The event was
attended by ten faculty members: 1 each from the Energy Engineering Program,
Departments of Chemical Engineering and Mining, Metallurgical, and Materials
Engineering, and from the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute; 2
from the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research; and 4
from the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Dr. Joel
Marciano, former EEEI Director, Dr. Louis Danao, LFC representative of the EgyE
Program, and Mr. Ralph Jose and Ms. Jennifer Fabular, the LFC Chair and
Representative of DME, were among the participants.
The faculty
members were welcomed by Engglib’s Head Librarian, Ms. Sharon Maria S.
Esposo-Betan. The library’s vast print and electronic resources, services, and
facilities were first discussed. Unique and innovative services such as the
Digital Institutional Repository as well as the different miscellaneous
services like the borrowing of umbrellas, reading glasses, calculators,
adaptors, and extension cords were emphasized. The library’s research tools,
namely the Thomson Innovation Patent Database and Federated Search were
likewise presented and demonstrated to the faculty members. The Federated
Search is the library’s newest research tool aimed at making the library’s print
and electronic resources more discoverable through a single search box.
Engglib also
invited the sales manager of LibTech to give an orientation and training on the
use of the Turnitin Anti-Plagiarism Tool. To further rev up the orientation,
raffle prizes were given. And as a token, the faculty members each received an
“I need. I value. I Love My Library” shirt.
Since the
Kapihan sa Aklatan aims not only to promote what Engglib has to offer, but also
to warmly welcome and meet new faculty members, the library prepared free
flowing coffee, tea, and snacks varying from Italian to Japanese Cuisine.
