arrived and there were also other audio-visual materials for review from the different companies. We also accepted materials from walk-in vendors. Then, we distributed these materials to the department heads concerned, so that they could ask their teachers to browse the materials and recommend them for purchase if these are relevant to our needs.

July 2005

      The Library Development Committee (LDC), headed by the AP-Academics, Ms. Aimee Apolinario, and Mr. Michael delos Reyes, AP-Formation, met the concerned DCs to finalize recommendations before books and other materials were endorsed for purchase. These books, together with the recommendations made by the LDC, were turned over to the principal for approval. Before the end of the month, we were able to display 50 books for circulation.

August 2005

      On the third day of the first quarterly exam this school year, we decided to display 100 of newly acquired books for circulation, and the student’s reaction to the displayed collection was truly fascinating. Honestly, I felt slightly guilty because many students read those books and I felt that some of them might have not concentrated on their exams anymore. Nevertheless, the flocking of students in the newly acquired shelves brought joy to us at the ITC. Because of this observation, we decided to ask the students to write their reactions and thoughts about the books they’ve read.

      On the last day of August, nine (9) administrators from the HS unit went to the 26 th Book Fair held at the World Trade Center . Most of them got exhausted because one day didn’t seem enough to really see everything that the fair had to offer. I suspect that some of them went on their own free time after that visit. As a result of this activity, we were able to choose more materials to be reviewed.

      We anticipated the arrival of the books and materials we selected with excitement.

September 2005

      It was the first day of the “ber month” when Ms. Yolly Reyes, HS Chinese Department Chairperson and Fr. Zhang, S.J., our new Chinese Librarian, went to buy Chinese books in Binondo. When they came back from their trip, they had 41 new books on Education, Chinese culture, Buddhism, Chinese foods and Chinese Literature.

      We also displayed around 100 books on careers, education, study habits, science, reading, etc.

      To date, the ITC has been able to add 300 English and Filipiniana books, 41 Chinese books, 11 audio-visual materials, and 20 manipulatives for Science and Math. Furthermore, we are still processing 50 books.

      We hope that through these resources, will be able to promote reading among our students and to better support the school in achieving its goals.

There's an Eye Witness in the HS-ITC

Nicholas Martin Sy (H4H)

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