COEXIST: Help Rebuild Libraries and Communities Fun Run 2016

As part of the I Love My Library’s (ILML) Campaign every year, the Library decided to launch a new way to promote the advocacy not only to the library students and professionals but also to the community as well. After a series of events held for the past years to promote the campaign - Video Competition, Photo Essay Competition, and the GivEnggLove Competition; the Library decided to do a fund-raising activity to support a beneficiary community for this year.

The COEXIST: Help Rebuild Libraries and Communities Fun Run 2016 is an event geared to raise funds for the I Love My Library Campaign Outreach Program which will support a chosen beneficiary community. The event mainly aims to reinforce the existence of libraries and communities, thus, it was named as COEXIST. Through this event, the Library also aimed to further promote the advocacy of the I Love My Library Campaign. The Fun Run was set to occur on February 14, 2016 (Sunday) at the UP Academic Oval and was open to anyone willing to support the advocacy.

The I Love My Library Committee was the one charged with handling the Fun Run event along with the Information Services section which managed the promotion and publicity of it. A Task force, with the same members as that of the ILML Committee and with the inclusion of the Chair of the Outreach Program Committee was formed to accomplish the event.

PROGRAM

Registration                                                                              5:00 A.M.

Opening Ceremony                                                                  5:45 A.M

Briefing Prior to Race                                                 

Warm-Up                                                                                 5:50 A.M.

Start of the Race                                                                                 

            2.2K                                                                            6:10 A.M.

            4.4K                                                                            6:00 A.M.

Awarding of Winners                                                              7:00 A.M.

Distribution of Certificates                                                     7:30 A.M.

RACE ROUTE

The start/ finish venue of the run is at the UP Melchor Hall.

A total of nine (9) dealers pledged for the sponsorship of the prizes.

Sponsor

Belview

Linar

CE-Logic

MegaTexts

LibTech

Fastbooks

Cengage

Emerald

Springer

            
           Sponsorships in kind were also received by the library.

Sponsor	Item
Beta Epsilon Fraternity	Soup and drinks
Fibisco	Coffee and biscuits
Kambal Pandesal	Bread

         
           The soup to be used for the “Lugaw For A Cause” was packaged with the bread, biscuits, coffee, and drinks and was made available to participants at P 50.00.

EVENT PROPER

           The registration period was made available for 19 days from January 18 (Monday) to February 5 (Friday). A total of 239 participants from all walks of life participated in the Fun Run.

Representatives from Beta Epsilon and Kambal Pandesal also came earlier to set up the food and drinks which they brought. Some of the staff and utility workers also assisted in the distribution of the food and drinks.

At 5:00AM, the registration of participants to confirm their attendance on the day begun. Out of the 239 participants, 224 were present and 15 were not able to attend the event.

Participants lined up to confirm their attendance for the event.

            The registration period was supposed to end at 5:45AM but because of the continuous arrival of participants at that time, it was extended until 5:55AM. The warm up, led by two library staff, Mr. Marvin Factor and Ms. Krystalle Rome Peralta, followed.

 A warm up was done to prepare the participants before the actual run.

            After the warm up, the participants of the 4.4K distance category were told to assemble in front of the race mark. The colors of the rubber bands to be picked up from each station were also announced. The gun start of the 4.4K run started at 6:10AM, ten minutes later than its supposed schedule. Mr. Ronilo Salustiano marked the start of the race with a 10-second countdown and by blowing a whistle. The same was done for the 2.2K distance category which started at 6:15AM, also ten minutes later than its supposed schedule.

Participants assembled at the race mark (left) and participants on the run (right)

            Staff with a videocamera were also placed near the race mark to record the arrival of the participants. The top finishers were spotted as well as the winners of the special prizes.

           

            The awarding followed shortly after all the participants have finished their run. Winners were called to receive their prizes at the Melchor Hall steps. The prizes were handed to the winners by the Head Librarian, Ms. Sharon Maria Esposo-Betan.

The following participants were the top three finishers for each distance category.

	2.2K	4.4K
1st Place	Sarmiento, Kimbert	De Asis, Jujet
2nd Place	Marfil, Michael	Refia, Rico
3rd Place	Lumawag, Regie	Quirol, Alfredo

Winners of the COEXIST Fun Run 2016

            Certificates of appreciation to the sponsors with their representatives present were also given. Representatives of Beta Epsilon fraternity, Commonwealth Foods, Inc. (Fibisco), and Kambal Pandesal were present during the event.

Beta Epsilon receiving their Certificate of Appreciation from EnggLib’s Head Librarian

Commonwealth Foods representative (left) and Kambal Pandesal representative receiving their Certificate of Appreciation from EnggLib’s Head Librarian

            After all the awards were given, the program ended by giving a shout out to all the sponsors and by encouraging the participants to avail of the soup for the “Lugaw for a Cause” project. Certificates of Completion were also given to the participants after the run.

            More pictures are available at EnggLib's official Facebook account: COEXIST Fun Run 2016

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2015 KAPIHAN SA AKLATAN: AN AFTERNOON OF TEA AND COFFEE WITH THE NEW FACULTY MEMBERS

 The UP College of Engineering Library once again facilitated the “Kapihan sa Aklatan: an Afternoon of Tea and Coffee with the New Faculty Members” last August 28, 2015 at The Learning Commons of Engineering Library II. Now on its 7^th year, this event aims to familiarize the new, as well as to reintroduce to the senior faculty members the library’s collection, services, facilities, and their privileges.

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.

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Institutions Who Have Adopted the Campaign

We would like to acknowledge the seven (7) institutions who have adopted the campaign for the period of January to June 2015. 

• Misamis University

• University of Negros Occidental

• Colegio de San Juan de Letran Calamba

• Southern Leyte State University

• Bataan Peninsula State University Balanga Campus

• iAcademy Campus

• Misamis Oriental State College of Agriculture and Technology

Thank you for the continuous support on spreading the ways on how to love and care for our libraries. :)

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GivEng'g Love: your messages to EnggLib

As part of the continuous and active promotion of the I need. I value. I Love My Library campaign to library users at Engglib, yearly activities during the month of February such as contests are being conducted. tree was put up from January 27 to February 11 in each library. At EnggLib I, the tree was placed near the reading area while at Engglib II, the tree was placed at the lobby. Heart-shaped cards were provided where the messages for the library are to be written. This year’s activity is entitled “GivEng’g Love: Your messages to EnggLib”. This activity aimed to promote love and appreciation for the library by soliciting messages/testimonials from students and faculty members of UP COE in the form of notes. A tree was put up from January 27 to February 11 in each library. At EnggLib I, the tree was placed near the reading area while at Engglib II, the tree was placed at the lobby. Heart-shaped cards were provided where the messages for the library are to be written. 

Students writing their messages at EnggLib I

Students with the most heart-warming messages were given special prizes. However, to express the library’s appreciation to all who those left a message for the library, a token was given to each one.

Giving of tokens for students who participated in the activity

More than 100 messages/love notes for the library were received in this event.  The following students were awarded the major prizes in this activity: Ma. Jhubel Dela Cruz (Library’s Choice Award), Frances Abegail Quezon (1^st ), Almira De Villa (2^nd), Renee Mercado (3^rd), Jaime Ramon Vergara (4^th), Monde Crista Joven (5^th), Nicole de Guzman (6^th), Eunice Angel Cruz (7^th), Maria Jessica Apalin (8^th), Chelsea Estebat (9^th), Gerard Sacramento (10^th), Katherine Augusto (11^th), Regimhel Dalisay (12^th), James Reynald Mase (13^th), Mohamed Said Paniorotan (14^th), Aurora Dacanay (15^th), Julie Zarene de Guzman (16^th), Rowel Ventura (17^th), Mercy Jane Mora (18^th) and Felipe Garcia Jr. (19^th). Winners of the raffle draw are the following: Mil Capistrano, Angelica Vergara, Wilbert Futalan, Ian Libao, Patrick Cruz, Sheema Kate Ribaya, Ir-shad Jaujohn, Ana Francesca De Asis, Julius Sempio, David Daza, Marron De Galicia and Rovin Canja.  

The prizes and tokens for the activity were generously provided by the book and e-resources providers/suppliers of the library.  

Awarding of prizes for GivEng’g Love last February 14, 2015

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Spreading the love for libraries at the 18th Philippine Academic Book Fair and 35th Manila International Bookfair

The promotion of the "I need. I value. I love my Library" campaign continues through booth set-ups at various library association seminars and events. The campaign was recently present during the 18th Philippine Academic Book Fair last July 11 at SM Megamall; and again at the 35th Manila International Book Fair at the SMX Convention Center last September 18.

                                           ILML Campaign booth set-up at ABAP 2014

                        

                                          ILML Campaign booth set-up at MIBF 2014

                                         

                                      ILML New T-shirt design with other merchandise

                                            Staff of EnggLib in charge of ILML booth set-up

                               

                                             All smiles to spread the ILML Campaign

                           An attendee of UPLSAA seminar looking at the ILML merchandise

                                             

This would not have been possible without the help and support of the Philippine Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science, Inc. (PATLS), the UP Library Science Alumni Association (UPSLAA), the Medical & Health Librarians Association of the Philippines (MAHLAP), and the Philippine Normal University Library and Information Science Alumni Association (PNU-LISAA), Inc.

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ILML Campaign at the MIBF 2013

The I love my Library Campaign was brought to the Manila International Book Fair through the kindness and support of the Association of Special Libraries of the Philippines (ASLP) and UP Library Science Alumni Association (UPLSAA) last September 11-13, 2013. COE Library Staff together with some of the Faculty Members also came to the event to select books and spread the campaign all the more. 

Four new institutions adopted the campaign and a handful of librarians and friends bought some of the merchandises as a sign of their interest and support to the advocacy.

• Nuestra  Señora de Aranzazu Parochial School - San Mateo, Rizal
• San Sebastian College Recoletos de Cavite City 
• SAP Online
• Sta Cecilia Parochial School - San Mateo, Rizal 

UP COE Library staff with some of the COE Faculty members

ILML Booth set-up

One of the participants from Western Philippines University-Palawan wearing his ILML which he bought from one of the adopting institutions :)

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UP COE Alumni spotted :)

A UP COE Alumni was spotted using the ILML ecobag at EnggLib II. Thank you for supporting the ILML Campaign.

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